L6I:GH:8JG>IN Does Europe have a strategy? 7 June 2007 With the support of Media partner FRIENDS OF EUROPE | JUNE 2007 L6I:GH:8JG>IN Does Europe have a strategy? G:EDGI On the occasion of the European Policy Summit co-organised by Friends of Europe and the European Water Partnership (EWP) With the support of the Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WSSTP), the Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate and Dow Europe Media partner Europe’s World I]jghYVn!,?jcZ'%%, 7^Wa^di]fjZHdakVn!7gjhhZah FRIENDS OF EUROPE | JUNE 2007 The views expressed in this report are personal opinions and not necessarily the views of the organisations they represent, nor of Friends of Europe, its Board of Trustees, members or partners. Reproduction in whole or in part is permitted, provided that full credit is given to Friends of Europe, and provided that any such reproduction, whether in whole or in part, is not sold unless incorporated in other works. 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Water Fritz Holzwarth, President of the International shortages and floods can be Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) economically devastating, and Water Director at the German Ministry of and long-term imbalances in Environment water supply can seriously hamper Europe’s economic Grant Lawrence, Director for Water, Chemicals growth. But are the policy and Cohesion, European Commission, Directorate solutions now being applied General for the Environment proving successful? Is the EU’s Water Framework Ingeborg Bromée, Head of Unit, Environment, Directive enough to cope Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations with the problems of in the EU and General Confederation of Agricultural today and tomorrow, or Co-operatives in the EU (COPA-COGECA) should it be seen as just the forerunner for a more Riccardo Petrella, International Committee ambitious strategy? Given Coordinator, World Water Contract the importance of water security in sectors as diverse Richard Seeber MEP, Rapporteur, Directive on the as power generation, health Assessment and Management of Floods and Member and food production, of the European Parliament Committee on the how can stakeholders in Environment, Public Health and Food Safety government, business and civil society be reached out Moderator: to and included in the water Friedrich Barth Vice-Chairman, European Water policy debate? Partnership (EWP) p | 5 FRIENDS OF EUROPE | JUNE 2007 HZhh^dc'/>ckZhibZcideedgijc^i^Zh^clViZg Estimates say that over 40 Speakers: million people in Europe do Jens Berggren, Manager of the Water Integrity not have easy access to clean Network (WIN), Transparency International, drinking water, and 85 million Germany do not have basic sanitation services. Water procurement, David Boys, Member of the UN Secretary treatment and distribution need General’s Advisory Board on Water and sophisticated infrastructures, and Sanitation and International Utilities Project that in turn means substantial Coordinator, Public Services International (PSI) investment programmes that must start very soon. What Jürg Gerber, Chief Operating Officer, World resources are available to finance Business Council for Sustainable Development these long-term investments? (WBCSD) and Senior Adviser for Global Projects, Are public sector budgets the Alcan Inc main option, or will the money come from higher water bills Mark Lane, Head of the Water Sector Group, for end-users? How can public- Pinsent Masons, UK private partnership help leverage the private sector activities and Brigita Schmögnerová, Vice President, European assets most effectively? And with Bank for Reconstruction and Development primary water supplies around (EBRD) the world needing to increase by 22% by 2025, what funding Moderator: models will be most appropriate Giles Merritt, Secretary General, Friends of for developing countries? Europe p | 6 FRIENDS OF EUROPE | JUNE 2007 HZhh^dc(/:c]VcX^c\lViZgVcYZcZg\nhZXjg^in European water solutions Speakers: and policy thinking are Bertrand Charrier, Vice President, Green Cross making a growing impact International worldwide. The EU and its Member States are not Androulla Kaminara, Director for Operations Quality only by far the world’s Support, EuropeAid Co-operation Office, European largest aid donors, but also Commission do much to promote more efficient water governance. Sharon L. Nunes, Vice President, Strategic Growth How should the EU further Initiatives, Big Green Innovations, IBM, USA spread its own water-related experience and best practice Raymond van Ermen, Executive Director, European among its neighbours and Partners for the Environment (EPE) partners? Is water policy being adequately integrated Gheorghe Constantin, Director for Water Resources into the EU’s policies for Management, Ministry of Environment and addressing energy, climate Sustainable Development, Romania change and other global environmental challenges? Moderator: Johan Kuylenstierna, Project Director, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) p | 7 FRIENDS OF EUROPE | JUNE 2007 ;DG:LDG9 I am delighted to introduce the proceedings of this year’s European Policy Summit on Water – “Water Security: Does Europe have a Strategy?” On 7 June, some 250 EU and national policymakers, NGOs and industry leaders gathered in the Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels to discuss the challenges being created by climate change and inadequate water management. The strength of the response reflects strong interest from many parties and reinforces our determination to raise water further on the European political agenda. I would like to express my thanks to all the contributors and participants for the inspiring and high-level debates. Europe will need to act on the water challenges, which can no longer be assimilated to arid regions of the world. Climate change, increasing floods, drought and water scarcity are just some of the threats to Europe scrutinised by European policymakers, NGOs, businesses and industry. To confront these threats, Europe needs an incisive, forward-looking water strategy. This will also provide an example to the rest of the world, which expects Europe to react collectively and constructively to one of the most pressing natural resource issues facing the world today. This crisis cannot be addressed in isolation through investment, policies or technological innovation. Co-operation is needed by all stakeholders. This is the objective of the European Water Partnership, which brings together actors from all sectors: government, private, financial,