1. WFD and Agriculture
Defra UK

2. Strategic Steering Group - Objectives
WFD and Agriculture
Strategic Steering Group - Objectives
Assess agricultural contribution to meeting WFD objectives
Advise on optimising contribution from the reformed CAP
Consider other instruments

3. Strategic Steering Group - 2005
WFD and Agriculture
Strategic Steering Group
Meetings on 25 April and 21 September
UK WFD and Agriculture Conference 20/21 September

4. WFD and Agriculture Pressures and Impacts
Interim report assessing the gap between agriculture and WFD
Information from Article 5 reports, EEA and JRC
Update as further information received
Finalise end 2006

5. Rural Development Programmes
WFD and Agriculture
Rural Development Programmes
Report to Water Directors November 2005
Lessons learned from case studies
New RD programmes for
Important to maximise synergies with WFD objectives

6. London Conference 20/21 September
WFD and Agriculture
London Conference 20/21 September
170 delegates from across the EU representing agricultural, rural affairs and the environment
Keynote speeches from UK Defra and EU Commission Agriculture and Environment DGs
Presentations and discussion on
Challenges
Solutions
Next steps

7. Conference Proceedings
WFD and Agriculture
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings and presentations are available on Defra website
(under What's New), and
(direct link)

8. WFD and Agriculture Conference Messages
More work needed to understand the impacts but also need immediate action to meet WFD timetable
Opportunities of reformed CAP include new RD programmes and cross compliance but other measures will also be needed
Important to involve stakeholders and build partnerships in order to maximise beneficial impacts

9. Strategic Steering Group – Next Steps
WFD and Agriculture
Strategic Steering Group – Next Steps
Build on work already done and London Conference messages
Future work programme to focus on
CAP cross compliance
Water pricing
Next meeting 3 March in association with Austrian technical conference ‘Opportunities for the Future’

10. WFD and Agriculture Strategic Steering Group - Inputs
‘Ecologic’ project supported by DG RTD
PRB advice on pressures and feasibility of proposals
Questionnaire on POMs
Austrian technical conference on 2/3 March

11. WFD and Agriculture Strategic Steering Group – Outputs
Final report December 2006
Scale of the challenges
Solutions relating to CAP instruments
Solutions relating to other instruments eg water pricing, new technologies

12. WFD and Agriculture Strategic Co-ordination Group
Is asked to
agree that Water Directors should be invited to endorse the Rural Development report at their November meeting
note, in particular, the need for further information on the potential agricultural measures to be included in POMs and
the intention to issue a questionnaire inviting member states to supply this to the SSG