1. WISE Implementation Plan Strategic Coordination Group
Balázs Horváth
DG ENV Water Unit
Strategic Coordination Group
8-9 November 2011

2. WISE in the past WISE created in 2003, endorsed by Water Directors
WISE Steering Group coordinates the development since 2004
1st WISE Implementation Plan in 2006
Group of Four (DG ENV, EEA, JRC, ESTAT) working arrangements on the development of the system
2nd WISE Implementation Plan discussed in a number of meetings (WISE SG, WG D) during )

3. WISE achievements to date
Water component for INSPIRE and SEIS at EU level
Formal compliance reporting tool integrating all water related legislative instruments and phase out of paper reporting
Shared information system of water related data
Platform for cooperation among EU Institutions and between Institutions and Member States

4. Priorities in terms of WISE development until 2015
Support the Blueprint as a communication tool
Expansion to cover the marine environment and floods
Water Scarcity and droughts and Water efficiency
Climate vulnerability
Water accounts
Consolidation/improvement of existing reporting streams

5. Priorities in terms of infrastructure, services and processes
Continue to develop WISE as a distributed system in line with INSPIRE as part of SEIS and make increased use of GMES services
Improvement of functionality on the output side (access and exploitation of data)
Continue to streamline different reporting streams
Improvement of data viewers / queries, searchable functionality
Expand WISE-RTD

6. SCG is invited…
…to take note of the 2nd WISE Implementation Plan
…to comment on its contents at the SCG meeting
…and
to continue providing the valuable Member State support to WISE data flows and developments in the future