Fifth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

11 - 12 October 2012

Geneva Switzerland

The fifth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health took place from Thursday, 11 October at 10 a.m. to Friday, 12 October 2012 at 12:30 p.m.

The main objectives of the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health were:

to review the implementation of the programme of work for the period 2011–2013, adopted at the second session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health (Bucharest, 23–25 November 2010)

to provide guidance on its further development, also taking into account changing conditions and limited financial means.

A special thematic discussion session on “the Protocol on Water and Health and the Green Economy” was held on Thursday 11 October afternoon.

Document title	ENG	RUS	FRE
Agenda ECE/MP.WH.WG.1/2012/1-EUDCE/1206123/3.1/2012/1	PDF	PDF	PDF
Report ECE/MP.WH.WG.1/2012/2	PDF	PDF	PDF
List of participants	PDF
Guidelines on the Setting of Targets, Evaluation of Progress and Reporting	PDF	PDF
Draft programme of work for 2011-2013 ECE/MP.WH/2010/L.1 EUR/DHP1003944/4.2/1/3	PDF	PDF	PDF
Guidelines and template for summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health	DOC DOC
Policy Guidance on Water-related Disease Surveillance	PDF	PDF
Technical Guidance for Water-Related Disease Surveillance	PDF	PDF
Report of the seventh meeting of the Compliance Committee ECE/MP.WH/C.1/2011/4 EUR/DHP1003944/4.2/2011/4	PDF	PDF	PDF
How to better promote the Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health: a guide for focal points ECE/MP.WAT/2009/13	DOC	DOC	DOC
No one left behind: Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region	PDF	PDF	PDF

Document title	ENG	RUS
Item 3
Report of the fifth meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting	PDF	PDF
Report on the workshop on water and health in Central Europe (Bratislava, 8-9 may 2012)	PDF
Item 4
Note on the WHO Atlas on Water and Health	PDF
Report on the project technical meeting on monitoring of water supply and sanitation, 10-11 July 2012, Bonn, Germany	PDF
Summary report of the technical meeting on the elimination of soil transmitted helminthiasis in children in the European region, 12-13 September 2012	PDF
Item 5
Progress report on the work on small-scale water supplies and sanitation	PDF	PDF
Concept note on water operator's partnerships contribution to the Protocol on Water and Health (GWOPA/UN-Habitat)	PDF
Item 8
Outline of the thematic discussion session: The Protocol on Water and Health and a green economy	PDF
Item 9
Report of the joint event "Public participation in environmental decision making: Focus on water and health"	PDF
Draft extended outline of the guidelines on public participation under the Protocol on Water and health	DOC
Item 11
Concept note on the development of a score card on ensuring equitable access to water and sanitation	PDF
Draft scorecard framework to monitor progress in achieving equitable access to water and sanitation	PDF
Draft terms of reference for pilots to test the score card	PDF
Item 13
Overview of contributions and expenditures related to the Protocol	PDF
Item 16
Calendar of meetings	PDF

No.	Presentation	ENG
1	Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting TFTSR Pierre Studer - Swiss Federal Office of Public Health	PDF
2	Second reporting exercise under the Protocol Francesca Bernardini - UNECE	PDF
3	Small-scale Water Supplies and Sanitation. Status of Work Oliver Schmoll and Bettina Rickert - Federal Environment Agency, Germany	PDF
4	Water Operator's Partnerships in Support of the Protocol on Water and Health Faraj El-Awar - GWOPA, UN-HABITAT	PDF
5	Green Growth and Water. The Protocol on Water and Health and a green economy Kathleen Dominique - OECD	PDF
6	The link between the provisions of the Protocol and green economy Alisher Mamadzhanov - UNECE	PDF
7	Enhancing sustainable water use Dominique Gâtel - Veolia Water, France	PDF
8	Promoting green economy principles through target implementation for the Protocol on Water and Health in Moldova Ion Salaru - National Centre of Public Health, Republic of Moldova	PDF
9	Water utilities toward a better economy: a legal conversion in Hungary Mihály Kádár - National Institute of Environmental Health, Hungary	PDF
10	Increase of energy efficiency of waste water treatment plants (WWTP) Oliver Schmoll on behalf of Hans-Jürgen Pluta - Federal Environment Agency, Germany	PDF
11	Activity under Programme of Work 2011-2013 by Romania and WECF Anke Stock, WECF	PDF

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