1. Green Infrastructure: Working method
1st meeting of the Working Group on Green Infrastructure
31 March 2011 1

2. 3 meetings scheduled as follows : 1st meeting – 31 March 2011
Rationale
COM2010 (4) foresees the development of an EU strategy on Green Infrastructure after Council Conclusions of March 2010 call for the further elaboration of a concept on Green Infrastructure
Objective
To elaborate recommendations to the Commission on Green Infrastructure in relation to the preparation of a Green Infrastructure initiative
Organisation
3 meetings scheduled as follows :
1st meeting – 31 March 2011
2nd meeting – 24 May 2011
3rd, final, meeting – 06 September 2011 2

3. First meeting Creation of tasks:
Commission proposes tasks to be refined and adjusted during the first meeting
Agreement on working method
Identification of task leaders for each task and potential back-up task leaders
Discussion on substance:
Open questions and issues to be addressed

4. Steps after initial meeting
Work to be split in tasks dedicated to each topic
WG members make contributions and upload the documents on CIRCA in “contributions” in the relevant task subfolder
Task leader prepares first draft document on the basis of contributions and upload it on CIRCA
WG members provide feedback and upload the documents in “comments” subfolder
Task leaders prepare a consolidated version
WG members provide further comments if necessary
This version now ready to be discussed at second meeting 4

5. Draft documents
Comments
Task leader 1
Task leader 2
Task leader 3
Task leader 4
Contributions
Working group members

6. The task leader role Working group members
Contribute to the draft document
Task leaders lead the work on each task
prepare first draft document on each task
manage two rounds of consultations
Back-up task leaders’ role :
to support task leader and complement his/her expertise
to substitute the task leader if needed
if substitution needed, please notify Commission, which will then reassign responsibility to back up task leader 6

7. Timetable and delivery deadlines proposed
Step
Date
First meeting
31 March 2011
Contributions
14 April 2011
First draft
20 April 2011
WG comments
3 May 2011
Consolidated version
10 May 2011
Last WG comments
13 May 2011
Text for discussion at second meeting
16 May 2011
Second meeting
24 May 2011 7

8. Timetable and delivery deadlines proposed Tasks 2-4
Step
Date
First meeting
31 March 2011
Contributions
20 April 2011
First draft
4 May 2011
WG comments
11 May 2011
Consolidated version
22 May 2011
Second meeting
24 May 2011 8

9. IT arrangements
CIRCA link: CIRCA - Communication & Information Resource Centre Administrator
Please sign in and create your user profile. Instructions can be found:
Commission will give you access to the Work in progress folder
Please send all documents prepared to:
Please indicate in the subject line: WG number and Task number

10. How to use CIRCA ?

13. How to upload a document on CIRCA ?