13:30 – 14:00

1. Opening of the Conference

Mr. Philippe Henry (Walloon Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Sustainable Transport)

Mr. Andres Perello Rodriguez (Member of the European Parliament)

14:00 – 15:40

2. State of play: How are the farmers currently controlled on water related policies? How is cross-compliance enforced?

Chair :

Mr. Benoit Tricot (Water Director for Belgium-Wallonia, Head of Environment and Water Dept. (DEE), DGARNE, Public Service of Wallonia

Speakers:

Mrs. Luisa Samarelli (European Commission DG Environment / B1)

Mr. Jorge Rodriguez Romero (European Commission DG Environment / D1)

Mr. Emmanuel Petel (European Commission DG Agriculture / D3)

3. Illustrations with case studies in different Member States

Chair :

Mr. Benoit Tricot (Water Director for Belgium-Wallonia, Head of Environment and Water Dept. (DEE), DGARNE, Public Service of Wallonia, Belgium)

Speakers:

Mr. Jean-Pierre Godfrin (Acting Director of the Control Service, Police and Control Dept., DGARNE (DG03), Public Service of Wallonia, Belgium)

Mr. Jan Klir (Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic)

4. Objectives of the working group session

Mr. Nicolas Rouyer (European Commission DG Environment / D1)

16:00 – 18:30

5. Working Group Session

Session I: Quantitative Issues: Non-authorised water abstraction.

Chair:

Mrs. Stephanie Croguennec (Ministry for Sustainable Development, France)

Speakers:

Mr. Enrique Calleja (Upper Guadiana Consortium; Spain)

Ms. Esperanza Caro Gómez (Subdirector for the water user's regime, Andalusian Water Authority, Spain)

Mr. John Mangion (Water Director, Malta)

Rapporteur:

Mr. Guido Schmidt (TYPSA)

Session II: Qualitative Issues: Pollution by nutrients, pesticides and sediments.

Chair:

Mr. Charles Hendrickx ( Environment and Water Dept.(DEE), DGARNE, Public Service of Wallonia, Belgium)

Speakers:

Mrs. Frédérique Hupin (NITRAWAL, Wallonia, Belgium)

Mr. Prof. Adrian Collins (Head of Water Quality Science ADAS UK Ltd, United Kingdom)

Mr. Al Grogan (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ireland)

Mrs. Gitte Wolf (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, The Danish Plant Directorate, Denmark)

Rapporteur:

Mrs. Maria Berglund (Ecologic Institute)

Session III: Cross-cutting issues: Aquatic ecosystems, buffer strips, flood plains

Chair:

Mr. Prof. Bob Harris (DEFRA and Sheffield University Catchment Science Centre, United Kingdom)

Speakers:

Mr. Laurence Couldrick (Westcountry Rivers Trust, United Kingdom)

Mrs. Angelika Manner (Revital, Austria)

Mr. Sergey Moroz (WWF)

Mrs. Tiffanie Stéphani (Deutscher Bauernverband e. V., Germany)

Mrs. Inge Van Oost (European Commission, DG Agriculture Unit D3)

Rapporteur:

Mr. Thomas Dworak (Fresh-Thoughts)

9:00 – 10:00

6. Focus on new technologies and potentials for controls

Chair:

Mr. Guido Schmidt (TYPSA)

Speakers:

Mr. Manuel Bea (Geosys, S.L., Spain)

Mr. Patrice Bicheron (Infoterra, France)

10:15 – 11:30

7. Report back from parallel sessions & preparation of the conference statement

11:30 – 12:15

8. Round table discussion with Member States, Stakeholders & Commission services

Moderator:

Mrs. Nathalie Fonder (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech; Belgium)

Participants:

Mr. Peter Gammeltoft ( Head of Unit - European Commission, DG Environment / D1)

Mr. Aymeric Berling European Commission, DG Agriculture)

Mr. Eduardo Alvarado Coralles (President of the Guadiana RBA (Spain))

Mrs. Johanna Ikävalko (COPA-COGECA)

Mr. Sergey Moroz (WWF)

Mr. Robert Schröder (EUREAU)

12:15 – 12:30

9. Closing of the conference

Mr. Peter Gammeltoft (Head of Unit - European Commission, DG Environment / D1)

 
The conference is co-organised by the Water Director for Belgium-Wallonia and the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission.