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The EU's Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

Learn about the EU's approach to strengthening the Water Framework Directive through cooperation and shared objectives to achieve efficiency, coherence, and transparency in implementation.

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The EU's Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

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  1. The EU's CommonImplementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive

  2. Background Water Framework Directive sets broad guidelines Cooperation between Member States to strengthen implementation was agreed shortly after the adoption of the Directive.

  3. Why a common strategy? • Challenges widely shared by the Member States • Demanding timetable • Complexity of the text • Diversity of possible solutions to scientific, technical and practical questions • Ensure efficiency and transparency

  4. Objectives • Coherence and comparability • Common understanding and approach • Joint efforts and activities • Limit risks of bad application • Share experience and information • Develop guidance • Improve the information management

  5. Water Directors Steering of implementation process Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission Stakeholders NGO’s, Experts, etc. Strategic Co-ordination group Co-ordination of work programme Chair: Commission Expert Advisory Forum Priority Substances Chair: Commission WG Analysis of pressures and impacts Lead: UK ,Germany WG Intercalibration Lead: JRC Ispra Expert Advisory Forum Groundwater Chair: Commission WG Reference conditions inland surface waters Lead: Sweden WG Monitoring Lead: Italy, EEA WG Economic analysis Lead: France, Commission WG Typology, classification TCwaters Lead: UK, Spain, EEA WG Tools on assessment, classification of Groundwater Lead: Austria Expert Advisory Forum Reporting Chair: Commission WG Heavily modified water bodies Lead: Germany , UK WG Best practice in river basin planning Lead: Spain WG Geographical Information Systems Lead: JRC Ispra

  6. Shared Information

  7. Published Guidance notes

  8. Lessons learnt Informal process steered at political level but with a strong technical development behind it to achieve common understanding Working groups to develop the established work programme with clear deliverables and timetable Ownership: it is a joint process between the Commission and MS Presidency rotation helps sharing the steering of the process among partners; decision making by consensus Broad participation of stakeholders, through an agreed set of criteria, essential for successful water policy Platform to develop guidance and exchange of information/experiences; as a side effect, but very important, building of networks among experts across the EU, stimulating exchange of experiences also in bilateral/multilateral on issues of common interest

  9. Conclusion Many possibilities for replicating this Common Implementation approach in the Indian set-up

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