WG 2A ECOSTAT Meeting 4-5 March 2004

Meeting of the WFD CIS Working Group 2A ECOSTAT

summary Presented by

Anna-Stiina Heiskanen

Joint Research CentreThe Institute for Environment and Sustainability

Inland and Marine Waters Unit

WG 2A ECOSTAT Meeting 4-5 March 2004

Tasks of the meetingReview the composition of the draft intercalibration

registerReview the outcome of the expert networks Agree on recommendations to revise the

intercalibration networkReview and discuss on the first draft on the

intercalibration guidance Discuss and agree on options for intercalibration

process

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Other issues

Discuss and agree on the draft mandate for Eutrophication activity

Discuss on the synergies between ECOSTAT & RTD project REBECCA

Discuss on the report of the ECOSTAT harmonisation task team and linkages to CEN

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Revision of IC register

• Data on type-parameters no problem • Chem/biol QE: JRC will make proposal for

voluntary option for lakes• Commitment from one or more GIGs would

be needed because otherwise it will not be useful

• Data would be available for GIGs via metadatabase for their own GIG-specific analysis

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Finalisation of the registerMore sites needs to be submitted for some lake types (will

be specified in types-manual), and all Mediterranean and Baltic Sea types.

• Solution: allow submission of sites with wider quality range (Mod-High)– Notification required on provisional quality status of

the site (if M, G or H)– However, still need to have sites identified to be

provisionally in the boundaries– Questionnaire will be adapted accordingly

• WGL will investigate possibility that all sites would be inlcuded in the register to allow review to take place in later stage

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Revision of the metadata questionnaire •JRC-EEWAI will revise the questionnaire and the internet web-pages for the data entry for the

further data submission in March

• The members of the WG 2A ECOSTAT will receive a revised draft of the metadata questionnaire on 15 March

• Any comments on the questionnaire need to be sent to JRC-EEWAI by 22 March

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Summary on GIGs organisation• The list of experts needs to be updated (all

accession country experts etc. should be there) (action for JRC)

• COAST GIG coordinators to WGL next week• JRC/ DG ENV will write to members of Central

GIG and ask for contacts from their countries to the GIGs

• One-off meeting will be organized for the Central GIG in Brussels

• To plan how to coordinate future work in that GIG• Start the discussions on the options

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Organisation of GIGs continued• The list of GIG coordinators proposed in

this meeting will be in minutes – JRC will ask names

• GIG coordinators will contact ECOSTAT members to identify experts for all GIGs

• WGL will write to GIG coordinators asking them to look at the options within the GIGs what would be applicable/ possible for their GIG – action before July

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Drafting process for the Guidance• take into account comments of the WG

yesterday, send out the written second draft for written comments (in week) ask for comments for 16 April

• SCG 15th March: WGL will present status and plans for the guidance (including rganisational structure)

• Draft paper will be submitted for the WD’s in June to have approval of the process proposed

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Next WG 2A meeting• At the JRC, Ispra, 5-6 July, with GIG

coordinators present • Organisation of the work (WGL & DG ENV

make proposal)• Preferred Option proposals for GIGs• Plan out in detail how we will implement the

options (next draft of the guidance for the intercalibration – including comments of WDs’)

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Other issues• REBECCA-ECOSTAT: continuous link

will be needed – potential for mutual collaboration & information exchange

• Timetables match relatively well• Some possibilities for flexibility in

REBECCA concerning timetable• REBECCA partners will contact

ECOSTAT members to ask for info in their countries (especially countries with no partners)

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Eutrophication• Generally positive opinion of the mandate• May be presented to SCG• Some questions on the participation in the

steering group but there are limits with number of people there

• Work will focus on sci/ tech issues• Comments of WG2A will notified in minutes &

elaborated in further draft mandate • Workshop organised in autumn to elaborate issues

(common understading on how eutrophication – assessed in different policy areas) & the contents of the document

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Harmonisation – Comparison of classification methods

• Regular updates from CEN to ECOSTAT• CEN will give regular updates on planned

& on-going standardisation of classification methods

• Rest will be put in minutes....

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Thank you!

• Thanks for the JRC colleagues• WGL leaders: Peter & Ultrich• Joachim• All presenters• All participants

• SEE YOU IN JULY!