1. 9th meeting of the Expert Group on Reporting (22 March 2011)
Focus of the meeting:
Finalisation of Reporting Formats Art.12 & 17 (WP 1, 2, 3)
Finalisation Natura 2000 Standard Data Form (WP 4)
Final format versions to be produced after this meeting
Fine tuning of guidelines and checklists may still continue – cut off date: end June/July for final versions online.
Any further delays would result in insufficient time to prepare the national reports
Further topics:
Outlook on technical implementation of reporting formats & tools (WP1,2,3,4)
First debate on the future of the group

2. Next steps after today’s meeting
WP1 - Art.17 Reporting Format – Habitats Directive
Send final versions to Habitats Committee mid April 2011
Approve format in Habitats Committee on 13 May 2011
WP2 - Art. 12 Reporting Format – Birds Directive
Send final versions to ORNIS Committee mid April 2011
No ORNIS Committee in spring due to lack of other agenda items that would justify calling a meeting
WP4 - Natura 2000 Standard Data Form (SDF)
Send final version to Habitats Committee mid April 2011
Adopt new SDF in Habitats Committee on 13 May 2011

3. Work-plan (Version 13, Nov 2010)
Expert Group on Reporting under the Nature Directives
Work-plan (Version 13, Nov 2010)
Work-package
Title
Main outputs at this moment
Main objectives EG
Finalising technical work
WP1
Review of the Art.17 (HD) reporting exercise
Final draft reporting format & draft guidelines
2nd official consultation round finalised – results summarised in “comments document”
Overview on final changes coming out of consultation & debate
Outlook on technical implementation (WP1& 2 jointly)
1st week of April 2011
WP2
Birds Directive reporting
WP3
The evaluation of Natura 2000 impact on conservation status
Main elements already integrated in formats, focus on draft conservation measures list
Consensus on how to deal with the conservation measures list
End March 2011
WP4
Revision of Natura 2000 dataflow
Final draft of revised Standard Data Form, 3rd official consultation round finalised – results summarised in “comments document”
Overview on last changes to SDF, seeking final views
Done

4. Provisionally planned next meetings (all in Brussels)
Habitats Committee meetings:
13 May 2011, 26 September 2011
Bird Reporting “Kick-off meeting”:
13 October 2011
ORNIS Committee:
14 October 2011
10th Reporting Expert Group:
24 November 2011
Focus: technical implementation tools