1. Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive Working Group A ECOSTAT Ecological Status 7th Meeting Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy October 2005

2. Agenda for the 7th meeting
2. Approve minutes of the last meeting?
- Action list & status

3. Actions since last meeting (1) (As identified in the minutes of last meeting)
Task initiated after last meeting
Who
Done
Report on the composition of the final register
JRC
Yes
Circulate papers from the Environmental Objectives drafting group.
Prepare detailed guidance paper on the BSP
WGL
UK circulates a draft on proposal for transcribing EQRs to a common scale
UK reps
Yes?
Template protocol of the final IC report contents (annotated contents list)
WGLs
Now
Send out usernames and passwords for Intercalibration CIRCA system

4. Actions since last meeting (2)
Task initiated after last meeting
Who
Done
SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF GIG MI3 REPORTs
IC Steers
Yes
Reporting template for MI4
IC steers
Compile next version of the draft on reporting & data access of the IC (now communication paper – agenda point 9)
WGLs
Confirm if the prioritisation in the CEN WG 2 Strategy document meets needs and timescales of ECOSTAT
Harmonisation group
Yes??
Volunteer for Coastal expert and EEA rep for harmonisation & monitoring activity
??? No
Anything else?

5. Objectives of the 7th meeting (1)
Agenda item 4: Information on status and continuation of Eutrophication activity (draft guidance distributed)
Agenda item 5: Harmonisation activity
Discuss and agree on a process to develop standards to be added to WFD Annex V (document proposal distributed)
Report on Harmonisation Freshwater biol. methods – final hardcopy available

6. Objectives of the 7th meeting (2)
Agenda items 6-7: Review progress of the intercalibration exercise
Agenda item 8: Discuss and agree on next steps on intercalibration
Revisit timetable of IC exercise
Draft outline of the final IC report (room document distributed)
Draft summary on issues to be high-lighted to Water Directors (room document distributed)

7. Objectives of the 7th meeting (3)
Agenda item 9: Communication on intercalibration process
Discuss and agree on a process to improve communication on IC (draft document distributed)
Discuss and agree on the EEB proposal on review of the IC process (a room document distributed)
Agenda item 10: Progress of REBECCA project (Newsletter 4 available)

8. Objectives of the 7th meeting (4)
Agenda item 11: Information on UK approach on biological monitoring and classification (summary of the presentation distributed)
Agenda item 12: Anything else?
Draft mandate on hydromorphology activity
Proposal for a workshop on monitoring and classification
Other issues?

9. Intercalibration timetable
2004
2005
2006 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6
GIG milestones M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6
Steering Group
Summarise GIG progress reports and prepare WG meetings
WG2A X
SCG
Regular progress reports
IC Report D1 D2 F
Translation, Committee
agreement M5 X
GIG Milestone 4 reporting - end of September 2005
Short time to next SCG (26 Oct.) & Water Directors (28 Nov.)
Need for a clear overview what can be achieved until June 2006
Next milestone (M5) slightly postponed (Feb. 2006)
ECOSTAT meeting also later in March 15-16, 2006