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11th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
« EUROPE INBO 2013 »
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
Peter Gammeltoft (Environment DG - Directorate: Quality of Life, Water & Air) on the occasion of the Europe-INBO Conference
The previous "EUROPE-INBO" conferences
- 2004 in Valencia (Spain),
- 2004 in Krakow (Poland),
- 2005 in Namur (Walloon Region),
- 2006 in Megeve (France),
- 2007 in Rome (Italy),
- 2008 in Sibiu (Romania),
- 2009 in Stockholm (Sweden)
- 2010 in Mégève (France)
- 2011 In Oporto (Portugal)
- 2012 in Istanbul (Turkey)
- CommunicationIntroduction - From fulfilling the WFD requirements to actual implementation and uses of results of monitoring.Communication1. Context and objectivesIn the context of preparation of the second WFD river basin management plans, which include a review of the monitoring networks and programmes, a workshop is organised on this topic in the frame of the next conference of the EUROPE-INBO (November 13, 2013, Plovdiv, Bulgaria).The primary objective is to compare practices and practical experiences of monitoring, and promote the interactive exchange of questions and solutions. Those elements will support implementation of the revised WFD compliant monitoring programs, to build up longer term reflections on operational aspects and to guide prospective studies.The workshop also addresses the need for explanatory elements of monitoring strategies followed by Member States, to go beyond the descriptive aspects of data which somehow limited the assessment by the European Commission on 1st reporting.Finally, this workshop is to be seen as one kind of peer review on the implementation of the WFD as desired by the European Commission in the Blueprint to safeguard Europe's water resources.2. Contents and formatAfter a general plenary session presenting feedback at EU level from the European Commission, the European Environmental Agency but also from two Member States, three themes will be covered thanks to quick introductory presentations and participative works in groups.The topics to be investigated during the workshop will be the following:(i) - Purpose of monitoring programmes :(ii) - Organisation and the role of actors, from data collection to their use :(iii) - Monitoring strategies :See below the papers of the workshop.
- CommunicationWFD French monitoring strategyCommunicationMauricette STEINFELDER (Ministry of ecology and sustainable development) - FR
- CommunicationMonitoring and Status Assessments – experiences in SwedenCommunicationUlrika Stensdotter Blomberg (Swedish Water Agency for Marine and Water Management) - SE
- CommunicationSurveillance networks evolution since 1975 through various European Directives in Wallonia (Belgium)CommunicationSurveillance networks evolution since 1975 through various European Directives in Wallonia (Belgium)Pierre-Nicolas LIBERT (Public Service of Wallonia) - BE
- CommunicationWFD compliant Monitoring in Austria Organisation and role of monitoring actorsCommunicationKarin Deutsch (Ministry of Life) - AT
- CommunicationPlan d’adaptation au changement climatique bassin Rhône-Méditerranée Prise en compte dans le SDAGE - Vulnérabilité au changement climatique & politique d’adaptationCommunicationComité de bassin Rhône Méditerranée
- CommunicationIntegrated Drought Management Programme in Central and Eastern EuropeCommunicationLiviu Nicolae Popescu, Richard Müller (GWP Central and Eastern Europe)
- CommunicationWater resources management in Republic of Macedonia – The new approachCommunicationYlber Mirta (Macedonia)
- CommunicationLes mécanismes de financements solidaires, décentralisés et croisés: des financements additionnels pour l’accès àl’eau potable et à l’assainissement pour tousCommunicationCathy Martinez, Coordinatrice de programmes, Solidarité Eau Europe
- CommunicationEconomic analysis and WFD : from theory to an efficient toolbox…….CommunicationArnaud COURTECUISSE (France)
- CommunicationInternational Commission of the Scheldt (ICS) Arnould Lefébure - Secretary generalCommunicationArnould Lefébure - Secretary general
- CommunicationNew approaches on river restorationCommunicationBart Fokkens (European Centre for River Restoration)
- CommunicationPilot Project - Atmospheric Precipitation - Protection and efficient use of Fresh Water: Integration of Natural Water Retention Measures in River basin managementCommunicationNatacha Amorsi - OIEau (France)
- CommunicationExperiences on ecologically acceptable flows in SloveniaCommunicationNatasa Smolar Smolar-Zvanut (Slovenia)
- CommunicationRegional co-operation in relation to water issues: the experiences of the Regional Environmental CenterCommunicationVentzislav Vassilev (REC Central and Eastern Europe)
- CommunicationProblems, activities and cooperation on water management within transboundary Lusatian Neisse bassinCommunicationProblems, activities and cooperation on water management within transboundary Lusatian Neisse bassinMariusz Adynkiewicz-Piragas, Iwona Zdralewicz (Poland)
- CommunicationTransboundary water management in Belarus: current situationCommunicationKALININ Mikhail (Belarus)
- CommunicationWater protection of climate change impacted resourcesCommunicationSatya P. Bindra, Salem Abulifa, Khalifa Hamuda, Dr. Naser Grima, Abd Hamid Shadi, Hussein Binsalem & Adnan Khalifa