<p> EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE GENERAL JRC JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Institute of Environment and Sustainability Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit</p><p>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</p><p>Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), meeting room sB Rue Froissart 36, B-1049 Bruxelles (Metro Schuman)</p><p>Draft Agenda (11 September 2008): Presentation Documents Available 1. Welcome & Approval of Agenda</p><p>2. Approval minutes ECOSTAT 5 March 2008 Draft Minutes x</p><p>3. Activity 1 – Intercalibration – first round</p><p> a) Update on Commission Decision J. Rodriguez- Draft Commission Decision x Romero endorsed by WFD (DGENV) Committee</p><p> b) Technical reports S. Poikane (JRC) Draft Technical Reports for x1 lakes, rivers, and coastal/transitional waters 4 Activity 1 – Intercalibration – follow-up work</p><p> a) Updating the intercalibration process guidance – W. van de Bund Discussion paper expected proposed way forward (JRC) 24 September</p><p> b) Proposed reporting structure S. Poikane (JRC) Discussion paper expected 24 September</p><p> c) Updates of GIG planning sheets JRC Updated document expected 24 September</p><p>5 Activity 1 – Intercalibration – status of ongoing work</p><p> a) Coastal/transitional waters W van de Bund (JRC)</p><p> b) Lakes S Poikane (JRC)</p><p> c) Rivers</p><p>- Cross-GIG activities R. Owen (UK) - tbc</p><p>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</p><p>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]:</p><p>- Fish intercalibration D. Pont (FR)</p><p>- CB GIG Macrophytes Sebastian Birk (DE) - tbc</p><p>- Eastern Continental GIG J. Hodovský (CZ) - tbc </p><p>- Mediterranean GIG T. Ferreira (PT)</p><p>6. Activity 2 Eutrophication</p><p>- Update on Eutrophication activity J. Rodriguez- Romero (DGENV)</p><p>7. Activity 3 – Harmonisation and Standardisation</p><p> a) Update on Harmonisation/Standardisation activity P. Boon (CEN) – tbc</p><p> b) Quality assurance of biological monitoring K. Bunzel (DE Summary of the responses to the ECOSTAT QA questionnaire 8. Activity 4 – Ecological Status Classification</p><p> a) Outcome and follow-up of the ECOSTAT P. Pollard (UK) ECOSTAT classification x classification workshop (6-7 March 2008) workshop: summary and conclusions</p><p> b) ECOSTAT work on ecological potential: U. Irmer (DE) Workshop proposal x proposal for a workshop on heavily modified water bodies</p><p> 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</p><p> a) finalisation of biological indicators for EEA after A. Lyche Document expected 24 the first phase of interrcalibration (EEA/NO) September</p><p> b) status/plans for coastal indicators M. Peterlin (EEA/SI)</p><p>2 10 Other issues – Climate change and water</p><p> a) Update from the Strategic Steering Group – DGENV Table of contents of planned x planned guidance document and expected guidance document ECOSTAT input</p><p> 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</p><p>12 Other issues – research project WISER A.Lyche (NIVA, NO) 13 Any other business</p><p>3</p>