EU-Water Framework Directive

Eastern River Basin District (ERBD)

The Widening Perspective and Interpretation of the

EU-WFD Planning and Implementation at ERBD Level

Final Workshops/Seminars Programme

Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1

8th to 10th December 2013

Saturday 7th December: Pre-Workshops/Seminars Meetings

Arrival of International Workshops/Seminars

Chairs/Speakers/Moderators and Transfer to Hotel

13.30 p.m.: Meeting of Workshops/Seminars Organising Team

14.15p.m.: International Water Association (IWA) – Meeting of Sub-

Committee of National IWA Committee in conjunction with

Engineers Ireland

15.30 p.m.: International Network of Basin Organisations (INBO) and

EU- IMPEL Project Participants – Inaugural meeting for Irish

Participation

16.00 Tea/Coffee Break

16.30 p.m.: 1st Meeting of ERBD Team and OIEAU/ONEMA (France)

17.30 p.m.: Meeting of Workshop Personnel for the EU-Water

Framework Directive (WFD) – Eastern River Basin District (ERBD)

Conference on afternoon of Sunday 8thDecember, 2013

19.30: Informal Welcome Reception for Committees/Organisers

Sunday 8th December – Afternoon Workshops

9.00 a.m.: Optional City Tour

11.00 a.m.: Registration Desk Open

11.00 a.m. : 2nd Meeting of ERBD Team and OIEAU/ONEMA (France) –

including Climate Change Theme

12.30 p.m.: Light Refreshments

Afternoon: 13.30 p.m. – 15.30 p.m.

Workshop 1: Water Monitoring /Metering and Public Participation

Partners:

IBM: Dr Sean McKenna, Mr Rory Caren “Let’s Build a Smarter Planet”

Smart Eco Hub: Dr David McDonnell, CEO –“Innovating for a Sustainable Future”

Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS): Dr Rita McGrath “Integrity without Compromise”

Itron: Dr Olivier Luis “Water/Energy Nexus”

Chair: Dr Shane O’Boyle, WFD Monitoring, EPA

Convenor: Dr Claire O’Leary, Dublin City Council (DCC) Team;

Rapporteur: Dublin City University (DCU) Team

Introductory Presentation:

Professor Fiona Regan, DCU: Water Monitoring Challenges and Innovations

Dr Sean McKenna, IBM: Integrated Smart Networks and Metering

Dr Natacha Amorsi, International Office for Water: "Engaging the Public in

Meaningful Accounting: the NWRM Project"

Panel:

Dublin City Council (DCC) Central Laboratory and ERBD Team: Dr Imelda

Averill, Dr Claire O’Leary; Mr John Stack, Mr John Collins, Mr Gerry Doherty, Ms

Maryann Harris, Mr Kevin Callanan, Mr Des Bartley, Ms Aideen Carney

DCC/CDM-Mobile Monitoring Unit: Mr Donal O’Keefe, Mr Pat Barrett

CER: Dr Dermot Nolan, Dr Cathy Manion

Dublin City University (DCU): Lead Team

University College Dublin (UCD): Professor Michael Bruen, Dr Mary Kelly-

Quinn (Small Streams Risk Score – SRSS), Dr Sean-Blacklocke (Hydrofor)

Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and Coast Watch Ireland: Dr Karin

Dubsky, Dr Sinead O’Brien, Dr Linda O ‘Dwyer

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI): Dr Fiona Kelly, Dr Joe Caffrey, Dr Noel McGloin

Freshwater Pearl Mussel (FPM): Dr Tony McNally

Marine Institute (MI): Dr Evin McGovern

Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI): Dr Taly Hunter-Williams

Office of Public Works (OPW): Dr Nathy Gilligan

Waterways Ireland (WI): Dr Paula Treacy

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Dr Martin McGarrigle and Dr

Catherine Bradley (Rivers), Dr Deirdre Tierney (Lakes), Dr Shane O’Boyle

(Transitional and Coastal Waters), Dr Coleman Concannon (Priority

Substances), Dr Mathew Craig (Groundwater), Dr Donal Daly (Hydrometrics) ,

Dr Paddy Morris; Dr Margaret Desmond

Rijkswaterstraat Centre for Water Management (RCWM): Dr Gerrit Vossebelt

15.30 – 16.00: Tea/Coffee Break

Sunday 8th December- Afternoon Workshops

Afternoon: 16.00 p.m. – 18.00 p.m.

Workshop 2: Water/Energy-Business/Economics & IWRM

Partners:

Enterprise Ireland: Dr Simon Bradshaw, Dr Paul Butler

Veolia Water: Dr Pierre Emery, CEO

Goodbody Corporate Finance/Stockbrokers: Dr David Lowe, Director

BlueTech: Dr A. Crowley NovaUCD: Dr Karl Quinn

IBM: Dr Sean McKenna

Chair: Professor Yvonne Scannell, Arthur Cox and Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

Convenor: Dr Sean Blacklocke, Consultant Environmental Economist

Introductory Presentation:

Dr Cathal Buckley: Argi-Environmental Business/Economics; Teagasc

Dr. Rick Wortelboer, Deltares, NL: “Value for Money - The WFD-Explorer”.

Dr Natacha Amorsi, International Office for Water: “ Business and Innovation:

Lessons learned and perspectives from EU-FP project"

Panel:

DCC: Dr Mark Bennett, Dr Neil Higgins; ESRI: Dr Edgar Morgenroth; Veolia: Dr

Joe Higgins; Goodbody Consultants: Dr David Lowe; Aecom: Dr John Finnegan;

CER: Dr Cathy Manion; UCD: Professor Berna Grist, Dr John O’Sullivan,

Professor Michael Bruen, NovaUCD: Dr Karl Quinn; Enterprise-Ireland: Dr Paul

Butler

18.30: Informal Welcome Reception

Monday 9th December - Seminars

8.00 a.m.: Registration Desk Open

Morning: 9.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.

Seminar 1: ERBD Integrated Water Cycle Interventions

Partners:

Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi): Dr Stuart Doherty, Dr Kevin Brady

ESRI: Dr Dean Djokic, Dr Lori Armstrong

Compass Informatics: Dr Gearoid O’Riain, Dr Paul Mills

Chair: Dr Andy Fanning – WFD Programme Manager, EPA

Presenters:

Mr Ray Earle, ERBD Office, DCC: Vertical Integration in the Water Cycle

Mr Alan Hooper, CDMSmith: Approach to WFD and ICM in the ERBD

Mr Tom Leahy, IW: WFD and the “Irish Water” Strategy for the East/Midlands

Mr Gerard O’Connell, DCC: Linking Floods Directive & WFD in the East/Midlands

Ms Aoife Moore, Regional Authority: Water & Planning/Development in East/Midlands

Dr Michael Bruen, UCD, Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research: The Pathways Project

Dr Rick Wortelboer, Deltares, NL: The WFD-Explorer

Question and Answer Session

10.45 a.m. – 11.15a.m.: Tea/Coffee Break

Monday 9th December - Seminars

Morning: 11.15 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

Seminar 2: ERBD/EU-RBD Peer Reviews and Benchmarking

Partners:

DG Environment: Mr Peter Gammeltoft, Ms Claire McCamphill

Environmental Protection Agency: Dr Micheál Ó’Cinnéide; Dr Andy Fanning

Regulator (CER): Dr Cathy Manion, Dr Dermot Nolan

Chair: Ms Taly Hunter-Williams - Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

Presenters:

Ms Anna-Karin Weichelt, County Administrative Board, Jönköping, Sweden: RBD Sweden

Dr. Natasa Smolar-Zvanut, Slovenia: RBD Slovenia

Dr Peter Close: RBD Northern Ireland

Dr Rick Wortelboer, Deltares, NL: RBD Neteherlands

Dr Yannick Pochon: RBD France (On-Line)

Mr Gwendal Le Divechen : European activities of INBO on Peer Review and Benchmarking

Question and Answer Session

13.00 p.m. – 14.00 p.m.: Lunch

Monday 9th December - Seminars

Afternoon: 14.00 p.m. – 15.45 p.m.

Seminar 3: Mainstreaming River Restoration and Ecology

Partners:

Enterprise Ireland (EI): Dr Simon Bradshaw, Dr Paul Butler

Intel: Dr Martin Curley

Office of Public Works (OPW): Dr Tony Smyth; Dr Nathy Gilligan

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS): Dr Áine Lalor, Dr Jim Ryan

Chair: Prof. Michael Bruen, UCD, Dooge Centre Water Resources Research

Presenters:

Dr Bart Fokkens, Netherlands: River Restoration – Morphology and Ecology

Dr. Natasa Smolar-Zvanut, Slovenia: Ecologically Acceptable Flows (EAF)

Professor Fiona Regan, DCU: The Potential of Surrogate Monitoring (Turbidity)

Ms. Maryann Harris, DCC: Biodiversity Collaboration in the ERBD

Dr Conor Kretsch, Co-Habnet: The Value of Ecosystem Services

Dr Louise Firth, NUIG: Environmental Engineering & Designing Coastal Defence Structures

Question and Answer Session

15.45 a.m. – 16.15a.m.: Tea/Coffee Break

Monday 9th December - Seminars

Afternoon: 16.15 p.m. – 18.00 p.m.

Seminar 4: Significant Water Management Issues (SWMI)

Partners:

NUIM: “ICARUS and NIRSA – Climate Change Scenarios”

CDMSmith: “Listen, Think, Deliver”

Celtic Anglian Water (CAW): “Recycling Water and Nutrients”

Teagasc: “Harvest 2020 and Sustainable Intensification”

EU-IMPEL: “Water Policies and Water Managers - Implementation of Legislation”

Chair: Mr Gerry O’Connell, Water Projects Division Dublin City Council

Presenters:

Dr Conor Murphy, NUIM: Climate Change and Flooding/Drought Issues

Dr Bob Gaudes (CDMSmith): Municipal Waste-Water Treatment Plants

Dr Ger Shortle: Agriculture Catchments Project (ACP)

Dr Bart Fokkens: RESTORE Project – Morphology Solutions

Dr Laurence Gill, TCD: On-site Waste-Water Treatment Systems

Dr Filipe Vitorino, Portugal: IMPEL – Industrial Emissions Directive Study

Question and Answer Session

20.00 p.m. Seasonal Conference Dinner/Entertainment

Tuesday 10th December

Public Participation, Communications and Media

8.00 a.m.: Registration Desk Open

Morning: 9.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.

Seminar 5: Effective Approaches to Target Audience Engagement

Partners:

Chair: Mr Leslie Moore, Parks Superintendent, Dublin City Council

Presenters:

Dr Karin Dubsky, SWAN – Water Information Pack

Dr Elizabeth Arnett, Irish Water: - Communications Strategy Development for IW

Dr Frédérique Martini, Mission Europe & International Affairs – The CIS-SPI activity 2010-

2012 ;The Proposal on the Testing Exercise at a River Basin Level

Mr Frank McGonagle, Co-Founder, wholeschool – “the go-to for education”

Dr Clodagh Hannon – Water Resources/Services – Holistic Communications Strategy

Mr Ray Earle, ERBD Co-ordinator – Technocratic and Democratic Solutions

Question and Answer Session

10.45 a.m. – 11.15a.m.: Tea/Coffee Break

Tuesday 10th December

Public Participation, Communications and Media

Morning: 11.15 a.m. – 13.00 p.m.

Seminar 6: Learning from Peer RBD/Catchment Project Experience

Partners:

Chair: Mr Alan Hooper, CDM Smith

Presenters:

Ms Anna-Karin Weichelt, Sweden –Legacy Issues and Getting Back to Nature

Dr Dawn Keating, CDMSmith – Challenges to reach ERBD Target Audiences

Dr Loreto Guinan, Meath Co. Co. – Public Participation and “Action for Biodiversity”

Dr Fran Igoe, IRB Duhallow Project – Winning Hearts and Minds - Protection of the FPM

Dr Brian McLaughlin, Ms Bernie O’Flaherty - - Protecting/Restoring Waters - Neagh-Bann

Catchment

Dr Simon Daly, IBM – Collaboration Solutions

Question and Answer Session

13.00 p.m. – 14.00 p.m.: Lunch

Tuesday 10th December

Public Participation, Communications and Media

Afternoon: 14.00 p.m. – 15.45 p.m.

Workshop 3: ERBD Workshop on “The Way Forward”

Chair: Mr Ray Earle, ERBD Co-ordinator, Dublin City Council

Convenor: Dr Dawn Keating, CDMSmith Consultants

Overall Rapporteur: Mr Des Boyhan, ERBD Office, Dublin City Council

Introductory Presentations:

Mr Alan Hooper, CDM Smith – Communications Strategy in the ERBD

Dr Natacha Amorsi, International Office for Water – Regional Collaboration

Mr Frank McDonald, Irish Times – Role of Media in Communicating Message

Roundtable Discussions with Nominated Leader/Rapporteur at each:

Question 1: Technocratic vs. Democratic Solutions: Should WFD Public

Participation be a short restricted cheap statutory technocratic box-ticking and

legislative compliance exercise or a much wider, more inclusive and perhaps

longer and more costly quasi-parliamentary/democratic style decision making

process?

Question 2: Benefits vs. Limitations of Public Participation: What are the real

and perceived benefits and limitations of Public Participation; how can we

balance for any catchment a) individual and community values and

perspectives, b) political, business, NGO and other peer pressures, c) expert

and working group science-policy interface priorities, d) traditional, cultural

and ethical considerations via meaningful engagement and effective

communications with all stakeholders and measure success in any tangible way

for use to assist in the identification and agreement of “multi-criteria

assessment” solutions?

Question 3: Real vs. Perceived Objectives of Engagement in Public

Participation: What attitudes, messages and two-way communication

strategies should be included in the Public Participation Toolbox – is the

real/perceived objective to listen, learn and compromise or to assume the role

of education, persuasion and leadership and accordingly what methodologies

are the most appropriate and effective for each specific target audience and

represent best Value for Money?

Question 4: What are Appropriate Campaigns and Appropriate Assessment of

Suggestions/Comments - Preparing and Evaluating a Submissions Digest

Report: Time/Scale issues and the context for use/mis-use of citations and/or

authoritative research, apparently conflicting expert and internationally

published research and opinion, local vs. national journalism, public-relation

campaigns, advertising campaigns and the role of ICT and social media – is

there a “fair and equitable way” to optimally engage the public and all

stakeholders?

Question 5: Assumed Awareness vs. Other Priorities: Are conflicting

assumptions and priorities bedevilling integrated catchment management for

policy makers, water managers, programme/project promoters, first and third

party objectors, politicians, public servants/inspectors/enforcement agencies,

NGOs, land-users and the general public? What are the real/perceived levels of

awareness and trust of the science, policies, legislation, incentives, sanctions

and other factors influencing behaviour by the various stakeholders?

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