Water Scarcity Drafting Group (DG) Working Group B plenary meeting Brussels, April 19th 2005 Progress Report 1 Dicembre 2004

DG on water scarcity In November 2003 the WD have recognized the need to create a working group on scarcity. => Activity sheet on Water Scarcity under Group B This group is working in the spirit of art 1 of WFD to: “promote a sustainable water use based on a long term protection of available water resources contribute to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts contribute to provision of the sufficient supply of good quality surface water and groundwater as needed for sustainable balanced and equitable water use” 1 Dicembre 2004

DG organization Leaders: France and Italy Co drafters: Spain; Cyprus; Research sphere (DG Research, JRC, ARID Cluster, EUREAU); Mediterranean non EU countries (Egypt, Tunisia); WWF 1 Dicembre 2004

Task Producing a document by first semester of 2006 Identifying gaps and concerns Defining the different phenomena Showing the link with WFD implementation Dealing with the two topics identified: Droughts events management Water scarcity resulting from supply-demand imbalances Each of the two topics will be tackled in a practical way 1 Dicembre 2004

Past activities 2 workshops (Palermo and Brindisi) in 2004 2 main topics identified: Droughts events management Water scarcity resulting from supply-demand imbalances 1 meeting (Roma) in 2005 Organization of the chapters drafting Distribution of the work between the drafters Worksop organization 1 Dicembre 2004

Organization of the draft CHAP I: Definition and Assessment of the different phenomena Crisis & Long Term Events Definition & Assessment of Drought Definition & Assessment of Supply/Demand Imbalances Common Principles 1 Dicembre 2004

CHAP I: Definition and Assessment of the different phenomena 1 Dicembre 2004

Organization of the draft CHAP II: Drought Planning and Management Focus on Crisis Events Drought Characterization: Historical Analysis Drought Awareness: Permanent Monitoring Drought Mitigation Planning: Strategic Planning Preparedness, Prevention & Proactive Drought Management: Necessary Drought Framework 1 Dicembre 2004

Organization of the draft CHAP III: Long Term Imbalances in Supply and Demand Focus on Long Term Events Type of Management for Fulfilling Demands using Available Water Efficiency of Proposed Measures at Catchment scale 1 Dicembre 2004

Distribution of the work Introduc-tion Chap I Chap II Chap III Conclu-sion Leader France Italy Spain France Italy Co-Drafters Italy JRC ARID JRC Egypt WWF Egypt JRC Tunisia WWF Italy ARID EUREAU All Example Providers - / DG Research Cyprus France Tunisia Italy ARID Cyprus 15/03/05: 1st draft and detailed table of contends 1 Dicembre 2004

Next step Cyprus conference on “Coping with Drought and Water Deficiencies: From Research to Policy Making” on may 12-13 2005, to share the final results on research provided by the ARID cluster Redaction of the output document 1 Dicembre 2004

Cyprus conference Arid cluster, Water scarcity group and Cyprus ministry Topics : - Policy and Governance, - Management and decision-making tools, - Ecoadaptation, - Economic issues, - Implemented measures - Experience-based future recommendations. 1 Dicembre 2004

What will deliver to the next SCG State of play of the drafting process Chapter’s Table of contents (including WG B comments) Timetable Next steps (to be agreed in Cyprus) 1 Dicembre 2004

Which kind of document ? Best Practice Scope document Discussion Paper ………….. 1 Dicembre 2004