1. CIS Work Programme
WFD Team, DG ENV.D.2, European Commission

2. Preparations CIS work programme
Discussions took place at WD meeting in Paris and at SCG meetings in March and May 2009
Key objective is simplification
This meeting: agreement on main activities and organisational issues of future CIS work programme
Follow-up: development of detailed mandates per activity, for discussion at WD meeting under SE Presidency

3. Proposal type of activities

4. Draft CIS Organisation 2010-2012
Water Directors
Steering of implementation process
Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission
Ad hoc activities
-Economic issues
-Env objectives & exemptions
-Hydromorphology
-RBM Plans
-Science Policy interface
Strategic Co-ordination Group
Co-ordination of work programme
Chair: Commission
Art. 21 Committee
Permanent Working Groups
Working Group
Ecological Status
Working Group
Groundwater
Working Group
Reporting
Working Group
Priority Substances
Working Group
Floods
Chemical Monitoring Activity
Temporary Expert Groups (report to SCG)
Agriculture & Water
Biodiversity & Water
Water scarcity & droughts
Climate Change & Water

5. Better dissemination
Grant access to the whole restricted part of CIRCA to everyone who is involved in WFD implementation in local, regional or national administrations and who requests access;
Restructure CIRCA in order to make it more transparent and user-friendly
Make the list of CIS meetings public on CIRCA (including meetings of subgroups) and update it regularly;
Provide short summaries per activity which include the objective of the activity and links to finalised deliverables, to be updated once or twice per year by the leads of the activities.

6. Request to Water Directors
Take note and discuss the issues presented in the discusssion document;
Agree on the priority activities for the future work programme;
Indicate whether their country would be willing to lead or co-lead any activity;
Mandate the group leaders to prepare detailed mandates (terms of reference), which will be part of the final draft programme presented to the Water Directors at their meeting in Sweden;
Discuss and agree the proposal for better dissemination of CIS products at EU level.

7. Proposal to structure the discussion
General issues
Simplification
Three types of activities
Dissemination
Leadership and co-leadership of activities
Activities proposed for Working groups
Activities proposed for Expert groups
Ad-hoc activities