Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Water Framework Directive: Stakeholder Engagement Strategies
This document outlines the key steps and strategies aimed at engaging stakeholders in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It emphasizes the importance of involving public, business, and government sectors to ensure environmental objectives are met by 2015. The plan includes consultation measures, awareness programs, and collaboration with various stakeholder groups to address water management issues. Following a structured work plan, the document sets deadlines for draft reports and implementation strategies to enhance river basin management and stakeholder participation.
Ensuring Effective Implementation of the Water Framework Directive: Stakeholder Engagement Strategies
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Remit of Water Forum • To enable stakeholders to engage & influence statutory authorities in implementation of WFD • To help ensure that environmental objectives of WFD are met by 2015 • To link with other stakeholder groups, the WFD Implementation Working Group and Board as appropriate • To increase awareness, inform and educate the public, business and government on water management issues • To encourage WFD engagement at local level & Article 14 tasks
2006 2007 2008 Article 14 – Public Information and Consultation • MSs shall ensure that for each RBMP they publish and make available for comment • Timetable & work programme for prodn of RBMP inc. statement of consultation measures • Overview of significant water management issues • Draft copies of RBMP
Next steps – draft workplan • Develop draft implementation strategy • Using bilaterals • Leading to workplans for each Department • Draft ….. March 2006
Next steps – statement of consultation measures • Developing consultation strategy • Discussion item for next meeting?
Next steps – significant water management issues • Report to be produced by December 2007 • Building block in river basin management planning • Discussion item for next meeting?
Next steps –environmental standards and classification • UK TAG (Technical Advisory Group) guidance being produced • Draft to be discussed with stakeholders in Autumn 2006 • Discussion item for next meeting?
Article 5 Process Describe basin Risk Assessment Monitoring (Surveillance & Operational) Stakeholder participation POM Options appraisal =River Basin Management POM Implementation WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE - MANAGEMENT CYCLE Assessment units and Baseline Review Water bodies at risk PoM & Objectives
