1. "Financing Natura 2000 Guidance and Workshops”
Reference: ENV .B.2/SER/2005/0020
Official Journal reference: S
Peter Torkler
Brussels

2. Where do we stay ? Timing Project Milestone Todays task
"Financing Natura 2000 Guidance and Workshops”
2nd meeting of the project steering group
Where do we stay ?
Timing
Project Milestone
Todays task

3. All documents available for comments on:
Where do we stay
Work started in October 2005
First Steering group in Nov to agree on structure
All sub contracts are signed
Consortium submitted offer to add Romania and Bulgaria
HANDBOOK
1 draft of the Handbook was prepared by the end of 2005
2 draft circulated for comments end of january
DG´s where contacted to revise the content of the Handbook
WORKSHOPS
First contacts in all countries established
Workshop concept was developed by end of 2005
13/14.02 Kick off meeting to finalize structure of workshops
All documents available for comments on:

4. agree on general procedure for the hand-book and workshops
Project timing
…..
Guidance Handbook
Draft handbook
Consultation
Translations
National Workshops
Contact ministries
Agree structure
Plan workshops
Start workshops
1st WG meeting:
agree on general procedure for the hand-book and workshops
(7th Nov. 2005)
2nd WG meeting: agree/last input on handbook, detailed workshop procedure
(2nd March 2006)

5. 24 out of 36 workshop dates are preliminary fixed
Overview of workshop planning
April
May
June
July …
Sept
Okt. A  ? B 2 CZ CY ?  D ? DK E?
EST F?
FIN
GB? GR H I
IRL? L
05.07
LT? LV M? NL
30.03 P? PL  X X  S SK
SLO? BG RO
24 out of 36 workshop dates are preliminary fixed

6. Berlin kick off meeting for workshop planning
„A great possibility to exchange experience among countries and create a network of people“
47 Participants
26 Partner countries
10 participants from national authorities
Presentation of the whole project
Working groups on all suggested workshop modules
Partners gained better understanding of targets and target groups for the project as well as a clearer picture how the modules can be structrured in the workshops

7. Workshop Problems
Convince national authorities to organize workshop as host
Explain the benefit of national workshops
Divide tasks between national partners and national authorities
Lack of communication between different departments and lack of sufficient background information about national programming of funds
revised Workshop Guidelines try to address these issues

8. Today's planned results
Adopt „Guidance Handbook“ and start interservice consultation
Adopt structure and content of national wokshops
Present next steps
Solve remaining open questions:

9. Questions to be solved Translations: can the partners start now?
Layout how to make it „user friendly“
Printing: when, how many copies per country?
How to assure that EC speakers are available for national workshops (prepare list of potential speakers to coordinate dates?)
Some countries/partners feel that the COM should address MS more official to host workshops (Another official letter from DG ENV? or a joint letter signed by steering group on behalf of different DG´s?)
=>> is it an internal communication deficit in MS ?
=>> could communication of the work to country desk officers in DG´s be helpful ?