1. WG 2.9 Best Practices in River Basin Planning
WP2 – Guidance on Planning Process
Strategic and Coordination Group Meeting
Brussels 21st February 2003

2. Expected outputs according CIS Strategy document (2 May 2001)
Guidance in relation to the identification of RBDs (end 2003)
Guidance in relation to River Basin Planning and programs of measures (end 2003)
Guidance in relation to participatory approach (end 2003)
Technical document (tool box) on River Basin Management (end 2004)
Expected outputs according progress report presented by the Commission in Water Directors Meeting (Ghent, 8/9 Nov 2001)
Guidance document on the identification of RBDs (May 2002)
Guidance document on the planning process (end 2002)
Guidance document on Public Participation (end 2002)
Manual on Integrated River basin Management with group 4.1 (end 2004)

3. Expected outputs according progress report presented by the Commission in Water Directors Meeting (Ghent, 8/9 Nov 2001)
Guidance document on the identification of RBDs (May 2002)
Manual on Integrated River basin Management with group 4.1
Guidance document on the planning process (end 2002)
Guidance document on Public Participation (end 2002)
Status Feb 2003
Version in CIRCA to be discussed in Strategic and Coo. Group meeting (21/02/03)
Considered as one of the tasks of Cluster IRBM. To be finished in 2005

4. Work Programme (1/2)

6. Work Programme (2/2)

7. Guidance Main Contents
Principles relevant for the water planning and needs for the decision making process
Some considerations for a sound planning process.
Specific requirements of the WFD regarding the planning process
General overview and overall flowchart for the planning process

8. Principles relevant for the water planning
Introduction
General scope, functions and types of planning processes
Planning of water management and links with other planning processes

9. Introduction
Primary purpose of planning is to provide a Plan as an instrument for making decissions in order to influence the future.
It is a process, not an objective by itself
The Directive provides a framework for planning. In fact, different planning processes at different scales can be developed in the same RBD simultaneously

10. General scope, functions and types
Planning, in some sense, is a strategic approach
... but not only...

11. Other functions:
Framework to develop institutional arrangements
To increase legitimacy and transparency
To provide tools for conflict resolution
To report on water management policy
Different planning types (depending on PP in definition of objectives and means employed)
Rational-instrumental (with or without open-eye)
Interactive (with or without open eye)

12. Links with other planning processes
Social, economic and environmental aspects
One key element: land use planning
Anyway, water planning has special characteristics:
Precondition for a sound development of some activities.
Water is a complex issue: uncertainty
Water management is dynamic

13. Some considerations for a sound planning process
Description of prerequisites for a sound planning process:
Long term vision for the RBD
Knowledge and information management
Integration at the operatianal level. Links with other planning policies
The right timing
Appropriate toolbox

14. Specific requirements of the WFD
This section can be considered as a general description of the activities to be carried out in the planning process
In some sense, this is the text explaining the flowcharts.
Main aim: To understand in an overall way the entire planning process (its philosophy). Details in the other guidance documents

15. Specific requirements of the WFD

16. Flowcharts Objectives Identify different tasks, duration.
Identify key products
Identify actions required to meet the requirements for the obligatory deadlines
Identify critical path and bottlenecks
Assess the organisational level at which they should be carried out

17. Flowcharts

20. Finalisation of the guidance
20/21 January: Workshop in Madrid
Until 24 January: Additional texts and remarks
3 February: New version in CIRCA(including the conclusions from the workshop and new texts)
14 February: “Last round” comments summarized in a separate document in CIRCA

29. Proposal: To maintain as it is
Proposal: To maintain as it is. The present flowcharts and linked footnotes express in an appropriate way the consideration of the non deterioration principle. It is not possible to go beyond without further guidelines
Foot note: Task no. 158 is related to the array of measures necessary to meet one of the main objectives of the WFD, which is to prevent further deterioration of the status of aquatic ecosystems (Article 1). Articles 4.3 to 4.7 have to be taken into account for the application of this principle and to define the deadlines. For the moment, an ongoing task is proposed throughout the whole first assessment and planning period until December 2009 although, in any case, details of the time schedule of this issue will be dealt with in a specific document.