1. Meeting of Water Directors WFD Common Implementation Strategy
2/3 December 2004
Agenda item 3.1 –
WFD Common Implementation Strategy
New Work Programme 2005/2006

2. Introduction
New work programme should built on the ongoing work and the experiences of the past two years
New priorities addressing challenges following the analysis and towards the river basin management plans
No major re-organisation, rather adaption of structure to emerging needs
Version 1.0 presented to SCG, no major comments, all written contributions incorporated
No outstanding issues

3. Key priorities
Intercalibration
Pilot river basins
Integrated river basin management focusing on key issues (art. 5 and research, cost-effectiveness, water scarcity)
Groundwater (information exchange and focus on monitoring)
Reporting / WISE / GIS
Priority substances (all techincal aspects of Article 16)
Flood protection
Environmental objectives
Transboundary river basin management
Integration (inclusion of hydropower and navigation)

4. Organisational issues
Overall, the structure is maintained and the four existing Working Groups should continue (note change of numbering for simplification)
Additionally:
Strategic Steering Group for WFD/AGRI
EAF Flooding
GIS Expert Network as sub-group of WG on reporting
Question on whether to keep EAF Priority Substances or convert into a Working Group following the finalisation of the COM proposal
Sub-group on chemical monitoring to be decided at a later stage

5. WFD Common Implementation Strategy New organisation 2005/2006
Water Directors
Steering of implementation process
Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission
Expert Advisory Forum “Flood Protection”
Strategic Steering Group “WFD and Agriculture”
Strategic Co-ordination Group
Co-ordination of work programme
Chair: Commission
Art. 21 Committee
Working Group A
“Ecological Status”
Working Group C
“Groundwater”
Working Group E
“Priority Substances”
“Chemical Monitoring”
“Chemical Monitoring”
Working Group B
“Integrated River Basin Management”
Working Group D
“Reporting”
"GIS” Expert Network
Stakeholders, NGO’s, Researchers, Experts, etc.

6. Draft Conclusions
Water Directors are invited to:
Agree priorities and new adapted structure
Endorse main part of new WP 2005/2006 (chapters 3, 4 and 5) for publication together with progress report
Annex 1 – mandates to be discussed and agreed separately