EIONET and EUROWATERNET Common Implementation Strategy in the context of the Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

Water Framework Directive Environmental objectives Good status for all waters by 2015 Analysis of water status Pressures and impacts; economic analysis River Basin Management Plan with program of measures including existing Directives Main instrument for planning and reporting Water Pricing Policies operational 2010 Instrument supporting environmental objectives Public participation Participation not information

Shared challenges Ambitious objectives and demanding timetable Risks of wrong application because of complexity of the technical requirements Large shared river basins (Danube, Elbe, Odra) Capacity of administrations New implementation strategy required

History December 2000 Directive adopted Commissioner immediately committed her services to proactive co-operation with Member States, Candidate Countries and Stakeholders Agreement of Member States, Norway and Commission on the Strategy in Sweden on 2-4 May 2001 with involvement of all Candidate Countries

Objectives Efficient, coherent and comparable implementation Coherence and comparability Common understanding and approach Joint efforts and activities Limit risks of bad application Share experience and information Develop guidance Improve information management

Activities Information exchange and raising awareness Developing guidance documents Geographical information systems Testing in pilot river basins Manual for integrated river basin management

Strategic Co-ordination group General Organization Water Directors Steering of implementation process Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission Stakeholders NGO’s, Experts, etc. Strategic Co-ordination group Co-ordination of work programme Chair: Commission Expert Advisory Forum Priority Substances Chair: Commission WG 2.1: Analysis of pressures and impacts Lead: UK ,Germany WG2.5: Intercalibration Lead: JRC Ispra Expert Advisory Forum Groundwater Chair: Commission WG 2.3:Reference conditions inland surface waters Lead: Sweden WG2.7: Monitoring Lead: Italy, EEA WG2.6: Economic analysis Lead: France, Commission WG2.4: Typology, class. of transitional, coastal waters Lead: UK, EEA WG2.8: Tools on assess., classific. of Groundwater Lead: Austria Expert Advisory Forum Reporting Chair: Commission WG2.2: Heavily modified water bodies Lead: Germany , UK WG2.9: Best practice in river basin planning Lead: Spain WG3.1: Geographical Information Systems Lead: JRC Ispra

EAF Reporting

EAF Reporting Background + process Revision of existing reporting under water legislation and development of future reporting under WFD Covering all pieces of water legislation First meeting on 7 February 2002 Next meeting 21 May 2002 Working paper incl. work programme 2002 – 2004 available

Considerations existing reporting obligations (Standardised Reporting + other directives) transition period WFD requirements access to information (Åarhus) other reporting activities (INSPIRE, international, EEA …)

Objectives Discuss & make proposals on: data & information collection avoid duplication efficient use access to validated data & information transition from old directives data requirement to the WFD ones streamlining the reporting process Prepare reports / recommendations

Reporting timetable

Commission reports on Water

(SRD Reporting periods 96-98, 99-01) Existing situation 2000 & 2003 EoI BWD FD SFD GWD DWD SWD DSD UWWD NiD (SRD Reporting periods 96-98, 99-01) Synthesis Report Individual Reports

Existing reporting continues (2008-2013) Under WFD regime 2006 Progress Report on analysis 2008 Progress Report on monitoring 2012 Report on WFD Implementation DSD (New) (Every 6 years) 2015 Report on WFD Implementation - Interim (Every 6 years) Existing reporting continues (2008-2013) FD SFD GWD DWD BWD UWWD NiD DSD (Old)

(SRD Reporting periods 02-04, 05-07) Reviewed Questionnaires? Transition 2006 & 2009 EoI BWD FD SFD GWD SW DWD UWWD NiD (SRD Reporting periods 02-04, 05-07) DSD (Old) Grouped Reports ? Reviewed Questionnaires? Individual Reports

INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe INSPIRE INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe Legislation on Infrastructure for spatial information Thematic information layers Horizontal elements Natura 2000 Water nitrate vulnerable zones water body characterisation ... Land use Transport network Data policy Standardised architecture Reference data layers ... EEA Co-ordination Existing working groups INSPIRE working groups JRC Co-ordination

EAF Work Programme Preparatory work (2002) Revision of existing questionnaires (2002/2003) Preparation of reporting obligations under WFD (2002-2004) Preparation of reporting obligations of other water directives after transition period (2004)

EEA, EIONET and EUROWATERNET WFD Common Implementation Strategy Contribution of EEA, EIONET and EUROWATERNET to the WFD Common Implementation Strategy

EEA+ETC involvement Co-lead of WG 2.7 on monitoring Active role in all other WGs and EAFs Important role of co-ordination with other parallel activities, in particular in EAF Reporting Bilateral discussions with DG ENV on co-ordination of activities

Role of EUROWATERNET Useful tool and good starting point However, insufficient to cover all WFD needs Further developments necessary Harmonisation of EWN criteria with WFD requirements Link to GIS, INSPIRE and COM reporting activ. Integration as part of a wider approach  Information System for European River Basin

Future process How to get towards an “Information System for European River Basin”? Close co-operation and joint leadership of COM (DG ENV+JRC) and EEA Harmonisation and streamlining of reporting Input into the WFD implementation process, in particular EAF Reporting EIONET co-ordination with WFD activities

Access to information WFD CIRCA Interest Group Includes all information and documents of the WFD Common Implementation Strategy Similar to EIONET-CIRCLE but different username and password required Access possible through “self-registration” Help Desk: env-wfd-circa@cec.eu.int