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Agenda Workshop on Ecological classification of surface water bodies in EUWI+ pilot areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova, June 19 - 20, 2018 Kyiv, Ukraine

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Support of Water Policy Reforms
towards Integrated Water Resources Management
WORKSHOP ON
ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Agenda
Georg Wolfram, Alexander Zinke, Karin Deutsch, Kristina Schaufler
Kyiv, 19-20 June 2018

European Union Water Initiative plus
for Eastern Partnership
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9:00 Welcome and introduction
9:15 Principles of the WFD
9:45 Principles of biological classification: what is a method?
10:15 Requirements for field and lab
10:45 General remarks on site selection and monitoring
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Data analysis and statistics
12:00 WFD compliance
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 The role of physico-chemical parameters in the WFD process
14:00 Sub-group discussion on existing national monitoring and assessment approaches:
Status quo for ESCS in the beneficiary countries; deficits and requirements
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Summary and overview of ESCS and monitoring in the EUWI countries
17:00 End of 1st day
Tuesday, 19 June 2018

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9:00 Resumee 1st day
9:15 The role of hydromorphology in the WFD process and the relation of biology and
hydromorphology
9:45 Hymo alterations – survey methods
10:15 Practical group work on hydromorphology
11:30 Coffee break
11:45 Summary and presentation of group work results
12:00 Ecological status versus ecological potential
12:30 Lunch break
13:30 Overview of expectations and deliverables for the survey within EUWI+
14:00 Sub-group discussion on the survey: types, BQE, staff and equipment
15:00 Coffee break
15:15 Sub-group discussion on the survey: program, schedule and responsibilities
15:45 Summary and overview of survey in the EUWI+ countries
16:15 Wrap-up workshop and follow-up
16:30 End of the workshop
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

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