INFORMAL MEETING OF WFD COMPETENT AUTHORITIES at the World Water Week, Stockholm, August 2006

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1 The European Commission The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Stockholm International Water Institute & The Swedish Water House INFORMAL MEETING OF WFD COMPETENT AUTHORITIES at the World Water Week, Stockholm, August 2006 Network building cooperation - exchange of experiences The meeting will consist of presentations and a workshop focusing on the key issues of interest for the Competent Authorities (CA) in this period of WFD implementation. There will also be several opportunities for dialogue, i.e. an organised dinner on Wednesday night. The meeting will be based on an approach based on the following questions: What is new for the water managers compared to pre-wfd time? What are the main difficulties/challenges? What are the solutions? How do we create a fruitful cooperation, a continuing dialogue and exchange of experiences among the CA:s? One main conclusion from the meeting that we would expect is whether the participants find a network useful and how they see this develop in the context of the Work Programme for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy. For the purpose of future contacts and cooperation we would ask you to submit some brief information on the RBD:s in your country, on how the CA:s have been established and on their contacts, see attached example from. We will later provide you with a compilation of these information sheets from all EU countries. In some member states we might not be updated considering the correct addressees for the CA, so if needed, please forward this invitation to the right persons within your organisation. Please find enclosed a draft programme and registration form. We welcome your suggestions on improvements of the agenda. Ms Annika Börje Mr Peter Askman Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Ministry of Sustainable Development annika.borje@siwi.org peter.askman@sustainable.ministry.se tel ( ) tel fax

2 DRAFT AGENDA (Version 11/07/06) Wednesday 23 August 2006 DAY 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WFD Moderator: Friedrich Barth, IFOK, Institute for Organisational Communication Registration, 09:30 Welcoming by the Swedish Minister of the Environment or by the State Secretary, Ministry of Sustainable Development Introduction by the European Commission 10:00 Presentation of the agenda by representative from one of the Swedish CA:s Coffee break Considerations by the Finnish Presidency: Future challenges in the implementation of the EU WFD. Director Ulla Kaarikivi-Laine, Minístry of the Environment, Finland Presentations of the work in different river basin districts. Focus on programmes of measures (POM) and public participation: "From Rhine river basin perspective: The development of programmes of measures on the regional level - experiences with public participation". Dr. Joachim Bley is the managing director of the German Rhine River Commission and also responsible for the WFD implementation in the CA of Baden- Württemberg. He will present experiences from the work developing POM considering the uncertainties deriving from not yet defined environmental objectives under the involvement of the regional public "Odense Pilot River Basin - Programme of Measures. Experience from the Danish pilot project for implementing the Water Framework Directive". Harley Bundgaard Madsen, Head of Marine and Hydrology Department, Fyn County, Denmark "The way of public participation in Schleswig-Holstein - more than just information". Sabine Rosenbaum, Member of the WFD Project Group. Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development, Schleswig-Holstein Summary by moderator, short statements from participants LUNCH Presentations by water authorities/ca:s on how the water management according to the WFD is organised, on the state of the art, difficulties, challenges and solutions: The Scaldit project and the Implementation of the WFD in the International Scheldt River Basin District, Veronique Van Den Langenbergh, Coordinator for the WFD implementation in the Flemish Region and project coordinator of the Scaldit project. Overall picture on River Basin Districts (RBDs) in Ireland; The NSSHARE project which covers 3 RBDs two of which are International RBDs.

3 Development of ecological classification tools and the harmonisation of an approach between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland; Donal Casey, Senior Executive Chemist, Donegal County Council. ( River basin district in ; To be confirmed Coffee break Discussion focusing on identified key issues To be elaborated! Examples: How do CIS and the guidances feed in to the water management? Good ecol status/ecol potential in a cultural landscape? Acceptable costs for public participation/cooperation? Summaries of the first day and organisation of the workshop 19:00 World Water Week Dinner! Thursday 24 August 2006 Day 2 The way forward Moderator: Friedrich Barth, IFOK, Institute for Organisational Communication Start workshop, How to create a fruitful cooperation, a continuing dialogue and exchange of experiences among the CA:s. How can we develop this in the context of the Work Programme for the WFD Common Implementation Strategy? Summaries from the workshop, outcome: Cooperation tools Closing remarks End of meeting, lunch

4 WFD in SWEDEN The Swedish Environmental Legislation has been adapted to the WFD and the Swedish Government has issued an ordinance for the water management according to the directive. includes 119 river basins. Administratively, it is divided into 21 County Administrative Boards. In order to comply with the WFD, is divided into 5 Water Districts with borders coinciding with those of river basins. The Competent Authority for each district is a selected County Administrative Board. Each of the 5 CA is headed by a Water Management Director. Each CA is governed by a Water Delegation, a body especially assigned to carry out the provisions of the WFD instead of the normal decision makers of the County Administrative Board. The Water Delegations include representatives from most of the County Administrative Boards within the district. The 5 Water Delegations, chaired by the County Governor, thus acts as decision-making boards. The reasons behind this structure is to establish a Competent Authority according to the WFD as well as making existing County Administrative Boards continue their work in the field of water in a coordinated way within river basins. For a map of the Swedish Water Districts go to Country RBD:s CA:s 1. 5, one includes an international district (together with Finland) 5, one for each RBD RBD and CA för Bottenviken Water Mr. Bo Sundström Management Director (WMD) Norrbottens län SE LULEÅ Phone no Direct no: Switch board: Bo.Sundstrom@bd.lst.se Fax no Web address iken/

5 Name of the RBD and CA WMD Vattenmyndigheten för Bottenhavet Mr. Åke Bengtsson Västernorrlands län SE Härnösand Phone no Direct no: Switch board: Fax no Web address avet/ RBD and CA för Norra Östersjön WMD Mr. Lennart Sorby Västmanlands län SE Västerås Phone no Direct no: Switch board: Fax no Web address sj%c3%b6n/ RBD and CA för Södra Östersjön WMD Ms. Dea Carlsson Kalmar län SE Kalmar Phone no Direct no: Switch board: Fax no Web address %96stersj%c3%b6n/ för RBD and CA Västerhavet WMD Mr. Björn Sjöberg Västra Götalands län SE Göteborg Phone no Direct no: Switch board: Fax no Web address