1. Technical guidance for monitoring and assessment
ECE/MP.WAT/2006/13
Jos G. Timmerman
UNECE International Water Assessment Centre

2. Why Technical Guidance?
Strategic guidelines available
Additional need for technical support
Selection of available guidelines from UN organisations and other institutions
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3. Nature of Technical Guidance
Web based
‘Living’ document
Flexible structure
Referencing to existing material
Most urgent: need for technical guidelines in Russian
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4. Accessing the guidances
Disciplinary:
Hydrology
Ecology
Indicators
Groundwater monitoring
Monitoring and modelling
Municipal wastewater
Water Framework Directive
List of CIS Guidance Documents and technical reports
According to the information cycle:
General monitoring
Information needs
Information strategy
Monitoring/Data collection
Monitoring programmes
Data collection and handling
Laboratory analysis
Data management and assessment
Data-analysis methods Assessment
Reporting and Information use
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