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Seventh meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

26 - 27 November 2014
Geneva Switzerland

The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health began on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 at 10 a.m. and closed on Thursday, 27 November 2014 at 5 p.m. It was held back to back with the tenth meeting of the Protocol’s Compliance Committee, which took place in Geneva on 25 November 2014, and a meeting of the Bureau on 28 November 2014.

The main objective of the seventh meeting was to review the implementation of the programme of work for the period 2014–2016, adopted at the third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (Oslo, 25–27 November 2013), and to provide guidance on its further development, with particular consideration of the financial situation.The working languages of the meeting were English, French and Russian.
 

Documents

Documents ENG FRE RUS
Provisional agenda (ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2014/1−EUDCE/1408105/1.10/2014/WGWH/03) PDF PDF PDF
Report
(ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2014/2–EUDCE/1408105/1.10/2014/WGWH/06)
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List of participants PDF
Item 4      
Programme of work for 2014–2016 (ECE/MP.WH/11/Add.1−EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2013/
MOP-3/06/Add.1)
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Guidelines on the Setting of Targets, Evaluation of Progress and Reporting (ECE/MP.WH/5) PDF PDF PDF
Guide to Public Participation under the Protocol on Water and Health (ECE/MP.WH/9) PDF PDF
Draft guidelines and template for summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health (ECE/MP.WH/2010/L.5−EUDHP/1003944/4.2/1/7) PDF PDF PDF
Guidelines for summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health adopted by the Meeting of the Parties at its second session (Bucharest, 23-25 November 2010) (informal document) PDF PDF PDF
Template for summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health adopted by the Meeting of the Parties at its second session (Bucharest, 23-25 November 2010) (informal document) DOC DOC DOC
Report of the seventh meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting (informal document) PDF
Report of the National Workshop on the Protocol on Water and Health for Kazakhstan (informal document) PDF
Conclusions of the regional workshop on linkages with other existing monitoring and reporting mechanisms related to water and health (informal document) PDF PDF
Item 5      
Conclusions of the meeting on advancing water, sanitation and hygiene in schools (informal document) PDF PDF
Conclusions of the meeting on strengthening surveillance of water-related diseases (informal document) PDF PDF
Item 6      
Progress report on the work on small-scale water supplies and sanitation (informal document) PDF PDF
Draft of the policy guidance document "Small-scale water supply and sanitation systems in the WHO European Region: Good practices for policy makers" (informal document) PDF PDF
Report of the analysis of the survey results (informal document) PDF PDF
Report of the meeting of the WHO Small Community Water Supply Management Network PDF PDF
Item 7      
Summary report of the workshop on building capacities for the development of water safety plans (informal document) PDF PDF
Water safety plan: a field guide to improving drinking-water safety in small communities PDF PDF
Item 8      
The Equitable Access Score-card: Supporting policy processes to achieve the human right to water and sanitation (ECE/MP.WH/8) PDF PDF
Item 10      
Report of the Compliance Committee to the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (ECE/MP.WH/2013/4–EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2013/MOP-3/11) PDF PDF PDF
Decision III/1 on general issues of compliance (ECE/MP.WH/11/Add.2–EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2013/MOP-3/06/Add.2) PDF PDF PDF
Item 11      
Progress report on the implementation of the programme of work (ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2014/3–EUDCE/1408105/1.10/2014/WGWH/07) PDF PDF PDF
Item 12      
Overview of contributions and expenditures related to the Protocol and resources required up to the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties compared with funds raised (informal document) PDF
Item 13      
Proposal for cooperation on public-private partnerships (informal document) PDF

Presentations

Title ENG
Item 4  
Setting targets, implementing measures and reporting
Pierre Studer, Chair of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting (TFTSR)
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Progress on water, sanitation and hygiene: Regional highlights
Enkhtsetseg Shinee, WHO/Europe
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Item 5  
Programme Area 2.4 Advancing water, sanitation and hygiene in schools. Progress report
Marta Vargha, National Institute of Environmental Health of Hungary 
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Landscape report on the situation of WASH in schools in the European Region
Thomas Kistemann, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication
PDF

Meeting on strengthening surveillance of WDR
Kjetil Tveitan, Ministry of Health and Care Services of Norway

PDF
Evidence review of water-related diseases in the WHO European region
Enkhtseteg Shinee, WHO/Europe
PDF
Programme area 2.3 Support cost-effective drinking-water quality surveillance. Outcomes of strategic planning meeting and planned future activities
Alena Drazdova, Republican Scientific-Practical Centre of Hygiene of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
PDF
Item 6  
Small-scale water supplies and sanitation. Overall progress since 2013
Bettina Rickert, Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA)
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Status of small-scale water supplies in the WHO European Region. Results of a survey conducted under the Protocol on Water and Health
Margriet Samwell, WECF
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Meeting of the WHO-hosted International Small Community Water Supply Network
Oliver Schmoll, WHO/Europe
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Small-scale water supplies and sanitation. Planned activities 2014-2016
Bettina Rickert, Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA)
PDF
Item 7  
Safe and efficient management of WSS. Future plans
Oliver Schmoll, WHO/Europe
PDF
Item 8  
Equitable access to water and sanitation
Yannick Pavageau, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights, France
PDF
Item 9  

EU Water Initiative (EUWI) National Policy Dialogues in countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Farkhod Abdurakhmonov, UNECE

PDF
Item 12  
WHO Volunatry Fund. Contributions and expenditures
Oliver Schmoll, WHO/Europe
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