1. European Water Conference Jorge Rodríguez Romero
Commission Communication on Programmes of Measures and the Floods Directive
European Water Conference
Jorge Rodríguez Romero
European Commission
DG Environment
Water Unit

2. To recall…
Main ideas presented at Heraklion meeting and afterwards more details to SCG in October
Article 18 of WFD requires the Commission to publish a Communication on the basis of the 2012 reports on the progress on the implementation of the Programmes of Measures
The Commission will publish the Communication and accompanying documents ahead of the Water Conference scheduled in Brussels on March 2015
Main focus would be the Water Framework and the Floods Directives including integration issues
The Conference will discuss achievements so far and also look forward towards the preparation of the second River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) and first Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMP)

3. Commission Communication and accompanying documents
COM communication
CSWD
on WFD Programmes of Measures
on Floods Directive
5 CSWDs
on BE, EL, ES, HR, PT RBMPs
CSWD: Commission Staff Working Document

4. Logistics and timetable
Duration of the Conference: 1,5 to 2 days.
Conference room in the Commission's Charlemagne building in Brussels with maximum capacity 400
Conference by invitation only open to national/regional/local water authorities and stakeholders
Interpretation in 5 languages and web broadcasting
By invitation only on the basis of a pre-registration process
Timetable:
First week of December: first Draft Programme and pre-registration open
Early January: reminder for pre-registration
End of January: final programme
22 February: closure of pre-registration
January – end of February: confirmation invitations sent by to accepted participants; messages to non-accepted participants sent by

5. Overview of draft programme
First day
Opening
11:00 – 12:30
High-level opening
Moderator: Karl Falkenberg, Director-General DG Environment
Commissioner K. Vella
Latvian Environment Minister
Representative of EP ENVI Committee
Executive Director EEA H. Bruyninckx
Session I:
14:00 – 16:00
Floods Directive
Session II:
16:30 – 18:00
Water Framework Directive Programmes of Measures: achievements and lessons learnt from the first RBMP
Second day
Session III:
9:00 – 10:30
Water Framework Directive next steps: towards the second River Basin Management Plans
Session IV:
11:00 – 10:30
Water Framework Directive: integration issues
Session V:
Water policy in the context of Green and Blue Growth