Issues

SCG Meeting 27-28 May 2004

Working Group 2A ECOSTAT

progress report Presented by

Wouter van de Bund

Joint Research Centre

Institute for Environment and Sustainability

Inland and Marine Waters Unit


Issues

Status and finalisation of the intercalibration register

Intercalibration processGIG organisationGuidance development and process planning

Eutrophication (see agenda item 10.2)


Intercalibration register


Previous SCG meeting: recommendations for finalisation of

draft register• More sites needed

– from some countries that have not submitted at all or not for all categories for the draft register

– for some lake types and all Mediterranean and Baltic Sea types.

• Allow submission of sites with wider quality range (Moderate-High)

• However, still need to have sites identified to be provisionally at the boundaries


Timetable for finalisation of the register

• April 28, 2004: Revised web-based metadata entry opened (4-week delay)

http://wfd-reporting.jrc.cec.eu.int

• 25 May 2004: deadline for adding/ revising intercalibration site entries to the register


“List of sites proposed for the final intercalibration

register“• Overview of sites submitted by the agreed deadline (25 May):– Submission through web interface– Supplemented by tables where technical

problems prevented MS from using the web interface

– Tables need to be checked – may contain errors


Numbers of sites submitted for final register


Rivers (status 26 May 2004)

879 sites

24 countries

no sites from: CZ, IE, LU, MT


Rivers: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)


Rivers: numbers of sites by GIG

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

RAL RCE REC RME RNO


Lakes (status 26 May 2004)

389 sites

21 countries

no sites from BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK


Lakes: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)


Lakes: numbers of sites by GIG

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

LAL LAT LCE LEC LME LNO


Coastal/Transitional

(status 26 May 2004)

204 sites

18 countries

no sites from BE, FR, LT, MT, PL


Coast/Trans: numbers of sites by country (submitted though web interface in green)


Coastal: numbers of sites by GIG

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

CBA CBL CME CNE


Intercalibration register – main issues (1)

• Most countries have submitted sites; still missing:– Rivers: CZ, IE, LU, MT– Lakes: BG, CZ, EE, GR, LU, MT, SK– Coastal/Transitional: BE, FR, LT, MT, PL


Intercalibration register – main issues (2)

• Electronic submission of all sites

• Completion of metadata questionnaire before the agreed 15 September deadline


Timetable (1)• June - Aug. 2004:

– Member States submit remaining sites through web interface (JRC-EEWAI)

– Member States’ revision and finalisation of the draft register on the basis of the comments of SCG and WFD Committee – deadline 15 September


Finalisation continued..• 30 September: Submission of final register

for SCG and WFD Committee (meeting on Oct. 27/28)

• November-December 2004: translations• January 2005: Meeting of WFD

Committee, voting of decision on intercalibration register (all languages)

Timetable (2)


Intercalibration process:

organisation and planning of the

process


Proposed organisation for the preparation of the intercalibration process

Lake experts/GIGs River experts/GIGs Coast experts/GIGs

Intercalibration Steering GroupJRCLake Expert Group rep.River Expert Group rep.Coast Expert Group rep.

ECOSTAT Working Group

N ATC

MAL EC

N

AL

C

EC

AT BA

NEA

M

BS


Proposed process options for intercalibration

• WFD compliant Shared assessment method used by all countries within GIG

• WFD compliant Common metric(s) specifically identified for intercalibration

• Direct comparison of WFD compliant national methods at IC sites


Table 1: Overview of the proposed informal coordinators of the Geographical Intercalibration Groups (GIGs) with numbers of countries belonging to each GIG.

GIG

Informal GIG Coordinator

Number of Countries

Alpine rivers AT 6 Central rivers F, D, UK, JRC 19 Eastern continental rivers ICDPR 8 Mediterranean rivers PT 8 Northern rivers SE 5 Alpine lakes AT 5 Atlantic lakes IE 4 Central lakes DK, NL, PL, UK, JRC 13 Eastern continental lakes ICDPR 8 Mediterranean lakes ES 8 Northern lakes SE 5 Baltic Sea LT 8 Black Sea RO 2 Mediterranea Sea -?- 7 North-East Atlantic UK 11


Overview of activities in GIGs. Meeting held or planned, activities (BSP= boundary setting protocol) GIG Meetings Status of planning Alpine rivers Central rivers Brussels, 21 April Steering group, planning of process,

proposal of a small-scale pilot intercalibration

Eastern continental rivers Mediterranean rivers End of May? Some preliminary discussions? Northern rivers Stockholm, March, 15-16 Discussion on options, comparability

of RC, testing common indices Alpine lakes Atlantic lakes Central lakes Brussels, 21 April

Amsterdam, 17 may Discussion of the options, common

metrics, first step in BSP Eastern continental lakes Mediterranean lakes possibly Madrid, end of

June Discussion of the options, common

metrics, first step in BSP Northern lakes Stockholm, March, 15-16 Evaluation of options, comparability of

RC, testing common indices Baltic Sea Black Sea Mediterranea Sea North-East Atlantic The Hague, 2-3 June Planning of process, discussion of

options


Next WG 2A meeting• Next WG2A meeting first week of July, JRC

Ispra; GIG coordinators present – Preferred Option proposals for GIGs– Presentation of first pilot results– New draft guidance on Intercalibration process:

• Organisation of the work (WGL & DG ENV make proposal)

• Proposals on practical implementation of intercalibration options

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