UNUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
 
done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992
Task Force on Indicators and Reporting
under the Protocol on Water and Health

The Task Force on Indicators and Reporting has been established by the first Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health ( Geneva, 17-19 January 2007). The main objective of the Task Force is to provide guidance to Parties and to promote exchange of experience and harmonization in the region concerning the obligation of target-setting under the Protocol. To these aims, the Task Force is preparing draft guidelines for the setting of targets and target dates, evaluation of progress and reporting, as well as draft guidelines for summary reports in accordance with article 7, for adoption by the Parties at their second meeting.

The second meeting of the Task Force was held on 12 February 2009 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, back-to-back with the workshop on setting targets and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health (10 and 11 February 2009).

The documents and other material for this meeting can be found in the table below.

Documents from previous Task Force meetings can be found here.

Documents
Agenda
List of participants
   
Template for providing information on the target-setting process
 
Guidelines on setting targets, evaluation of progress and reporting
 
Guidelines for summary reports
 
Infonote on pilot reporting
 
Updated future work
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Presentation on the conclusions and answers on the template from the workshop
Other relevant background material
Report of the last Task Force meeting on 13-14 March 2008
   
Report of the first Meeting of the Parties, Programme of Work for 2007 –2009 (ECE/MP.WH/2/Add.5 - EUR/06/5069385/1/Add.5)
Preliminary guidelines for review and assessment of progress under the Protocol (ECE/MP.WH/2007/4 - EUR/06/5069385/11)
Report on the Consultation on target-setting and progress monitoring of water and wastewater services ( Copenhagen, 9–10 May 2005)
Overview of existing reporting mechanisms of relevance for the Protocol (ECE/MP.WH/2007/3 - EUR/06/5069385/10)
WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality (3rd ed.) vol.1: Recommendations

WHO/UNEP WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater Vol.1: Policy and Regulatory Aspects, esp. p. 32

WHO/UNEP/FAO WHO Guidelines for the Safe Use of Wastewater, Excreta and Greywater Vol. 2: Wastewater Use in Agriculture, esp. p. 82

WHO Guidelines for safe recreational water environments Vol. 1: Coastal and fresh water, esp. p. 70

WHO Guidelines for safe recreational water environments Vol. 2: Swimming pools and similar recreational-water environments, esp. p.92

UNEP (2004) Guidelines on Sewage Treatment and Disposal for the Mediterranean Region
EU Water Framework Directive
EU Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC
EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC
EU Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC
EU Groundwater Directive 2006/118/EC
EU Nitrate Directive 91/676 /EEC
EU Abstraction Directive 75/440/EEC (repealed)
EU Shellfish Directive 79/923/EEC