Thursday, 2 March 2006

Session I – Opening

Welcome

GS Mag. Werner Wutscher, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (33 KB)

Policy linkages of CAP&WFD – Presentation of the background paper (247 KB)

Thomas Dworak, Ecologic Institute

EU “most popular” measures – Presentation of the survey results (290 KB)

Gilles Crosnier, European Commission - DG Environment

Key messages from the UK conference 2005 (339 KB)

Poul Petersen, UK DEFRA

Parallel working groups:

1a) Rural Development and the WFD

Introduction (468 KB), Zbigniew Karaczun, Warsaw Agricultural University

Impulse Statement (362 KB), Ernst Unger, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Impulse Statement (49 KB), Tarja Haaranen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Finland

1b) Rural Development and the WFD

Introduction (468 KB), Thomas Dworak, Ecologic Institute

2) Cross Compliance and the WFD

Introduction (224 KB), Rainer Muessner, Ecologic Institute

Handout (37 KB), Richard Findon, UK Defra

3) Water Pricing

Introduction (304 KB), Eduard Interwies, Ecologic Institute

Impulse Statement (679 KB), Josefina Maestu, Spanish Ministry of Environment

Impulse Statement (413 KB), Rob van der Veeren, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Friday, 3 March 2006

Report-back from the working groups
Main amendments for the SSG issue reports

Rainer Muessner, Ecologic Institute

Options for Co-operation – Presentation of the draft background paper (166 KB)

Thomas Dworak, Ecologic Institute

COPA-COGECA Statement (1006 KB), Niels-Peter Noerring, Danish Agriculture, Deputy Director General

EEB Statement (161 KB), Ruth Davis, RSPB Head of Water Policy

Co-operative agreements in the context of EU water policies (39 KB)

Dr. Ingo Heinz, University of Dortmund

Session V: Conclusions and the way forward

Preliminary Conclusion (458 KB)

R. Andreas Kraemer, Ecologic Institute