The CIS Working Group on Water Accounts, Brussels, 04 April 2014
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate C - Quality of Life, Water & Air ENV.C.1 - Water
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CIS Working Group on Water Accounts - 1st
Meeting 4. April '14, 9.30 – 17.30
DRAFT
AGENDA
Location:
Maison des
Associations Internationales – MAI (www.mai.be)
Rue Washington 40, 1050 Bruxelles
Indicative timing |
Agenda item |
Objective |
Presentations |
Focus of discussion |
Aimed output |
9:30-10:00 |
1. Opening |
Mandate of the WG Tour de Table |
COM and Co-chairs
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Clarifying expectations and getting to know each other |
10:00 -13:00 |
2. Why are water balances needed in the EU |
Bring WG members up to speed on what has taken place so far on water quantity and what should be the next steps |
COM: Better integration of water quantity in the WFD implementation: From Water scarcity & droughts Communication to the Blueprint (30) |
Define and agree how the group can further advance quantity integration into WFD implementation Proposed scope of the groups work:
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Agreement on the scope of work
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EEA: Pan-European work on Water Accounts (30) |
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Benefits of developing Water balances at RB level – feed-back from the Grants Financed by COM (30) |
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Discussion |
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13:00 -14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-16:00 |
3. Towards a guidance document on water balances |
Agree on a way forward |
COM Consultant:
MS:
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Scope, objectives, structure and process for development of Guidance document |
Agreed way forward for Guidance development |
16:00-17:00 |
4. Water balances and reporting
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To discuss the proposal for improved reporting on water quantity and how water balance can help fulfil reporting obligations |
COM/EEA: Reporting proposal for Water quantity and links to SoE reporting |
Opportunities and difficulties with proposed reporting, way forward. |
Feed-back to WG DIS on water quantity reporting |
17:00-17:30 |
5. Conclusions and next steps |
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Contact information |
Henriette FAERGEMANN
(email: Henriette.Faergemann@ec.europa.eu) |
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Event type | Seminar |
File link | n/a |
File link copy | Draft Agenda WG Water Accounts 4 April.doc (DOC, 70 Kb) |
Source | CIRCA |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/initiatives/pawa |
Geographical coverage | Belgium, |
Address | Maison des Associations Internationales – MAI (www.mai.be) Rue Washington 40, 1050 Bruxelles |
Organizer | EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate C - Quality of Life, Water & Air ENV.C.1 - Water |
Target audience | Euro |
Duration | 9.30 – 17.30 |
Period | 04/04/2014 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |