1. Meeting of Water Directors Progress on Reporting and WISE
30 Nov/1 Dec 2006
Item 4.1
Progress on Reporting and WISE

2. Contents
Progress and next steps
on compliance – 2010 reporting
on WISE (incl 2008 tools)
on GIS
new mandate

3. WG D Organisation Working Group D Reporting WISE Steering Group* WISE
Technical Group
*Internal EU
coordination only
Preparation/Coordination level
Working Group D
Reporting
Supporting expert networks or drafting teams
Compliance
State-of-the-
environment (SoE)
GIS/IT

4. WG D – progress - compliance
Preparation of 2010 RBMP reporting guidance well underway
Article 3 and 5 assessments (nearly) completed
Feedback on Art 3 started – validation process by consultant nearly completed
Article 8 electronic submission tools developed and tested (see WISE)

5. 2010 reporting guidance – overall time planning
Part D
2010 reporting sheets (RBMP+PoM)
July – Dec 2006:
Oct 06 – March 2007:
April – June 2007:
Presentation of complete draft guidance to Water Directors in June 2007
Part E
2010 reporting sheets (objectives and results)
2004 guidance
Part A
2005 reporting sheets
Part B.1
Part B.2
2005 reporting sheets (2010 data definitions)
Part C
2007 reporting sheets

6. 2010 RBMP reporting – key issues
Informal status of WISE reporting process
Conceptual discussions on “compliance approach” and “programme of measures” illustration
Aggregated or disaggregated “status maps” (similar to Article 5 reporting)
Link between compliance and SoE data needs

7. Article 3 Re-submission
9 Member States – data re-submitted, all OK, ready to be uploaded to database
4 Member States – data re-submitted, some work required to “tweak” data
3 Member States – correct contact obtained to be progressed by end of today
9 Member States – have been contacted by , no response, contact details being validated
Aim to have all contacts made by end of November

8. Article 5 Submissions
11 Member States have submitted all components required
10 Member States have submitted some components
4 Member States (and Norway) have submitted nothing
Upload of submitted data to database is almost complete

9. WISE – progress
WISE guidelines under preparation
Electronic submission foreseen for Art 8 reporting
IT tools for Art 8 currently being tested – available in Jan 2007
WISE workshop in 9/10 Jan 2007
WISE technical group operational
Preparation of new WISE GIS guidance complementing 2002 document

10. Production Databases (WISE nodes) Viewing, GIS visualisation
Data definition/
requirements
Step 1: Compliance or SoE, voluntary (or through comitology)
IT tools development
Step 2: End-user tool, schema/DEM, XML/shape/GML, other tools (DD, glossary),
Submission
Step 3: Submission process by data holders, help desk
Development Database
Step 4: central holding area (CDR), management of access rights
Acceptance
Step 5: Standardised manual or automatic tests, feedback to data submitters
Production Databases (WISE nodes)
Step 6: Final data storage
Viewing, GIS visualisation
Analysis
Step 7a: Public or restricted viewing, map service, aggregation, statistics, GIS reference dataset
Step 7b: Tools for compliance or SoE assessment, CCM2

11. WISE – next steps
Submission well completed and reviewed
Establishment of WISE Technical Group led by EEA
Work on WISE Implementation Plan has started
Art. 8 data submission only through WISE – development of rules and procedures document needed
WISE public portal under development – several components

12. Concept for WISE web portal
(Status: 22/11/2006)
water.europa.eu
Welcome [Eurokeys]
P1.0
Input services
EEA
P1.2
Are you looking for information on WATER - …?
Services
Overview [Eurokeys]
P1.1
Policy
[ENV]
P2.1
Data
How to use…[EEA]
P2.2
Themes
[EEA]
P2.4
Projects
How to use…[RTD/JRC]
P2.3
What to find…
P1.1.1
FAQ
P1.1.2
Thematic
web pages
Thematic
web pages
Contact
P1.1.3
Sitemap
P1.1.4
WISE GIS
Portal
WISE RTD
Portal
Disclaimer
P1.1.5
Extra-
Services
[EEA]
News
P1.1.6
Maps
P1.1.7
Message Board
P1.1.8
EEA web page
LIFE web page
Links
P1.1.9
ESTAT web page
RTD/JRC web page
Index/search
P1.1.10
Water Data Centre

13. Next steps
Validation of Art 3 and Art 5 data in WISE until Jan 2007
New electronic submission system for Art 8 reporting ready for submission in Jan 2007 – presentation on workshop
2010 Reporting Guidance – final draft presented to SCG in May 2007
WISE TG stating to work on GIS guidance – interaction with GIS experts
SoE group to finalise work on task 3 ...

14. Discussion
Water Directors are invited:
Take note and discuss the progress on all activities
Discuss and agree the interim mandate (see later agenda item)