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Workshop on setting targets and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health

10 - 11 February 2009
Geneva Switzerland

The workshop on setting targets and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health was held on 10 and 11 February 2009, back-to-back with the second meeting of the Task Force on Indicators and Reporting (12 February 2009), under the leadership of the Government of Switzerland with the support of the joint UNECE and WHO/EURO secretariat.

Background:

The Protocol on Water and Health requires Parties to establish and publish national and/or local targets and target dates in different areas in order to achieve or maintain a high level for the protection of human health and well-being and for the sustainable management of water resources. Furthermore, Parties shall collect and evaluate data on their progress towards the achievement of the targets and vis-à-vis indicators that show how far that progress has contributed towards preventing, controlling or reducing water-related disease. The areas in which targets should be set are scattered across different policy sectors and call for close cooperation among different authorities. The target-setting process offers a framework to overview the national situation, ongoing activities and harmonizes commitments with regard to relation between water and health. The workshop will create an interactive platform for exchange of experiences and communication among participants with different backgrounds and representing different sectors, all those who are or might be responsible or involved in target-setting in current and prospective Parties.

 Workshop’s objectives:

  • To present the concept, possible approaches and the main steps for setting targets and indicators and target dates under the Protocol on Water and Health, and to illustrate them with concrete examples and case studies;
  • To provide a platform for exchange of positive and negative experiences and lessons learned by Parties that have set targets under the Protocol and provide assistance for Parties that are currently undergoing or are planning to initiate the process of target-setting;
  • To demonstrate, and allow the participants to evaluate, the mechanism for reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health;
  • To review and provide additional inputs into the draft guidelines on setting targets, evaluation of progress and reporting, as well as for guidelines on summary reports currently being developed by the Task Force on Indicators and Reporting. (Drafts of these two guidelines will be presented and discussed. Further inputs into the guidelines will be sought, e.g. comments and examples or case studies).

In preparation for the workshop, Parties were kindly requested to fill out a short template (see table below) indicating their current stage in the process of target-setting, the targets set already (if applicable) and the next steps planned as well as challenges and success stories.Documents for the workshop and for the Task Force meeting can be found below:
 

Official

Document Title ENG FRE RUS

Information Notice

PDF   PDF

Programme

PDF   PDF

Chairman's summary

     

List of participants

DOC    

Draft guidelines on setting targets, evaluation of progress and reporting

DOC   DOC

Draft guidelines for summary reports

DOC   DOC

Infonote on pilot reporting

DOC   DOC

Updated future work

DOC   DOC

Template on current status on setting targets

DOC   DOC

Templates

Document Title ENG FRE RUS
Templates received
Armenia

 

 

DOC

Azerbaijan    

DOC

Belarus    

DOC

Belgium

DOC

   
Croatia

DOC

   
Czech Republic

DOC

   
Finland      
     Template

DOC

   
     Annex

DOC

   
     Decision

DOC

   
Georgia

DOC

   
Germany

DOC

   
Hungary

DOC

   
Kazakhstan      

DOC

Lithuania

DOC

   
Moldova

DOC

 

DOC

Norway

DOC

   
Romania  

DOC

   
Serbia

DOC

   
Slovakia  

DOC

   
Switzerland

DOC

 

Presentations

Document Title ENG RUS

Introduction to the workshop: background and objectives

Mr. Pierre Studer, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Switzerland, Chairperson of the Task Force on Indicators and Reporting

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Presentation of the results of the survey on the status of progress in setting targets under the Protocol, conducted prior to the workshop

Mr. Tomasz Juszczak, UNECE secretariat

PDF

 

Added value of setting targets under the Protocol on Water and Health

Mr. Kjetil Tveitan, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Norway, Chairperson of the Working Group on Water and Health

PDF

 

Presentation of Part I of the Draft guidelines on setting targets, evaluation of progress and reporting

Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE secretariat

PDF

 

National coordination arrangements for setting targets: the example of Hungary

Ms. Zsuzsanna Steindl Kerekesne, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary

PDF

 

Ongoing and planned activities with regards to setting targets in Ukraine

Ms. Tetyana Kyslyak, Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine

PDF

 

Public participation in the process of setting targets

Ms. Ana Tsvetkova, Ukraine, ECO-Forum

PDF

PDF

Ad Hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism (AHPFM) and setting targets under the Protocol

Ms. Carola Bjørklund, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism

PDF

 

Tools for prioritization of targets: rapid assessment in the process of setting targets

Mr. Oliver Schmoll, Federal Environmental Agency, Germany

PDF

 

Tools for assessing costs and prioritizing options: lessons learned from the application of FEASIBLE for access to drinking water in Armenia

Ms. Svetlana Vardanyan, Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia

 

PDF

Presentation of Part II of the Draft guidelines on setting targets, evaluation of progress and reporting

Mr. Tomasz Juszczak, UNECE secretariat

PDF

 

How to combine the implementations of the Protocol on Water and Health and of the EU Acquis communautaire

Mr. Mihaly Kadar, National Institute of Environmental Health, Hungary

PDF

 

Target setting under climate change and variability

Ms. Luciana Sinisi, Institute for Environmental Protection and Reasearch, Italy, Chairperson of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events

PDF

 

Progress in setting targets on sustainable water management in the Republic of Moldova

Ms. Tamara Guvir, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Moldova

 

PDF

Risk based approach to the regulation of small water supplies in Scotland

Mr. Colin McLaren, Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland

PDF

 

Activities related to setting targets in Belarus, progress achieved and challenges ahead in access to drinking water supply

Mr. Valery Filonau, Republican Scientific - Practical Centre of Hygiene, Belarus

 

PDF

Education and training as a target under the Protocol on Water and Health

Mr. Risto Aurola, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

PDF

 

Experience under the National Policy Dialogue process on setting targets for sustainable water management, based on Armenian practice in the Marmarik basin

Mr. Rainer Enderlein, UNECE, Mr. Volodya Narimanyan, Armenia, and Mr. Vahagn Tonoyan, Armenia

PDF

 

Presentation of the guidelines for summary reports, in accordance with the Article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health

Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE Secretariat

PDF

 

Reporting mechanisms under Aarhus Convention

Mr. Jeremy Wates, Secretary to Aarhus Convention, Ms. Charlot De Waal, Aarhus Convention secretariat

PDF

 

Overview of international data providers, relevant to reporting under the Protocol

Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, WHO-EURO Secretariat

PDF

 

Workshop conclusions

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Participants comments on the guidelines on setting targets

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