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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE GENERAL JRC JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute of Environment and Sustainability Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit

Meeting of the WFD CIS Working Group A on Ecological Status (ECOSTAT) 1 October 2008, 9:30-18:00 2 October 2008, 9:00-13:00

Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), meeting room sB Rue Froissart 36, B-1049 Bruxelles (Metro Schuman)

Draft Agenda (11 September 2008): Presentation Documents Available 1. Welcome & Approval of Agenda

2. Approval minutes ECOSTAT 5 March 2008 Draft Minutes x

3. Activity 1 – Intercalibration – first round

a) Update on Commission Decision J. Rodriguez- Draft Commission Decision x Romero endorsed by WFD (DGENV) Committee

b) Technical reports S. Poikane (JRC) Draft Technical Reports for x1 lakes, rivers, and coastal/transitional waters 4 Activity 1 – Intercalibration – follow-up work

a) Updating the intercalibration process guidance – W. van de Bund Discussion paper expected proposed way forward (JRC) 24 September

b) Proposed reporting structure S. Poikane (JRC) Discussion paper expected 24 September

c) Updates of GIG planning sheets JRC Updated document expected 24 September

5 Activity 1 – Intercalibration – status of ongoing work

a) Coastal/transitional waters W van de Bund (JRC)

b) Lakes S Poikane (JRC)

c) Rivers

- Cross-GIG activities R. Owen (UK) - tbc

1 The chapters for the Baltic GIG in the Coastal/Transitional report are still missing – these will be added as soon as they are available

European Center for Ecological Water Quality and Intercalibration (EEWAI) Joint Research Centre  I-21020 Ispra (VA), Italy  TP 300 E-mail: [email protected] Specific activities [brief 5-10 minutes updates on ongoing work]:

- Fish intercalibration D. Pont (FR)

- CB GIG Macrophytes Sebastian Birk (DE) - tbc

- Eastern Continental GIG J. Hodovský (CZ) - tbc

- Mediterranean GIG T. Ferreira (PT)

6. Activity 2 Eutrophication

- Update on Eutrophication activity J. Rodriguez- Romero (DGENV)

7. Activity 3 – Harmonisation and Standardisation

a) Update on Harmonisation/Standardisation activity P. Boon (CEN) – tbc

b) Quality assurance of biological monitoring K. Bunzel (DE Summary of the responses to the ECOSTAT QA questionnaire 8. Activity 4 – Ecological Status Classification

a) Outcome and follow-up of the ECOSTAT P. Pollard (UK) ECOSTAT classification x classification workshop (6-7 March 2008) workshop: summary and conclusions

b) ECOSTAT work on ecological potential: U. Irmer (DE) Workshop proposal x proposal for a workshop on heavily modified water bodies

c) Alien Species P. Boon (UK) Report of ECOSTAT alien x and/or A. Cardoso species workshop (JRC) - tbc Discussion paper “Using x alien species data in assessing ecological status” 9. Other issues - Biological data for EEA reporting

a) finalisation of biological indicators for EEA after A. Lyche Document expected 24 the first phase of interrcalibration (EEA/NO) September

b) status/plans for coastal indicators M. Peterlin (EEA/SI)

2 10 Other issues – Climate change and water

a) Update from the Strategic Steering Group – DGENV Table of contents of planned x planned guidance document and expected guidance document ECOSTAT input

b) Update of ECOSTAT paper following P. Noges (JRC) ECOSTAT paper “Climate x discussions of ECOSTAT meeting March 2008 change impacts on Reference conditions and ecological boundary setting” – v.3.0 11 Other issues – Symposium: Biodiversity of surface V. Mohaupt (DE) Announcement/draft x waters, floodplains and groundwater - October 29/30, Agenda Bonn

12 Other issues – research project WISER A.Lyche (NIVA, NO) 13 Any other business