Water Information System for Europe (WISE)

1. International Work Session on Water Statistics Vienna, 20-22 June 2005 Water Information System for Europe (WISE)

2. Introduction • Current situation regarding reporting of water information in EU • Water Information System for Europe -WISE • State of play and progress on reporting under WFD • The wider context (INSPIRE, EIONET, UWWT reporting, etc.)

3. Current situation Information Users Public/ Stake-holders Member States EEA Internat. Conven- tions Information COM Information Information Information Information Member States Data Data treatment

4. WISE - Background The EU bodies (DG ENV, JRC, ESTAT and EEA) and EU25 Member States, plus Norway, Bulgaria and Romania in the framework of CIS for WFD agreed on the Water Directors meeting in November 2003: “Development of a new, comprehensive, shared European data and information management system for water, including river basins (WISE). The system should be based on the concept paper and should be fully implemented by 2010”

5. Drivers for data collection WISE -Common vision Information Users Policy Effectiveness Public/ Stake-holders Member States EEA International Conventions WISE COM SoE Trends An. Data treatment / aggregation Compliance checking Member States Data Purposes for reporting

6. WISE aims • Efficient management of all water-related information at EU level • Coherence between various reporting mechanisms and needs • Acces to information / data for various purposes and needs

7. WISE process • Close co-ordination between European bodies (ENV, JRC, ESTAT and EEA) • Collaboration with Member States • Spin off to linked activities (INSPIRE, GMES, EIONET, UWWT Reporting, RTD) • Development of WISE tools (reference data, internet prototype, GIS) • Agreement of reporting requirements (reporting sheets)

8. WISE elements Water Information System for Europe WISE concept Process Tools Components WISE reporting sheets WISE prototype WISE RTD web WG Reporting WISE GIS WISE Compliance WISE GIS experts WISE / EIONET Water Reference data

9. What is WISE? The “Water Information System for Europe” is: • an idea/vision (2002) • a concept (2003) – concept paper published on internet • a process (2003 …) – CISWorking Group D on Reporting • a co-operation (between EU bodies and MS) • a set of tools (GIS, prototype, RTD, …) • an internet and “single entry” portal (wise.jrc.cec.eu.int) • a definition of reporting requirements • a gateway for (public) information (2006)

10. WISE – state-of-play • WFD reporting 2004 and 2005 (Art. 3+5) defined • WFD 2004 reporting tool online (until end of June 2005) • WFD 2005 reporting tool currently being finalised ( ready for testing in July) • 11 (+ 3) MS completed WISE reporting for Article 3 report 2004

11. Logon screen

12. Article 3 report – submission (June 2005)

13. WISE - next steps and outlook • Completion of 2005 reporting input template • Development of output module (restricted and public-to be launched in 2006) • Preparation of WFD reporting guidance on monitoring and RBMP • Further development of WISE GIS • Integration of other water databases: intercalibration, UWWT, flooding etc. • Closer integration of EIONET Water • Further development of RTD interface

14. WISE in the wider context Environmental Reporting/ EIONET/INSPIRE X-Cutting Issues such as biodiversity and health Air Soil Water WISE Agri- culture Climate Others …

15. UWWTD DB Bathing water DB UWWTD integration into WISE Environmental Reporting/ EIONET / INSPIRE Water WISE Air Agri-culture Climate change SOIL Others … Other Directives

16. Art. 15(4) Including information on Art.3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 15 (1,2,3) UWWTD DB Art. 16 Paper copies of published reports in national languages Art. 17 Paper copies (or electronic format - as an option) UWWTD: a single reporting system Reporting before 2005 Reporting long-term WISE Reporting after 2005 UWWTD DB Electronic format Art.15 Art.16 Art.17 Other requests forall requirementsof UWWTD