Meeting of the WFD CIS Working Group A on Ecological Status (ECOSTAT)

1 October 2008, 9:30-18:00

2 October 2008, 9:00-12:00

Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), meeting room sB

Rue Froissart 36, B-1049 Bruxelles (Metro Schuman)

Draft Agenda (23 September 2008):

1 October 2008 – 9:30-18:00
Presentation / Documents
1. / 9:30 / Welcome & Approval of Agenda
2. / 9:35 / Approval minutes ECOSTAT 5 March 2008 / Draft Minutes
3. / 9:45 / Activity 1 – Intercalibration – first round
a)  Update on Commission Decision
b)  Technical reports / J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV)
S. Poikane (JRC) / Draft Commission Decision endorsed by WFD Committee
Draft Technical Reports for lakes, rivers, and coastal/transitional waters
4 / 10:00 / Activity 1 – Intercalibration – follow-up work
a)  Updating the intercalibration process guidance – proposed way forward
b)  Proposed reporting structure
c)  Updates of GIG planning sheets / W. van de Bund (JRC)
S. Poikane (JRC)
JRC / Discussion paper
Discussion paper
Updated document
10:45 / Coffee break
5 / 11:15
11:45 / Activity 1 – Intercalibration – status of ongoing work
a)  Coastal/transitional waters
b)  Lakes / W van de Bund (JRC)
S Poikane (JRC)
12:30 / Lunch break
5 / 14:00 / Activity 1 – Intercalibration – status of ongoing work (continued)
c)  Rivers
-  Cross-GIG activities
Specific activities [brief 5-10 minutes updates on ongoing work]:
-  Fish intercalibration
-  CB GIG Macrophytes
-  Eastern Continental GIG
-  Mediterranean GIG / R. Owen (UK)
D. Pont (FR)
S. Birk (DE)
L. Cerovska (CZ
T. Ferreira (PT)
15:30 / Coffee break
6. / 16:00 / Activity 2 Eutrophication
-  Update on Eutrophication activity / J. Rodriguez Romero (DGENV)
7. / 16:15 / Activity 3 – Harmonisation and Standardisation
a)  Update on Harmonisation/Standardisation activity
b)  Quality assurance of biological monitoring / P. Logan (UK/CEN)
K. Bunzel (DE / Summary of the responses to the ECOSTAT QA questionnaire
8. / 16:45 / Activity 4 – Ecological Status Classification
a)  Alien Species
b)  Outcome and follow-up of the ECOSTAT classification workshop (6-7 March 2008)
c)  ECOSTAT work on ecological potential: proposal for a workshop on heavily modified water bodies / P. Boon (UK) and/or A. Cardoso (JRC)
P. Pollard (UK)
V. Mohaupt (DE) / Report of ECOSTAT alien species workshop; Discussion paper “Using alien species data in assessing ecological status”
ECOSTAT classification workshop: summary and conclusions
Workshop proposal
2 October 2008 – 9:00-12:00
Presentation / Documents
9. / 9:00 / Other issues – research project WISER / A.Lyche (NIVA, NO)
10. / 9:30 / Other issues - Biological data for EEA reporting
a)  finalisation of biological indicators for EEA after the first phase of interrcalibration
b)  status/plans for coastal indicators / A. Lyche (EEA/NO)
M. Peterlin (EEA/SI) / Document expected 24 September
10:30 / Coffee break
11 / 11:00 / Other issues – Climate change and water
a)  Update from the Strategic Steering Group – planned guidance document and expected ECOSTAT input
b)  Update of ECOSTAT paper following discussions of ECOSTAT meeting March 2008 / DGENV
P. Noges (JRC) / Table of contents of planned guidance document
ECOSTAT paper “Climate change impacts on Reference conditions and ecological boundary setting” – v.3.0
12 / 11:30 / Other issues – Symposium: Biodiversity of surface waters, floodplains and groundwater - October 29/30, Bonn
/ V. Mohaupt (DE) / Announcement/draft Agenda
13 / 11:45 / Any other business
12:00 / End

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