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History EU+Norway Water Directors meeting in Paris Oct 2000 Member States and the European Commission agreed in Paris to developed a Common Strategy.

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2 History EU+Norway Water Directors meeting in Paris Oct 2000 Member States and the European Commission agreed in Paris to developed a Common Strategy Yesterday agreement was reached on the strategic document

3 Why a common strategy? Challenges widely shared by the Member States Demanding timetable Complexity of the text Diversity of possible solutions to scientific, technical and practical questions Ensure efficiency and transparency

4 Objectives Coherence and comparability Common understanding and approach Joint efforts and activities Limit risks of bad application Share experience and information Develop guidance Improve the information management

5 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 Analysis of pressures and impacts Lead: UK ,Germany WG Intercalibration Lead: JRC Ispra Expert Advisory Forum Groundwater Chair: Commission WG Reference conditions inland surface waters Lead: Sweden WG Monitoring Lead: Italy, EEA WG Economic analysis Lead: France, Commission WG Typology, classification of transitional, coastal waters Lead: UK, Spain, EEA WG Tools on assessment, classification of Groundwater Lead: Austria Expert Advisory Forum Reporting Chair: Commission WG Heavily modified water bodies Lead: Germany , UK WG Best practice in river basin planning Lead: Spain WG Geographical Information Systems Lead: JRC Ispra

6 Activities - technical issues
Analysis pressure and impact Heavily modified waters REFCOND rivers and lakes Reference conditions coastal water Intercalibration Economic analysis Monitoring Assessment and classification of groundwater Best practice in River Basin Planning GIS

7 Implementation strategy
Activities 1 Sharing Information 1.1 Tools for information sharing 4 Application,testing and validation 4.1 Integrated testing in pilot river basins Implementation strategy 1.2 Raising awareness 2 Develop guidance 2.1 Analysis of pressures and impacts 2.2 Heavily modified water bodies 2.6 Economic analysis 2.3 Refrence conditions inland surface waters 2.7 Monitoring 2.4 Typology, classification of transitional, coastal waters 2.8 Tools on assessment, classification of groundwater 2.5 Intercalibration 2.9 Best practices in river basin planning 3 Information Management 3. Geographical Information Systems


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