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EWA Newsletter
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29 January 2009 – Issue n°4
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Dear readers,
With the receipt of this monthly letter you will not only be well informed about the different activities and initiatives of the EWA, but also of the new events organised by our association. We will also be providing you with interesting inside news directly from the EU capital Brussels
, from the European Commission and the European institutions. The EWA newsletter also gives a good insight into the EWA member associations, into their activities and aims.
We hope that you will agree that the EWA newsletter provides expertise information and therefore proves to be of interesting reading, so that you might want to recommend it further to other water professionals and experts.
The EWA newsletter service is provided monthly and is free of charge.
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EVENTS
10th February 2009
World Wetlands Day Conference 2009 (
more
)
London
11th February 2009
Water Framework Directive – River Basin Management Plans (
more
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London
16-22 March 2009
5th
World Water Forum (
more
)
Istanbul, Turkey
19-21 March 2009
Conference on “Modern Methods of Urban Storm water Drainage in Coastal Areas”
Rijeka, Croatia
22 March 2009
30 March – 03 April 2009
29. - 30. April 2009
CIWEM’s Annual Conference 2009 – Water and the Global Environment (
more
)
20-29 September 2009
CIWEM/ASTEE/EWA Conference “Water Framework Directive – Emerging Challenges
”
POLICY AGENDA
28 January 2009:
4 February 2009:
Western Europe and final workshop on Water Vision for Europe which is organized in Brussels within the framework of the European Regional Process for the fifth World Water Forum.
Paul Horton
will represent EWA.
11 March 2009:
WFD Strategic Coordination Group meeting in Brussels
12-13 March 2009:
Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Water, which is organized in Brussels within the framework of the European Regional Process for the fifth World Water Forum (
more
)
16-22 March 2009:
5th World Water Forum in Istanbul (
more
). The European Day session is scheduled on 17 March in the afternoon.
2-3 April 2009:
29-30 April 2009:
Meeting in Brussels of the Strategic Steering Group on Climate Change and Water.
5 - 7 May
8th
International Conference and Exhibition –WASTEWATER 2009 (
more
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Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Sludge
Peter Matthews and Frédéric de Hemptinne had a meeting on January 12 with Mr B. Zambrzycki, the desk officer at DG Environment in charge of the Biowaste Green Paper and the revision of Sludge Directive. Insights from the Commission were collected and will help EWA to elaborate a contribution to the ongoing consultation. EWA was also told that the Commission has recently launched an impact assessment on the revision of the Sludge Directive. A stakeholders’ consultation process is planned before summer holyday. In the meantime, the EC Commission would welcome relevant reports and studies. Please contact
Peter Matthews
to find out more on what is going on.
Climate change
Water directors have decided that, for the 1st
planning cycle, a “climate check” will have to be performed on the programs of measure. For the next planning cycle, further integration will have to be achieved in order to foster adaptation during the 2nd
and 3rd
cycles. Therefore, the Strategic Steering Group on Climate Change and Water has been mandated to develop a guidance document. A workshop was organized in Brussels on 22 January in order to provide input to the chapters 4 a This workshop was aimed at contributing to the chapters 4 “analysis under WFD” and 5 “measures for adaptation”. A series of guiding principles were discussed and, accordingly, will be further developed. The group leaders called the participants to provide concrete examples on which case studies might be elaborated. Please contact
Paul Horton
to find out more on what is going on.
Water Vision for Europe
The European Water Partnership is organizing on 4th February in Brussels the Western Europe and final workshop on Water Vision for Europe. This will discuss the latest version of the Water vision (
document
). This is separate from the European Regional Document. The aim is to propose how the water sector will look in 30 years timeThe EWP launched it at the European Parliament last year and it is a living document and there is an opportunity to influence it to some degree. Please contact
Paul Horton
to find out more on what is going on.
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EWA strengthen cooperation with UNW-DPC
On the 26 January 2009, representatives of UN-Water Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), the German Water, Wastewater and Waste Association (DWA) and the European Water Association (EWA) met in Hennef to discuss their further cooperation.
EWA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNW-DPC in May last year during the IFAT 2008. The two parties agreed to support each other through common activities and courses on capacity development and best practice.
During the meeting the parties discussed future possible joint activities and the next meeting, which will be in March 2009.
EWA part of the discussions for the Europe’s input for the 5th
World Water Forum in Istanbul
During the past couple of months EWA was represented in the European Regional Process for the 5th
World Water Forum in Istanbul by
Paul Horton
, chairman of the EWA Climate Change working group. The process is coordinated by the European Water Partnership (EWP).The EWA is constantly giving comments, as a stakeholder, on the draft chapters of the European Regional Document.
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