1. EU Water Framework Directive
Improving the communication of the
intercalibration exercise
SCG meeting
Brussels, October 2005
Jorge Rodriguez Romero
European Commission, DG Environment
Unit D.2 – Water and Marine, WFD Team

2. Authoring DG ENV, WGL and IC SG Concrete proposals
Introduction
Water Directors in Luxembourg meeting endorsed the preparation of a paper to improve the communication of the IC exercise
Authoring DG ENV, WGL and IC SG
Concrete proposals

3. Why do we need to improve IC communication?
To avoid misunderstandings
To be transparent on a key piece of the WFD environmental objective setting
To legitimate the results

4. The role of the register of sites The outcome of the process
Topics to communicate
Technical process
The role of the register of sites
The outcome of the process

5. Proposals
Communication actions regarding environmental objectives and intercalibration
Data sharing from GIGs to illustrate the Boundary Setting Protocol (BSP)
Publication of metadata: make metadata database available on the Internet
Nominate a intercalibration national contact point
Information on the register of sites
Information on the national assessment methods
Update EEWAI web pages on intercalibration