1. Part 1: Practical steps for NiD integration into WISE
31th Nitrates Directive Committee meeting
Brussels, 6 November 2007
European Commission, DG Environment
Unit D.2 – Water and Marine, WFD Team

2. Practical steps for NiD integration into WISE:
Revised reporting guidelines of NiD ready!
Technical description on reporting and IT reporting tool/agreed IT format to support submission of reports to COMM by using guidelines:
Data format is WISE compatible (in IT terms)
Testing by volunteers
Technical workshop on reporting (hands-on examples)
Common entry point = ReportNet services to upload the data
Nomination of national data reporters (account creation)
National data delivery via ReportNet

3. Advantages reporting on WISE for NiD:
To automatise reporting process and make it electronic & through internet access for uploading new data&information
Quicker feedback on validation of quality of reported data
Technical possibility for data exchange
Interactive maps with zooming and searching possibilities
Possibility of integrated analysis at various scales,e.g. quality of receiving waters at MS level, River basin level, etc.
An integrated view on pressures and impacts

4. How it practically should work?
Data flow reporting to WISE through ReportNet, and data visualisation
Reported data from MS after QA/QC
WISE Rules for the data transfer & exchange (e.g.XML)
Reference Database:
-WFD, UWWTD, EIONET water (SoE), BWD, DWD, Estat, etc.
WISE rules
WISE rules
ReportNET: common place to report the data via internet
Data visualisation WISE Public
Member State
Internet
(Internet)
Reports
Compliance-check exercise
Other analysis of reported data

5. ReportNet: What does it mean?
is an electronic infrastructure with tools for streamlining flows of environmental information in Europe
(assist data and information flows resulting from reporting obligations and other agreed reporting on the European level)
is an integral part of WISE data flows
currently used for reporting to EEA and hosting some of DG Environments reporting tasks (WFD, BWD, etc.)
integrates different web services and allows distributed responsibilities
secures that delivered data are made quickly available for analysis, and in addition, if conditions allow for it, publicly available without delay (QA/QC assured)
about the concept of ReportNet:

7. How to upload the data through ReportNet?
Nominate reporter – at least 1 per each MS 
password to connect to ReportNet and
EEA creates account

8. Account Creation
One account in the Directory is needed for logging on to the ReportNet to upload the NiD report
The procedure :
Ask Committee Members to nominate reporter
Agree on ‘WISE reporting arrangements’
Example: agreed at WFD Committee
For NiD: adjusted and to be agreed
Information required for account creation:
First Name
Surname
address
Telephone
Optional information:
Organization, fax number, description, title, URL address

9. On-line demonstration will follow by using Reportnet S-size!
CDR: Central Data Repository:
On-line demonstration will follow by using Reportnet S-size!

10. ReportNet - service levels
Modules involved
Description XL ?
CDR + QA + DD
All services provided on lower levels, plus: Merging of collected datasets into a database. L
1-3 months
All services provided on lower levels, plus: Deliveries based on data specifications in DD. Generation of templates and spreadsheets. Advanced data quality checks during delivery. M
1-3 weeks
CDR + QA
All services provided on lower levels, plus: Generation of simple web questionnaires. Basic data quality checks during delivery. S
1-3 days
CDR
CDR as central delivery place for country data. Creation of user accounts with permissions. Creation of pre-defined CDR folders.

11. Go to on-line demonstration (Part 2)

12. Useful references On water policy at EU level:
On WISE:
On CIRCA: