EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
ENVIRONMENT
Directorate D - Water, Chemicals & Biotechnology
ENV.D.1 - Water		
Brussels, 6 February 2012

workshop on Water accounts
and 
1st co-ordination meeting of the 2011 Halting Desertification in europe Pilot projects 

DG Environment, Room C, Beaulieu 5, Brussels	

Draft  Agenda 

Thursday, 16 February 2012 
from 11:00 to 17:30
Est. Timing
	Agenda items	
11:00 – 

11:20	1 – Welcome and introduction – DG ENV
	
	2 – Brief presentation (name, position, institution, role in project)
	
11:20 – 
10:40	3 – The rationale of the pilot projects and expected outcomes in the context of the  Blueprint to safeguard European Waters  – DG ENV
	
11:40 – 
13:00	4 – Presentation of the 2011 pilot projects 
•	Assessment for water balances and optimization based target setting across EU River Basins ( ABOT)  Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological protection, Natural Research Council (IT)

•	System of economic and environmental accounts for water in the Guadiana River Basin - SM Consultores S.L. ( ES)

•	Halting desertification in the Jucar River Basin ( Halt-Jucar-Des) EVREN (ES)

13:00 – 
14:00	Lunch break	
14:00 – 
15:30	Presentation of the service contract contributing to building of water an ecosystem accounts at EU level and the work of European Environment Agency (EEA) related to the water accounts – EEA and Contractors (to be confirmed) 	
15:30 – 
17:00	
Comments and discussion	
17:00 – 
17:30	
Next steps