CIS-Workshop on River Basin Management Plans 8-9 May 2006, Bonn Introduction

River Basin Management Plans Heart of the river basin planning process

Remind of WFD planning steps By 2004 - District characterisation and register of protected areas By 2006 – Intercalibration of the ecological status classification systems . Definition of monitoring programmes By 2009 – Programme of measures for achieving WFD environmental objectives . River Basin Management Plan including designation of heavily modified water bodies

Remind of WFD planning steps By 2010 – Implement water pricing policies that enhance water resource sustainability By 2012 – Make measures be operational By 2015 – Achieve environmental objectives

Remind WFD planning steps A decision making process based on public involvement Information and consultation By 2006 – on the timetable and work programme for the production of RBMPs By 2007 – on the overview of significant water management issues By 2008 – on the draft river basin management plan

District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment Status assessment Objective monitoring programmes Identification of the significant water management issues Definition of the environmental objectives River Basin Management Plan Programme of measures Definition of the measures

District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment Status assessment Objective monitoring programmes Identification of the significant water management issues Definition of the environmental objectives River Basin Management Plan Programme of measures Definition of the measures

Significant water management issues Identification required by WFD Article 14.1 Essential step between article 5 reports and RBMP preparation Outstanding issues : What purpose ? What content, structure, level of detail ?

District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment Status assessment Objective monitoring programmes Identification of the significant water management issues Definition of the environmental objectives River Basin Management Plan Programme of measures Definition of the measures

Programmes of measures Construction required by WFD Articles 4, 11 and Annex VI Highly linked to environmental objectives set-up by RBMP Outstanding issues : How measures can be selected ? What tools can be developed ? How measures’ effectiveness can be assessed ? How can uncertainties be addressed ? What level of detail ? What scale ? What is a PoM summary ? How can PoM summary be linked to the parts of RBMP dealing with objectives, extensions, exemptions ? What obligation related to reporting ?

District characterisation Register of protected areas Risk assessment Status assessment Objective monitoring programmes Identification of the significant water management issues Definition of the environmental objectives River Basin Management Plan Programme of measures Definition of the measures

River Basin Management Plans - 1 Production required by WFD Article 13 and Annex VII Outstanding issues : What definition and functions of RBMP, what level of detail ? How to deal with different purposes ? What possible organisations and methodologies to build-up RBMP in national and international river basins ? What are the most appropriate levels of work ? How can common approaches on basin wide issues be developed ? How can objectives and priorities be set-up ? For IRB, what possible comparisons, coordination, funding…?

River Basin Management Plans - 2 Outstanding issues : What criteria can be developed for assessing costs (disproprotionate costs or not) ? How can exemptions be used and justified ? What is the defined purpose of reporting ? Relation with SOER (dual) : how to be compliant ? What relation between RBMP as a product and electronic reporting? What level of detail ? What aggregation ? What feasible scale for reporting ? What indicators ?

Workshop Programme 8 May 1 to 3 pm Plenary session Introduction RBMP and Environmental Objectives under WFD – Commission What is a RBMP ? Can we develop a common understanding ? – Sweden, United Kingdom, France 3 to 3.30 pm Coffee break

Workshop Programme 8 May 3.30 to 5.30 pm Parallel Working sessions Working session 1 – Identifying measures, assessing their effectiveness Working session 2 – Preparing RBMP 5.30 to 6 pm Break 6 to 7 pm Plenary

Workshop Programme 9 May 8.30 to 11 am Parallel working sessions Working session 3 – Drawing-up an international RBMP Working session 4 – RBMP and reporting 11 to 11.30 am Break 11.30 to 1 pm Final plenary

Expected overall outcomes of the workshop Identification of similarities and differences in interpretation of WFD concerning significant water management issues, PoM and RBMP Identification of similarities and differences in the development of PoM and RBMP (national and international RBs) Ideas on how reporting on RBMPs could be structured Identification of worthwhile issues to be further dealt with in the CIS framework