The workshop conclusions were presented at the Water Directors‘ meeting on 29-30 November 2007 in Lisbon.

With the workshop “From Monitoring to Programmes of Measures” Germany and the UK continued their traditional series of jointly organised technical seminars on water resources management. The workshop was hosted by the Water Working Group of the German Federal States (Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Wasser – LAWA) in Brussels.

The workshop focused on the exchange of information on approaches to key issues related to the implementation of the WFD in Germany and the UK. In particular, the following questions were addressed:

• What different approaches are there for the use of environmental standards?
• How will environmental objectives be set?
• What is the current status of work on Programmes of Measures?

In total, approximately 90 national experts participated in the workshop. While German and British water managers were addressed in the first place, the workshop also involved selected EU Member States, thus aiming to make the results available for discussions at European level.