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Technical guidance for monitoring and assessment. ECE/MP.WAT/2006/13 Jos G. Timmerman. Why Technical Guidance?. Strategic guidelines available Additional need for technical support Selection of available guidelines from UN organisations and other institutions. Nature of Technical Guidance.
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Technical guidance for monitoring and assessment ECE/MP.WAT/2006/13 Jos G. Timmerman UNECE International Water Assessment Centre
Why Technical Guidance? • Strategic guidelines available • Additional need for technical support • Selection of available guidelines from UN organisations and other institutions UNECE International Water Assessment Centre
Nature of Technical Guidance • Web based • ‘Living’ document • Flexible structure • Referencing to existing material • Most urgent: need for technical guidelines in Russian UNECE International Water Assessment Centre
Disciplinary: Hydrology Ecology Indicators Groundwater monitoring Monitoring and modelling Municipal wastewater Water Framework Directive List of CIS Guidance Documents and technical reports According to the information cycle: General monitoring Information needs Information strategy Monitoring/Data collection Monitoring programmes Data collection and handling Laboratory analysis Data management and assessment Data-analysis methodsAssessment Reporting and Information use Accessing the guidances UNECE International Water Assessment Centre
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