Block 1: Setting the Scene

Chair: Werner Theis

Welcome note

Heidrun Piwernetz, Head of the Representation of Bavaria to the EU

Welcome and Introduction

Werner Theis, LAWA Chair

Setting the Scene – United Kingdom

Martin Hurst, Water Director UK

Setting the Scene – Germany

Fritz Holzwarth, Water Director Germany

Setting the Scene – European Commission
Joachim D'Eugenio, DG Env

Block 2: Biological and environmental standards

Chair: Martin Hurst

Biological monitoring for rivers according to WFD - Principles for the approach and evidences for the programme of measures

Klaus Wendling, LAWA

Using environmental standards to identify where measures are necessary

Martin Marsden, SEPA

Chair: Fritz Holzwarth

Approaches to objective setting in Germany – how can agricultural pressures be addressed?

Sabine Rosenbaum/Sven Schulz , Schleswig-Holstein, DE

What do the objectives look like and how do we set them?

Peter Pollard, SEPA

Block 4: Programmes of Measures

Chair: José Rocha Afonso, Deputy Water Director Portugal

Importance of early measures in terms of the setup and implementation of the first River Basin Management Plan

Stefan Hill, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

Involving the public in planning of measures- experiences from Baden- Wuerttemberg

Joachim Bley, Baden-Württemberg/Rhine Commission

Steps towards developing programmes of measures to address water quality pressures in UK

Dave Martin, Environment Agency

Programmes of Measures – state of play in France

Jean-Claude Vial, Ministère de l'Ecologie, FR

Block 5: Working Sessions

Session A: Biological and environmental standards

Chair: Ulrich Irmer, DE
Rapporteur: Clifford Henry, UK

Session B: Objective setting

Chair: Martin Marsden, UK
Rapporteur: Sibylle Pawlowski, DE

Session C: Programmes of Measures

Chair: Simone Pio, PT
Rapporteur: Peter Pollard, UK

Block 6: Working Sessions: Drawing conclusions

Session A: Biological and environmental standards

Chair: Ulrich Irmer, DE
Rapporteur: Clifford Henry, UK

Session B: Objective setting

Chair: Martin Marsden, UK
Rapporteur: Sibylle Pawlowski, DE

Session C: Programmes of Measures

Chair: Simone Pio, PT
Rapporteur: Peter Pollard, UK

Block 7: Presentation and discussion of conclusions

Chairing panel: David Baxter (UK), Fritz Holzwarth (DE), Helmut Blöch (COM), Stefan Hill (DE LAWA), José Rocha Afonso (PT), Helena Matoz (SI)

Keynote speech: The Danube case – Current/important issues (e.g. phosphates)

Carmen Toader, Romanian Environment Ministry

Reports from the Working Sessions (Rapporteurs)

Working Group A: Biological and environmental standards

Working Group B: Objective setting

Working Group C: Programmes of Measures

Close of workshop

Werner Theis, LAWA Chair