Dr Matt Crowe, Director, EPA Office of Environmental Assessment launches the new catchment management network. This presentation was given on November 13th 2014.

1. Protecting and Improving Our Water Resources By
Working Better Together
Dr. Matt Crowe
Director
Office of Environmental Assessment
EPA Wexford
November 2014

2. Why Are We Here?
To discuss and debate how we can work
better together to protect and improve
Ireland’s precious water resources

3. The Context
 Implementation of Water Framework
Directive
 Coming to the end of cycle 1
 Ireland behind in planning for cycle 2
 Learning from our collective experiences
since 2000 (and from other EU partners)
 Building on learnings, preserving what is
good and doing a better job in cycle 2, both
in planning and implementation

4. Why You?
Room full of talent
Room full of experience
Room full of dedicated public servants
Room full of people who care about the
environment and water

5. Better Together or Apart?
Better coordination and collaboration will
lead to better results.
Harnessing collective experience,
knowledge and learning will lead to better
results.
Organisations working together is not
always easy but it delivers results when
done well.

6. Some Core Networking Values
We are all part of the one public sector
serving our fellow citizens.
We will achieve more together than apart.
No one organisation has all the answers.
Respect for each other and our roles as
public servants.
Willingness to listen to others.
Openness to learning and change.

7. Two Key Questions for All of Us
to Think About Today
 What are the main learnings from the
1st cycle?
 How can networking be best used to
improve delivery and implementation of
the WFD as we move into the 2nd
cycle?

8. And One More
 What can I do to improve coordination
and collaboration? To deliver better
outcomes for Ireland’s water
resources?

9. Today
 Morning Session
 New Regulations, Governance and Timetable – Cian O’Lionain
 Expanded role for EPA – Andy Fanning
 Revised role for LAs – Tom Barry
 Approach to catchment management – Donal Daly and Jenny
Deakin
 Afternoon Session
 Network discussions and workshop
 Learning from the past
 Planning for the future