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
Working Group on Water and Health
under the Protocol on Water and Health
Second meeting 2-3 July 2009, Geneva

The Protocol on Water entered into force on 4 August 2005. At their first meeting (Geneva, 17–19 January 2007), the Parties to the Protocol established the Working Group on Water and Health as an open-ended subsidiary body responsible for the overall implementation of the programme of work. The Working Group reviews progress, proposes modifications to the work programme and reports to the Meeting of the Parties. It prepares the meetings of the Parties, oversees and directs the activities of subsidiary bodies established by the Meeting of the Parties and any other activities carried out under the Protocol’s programme of work.

The second meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health took place on 2-3 July 2009 , Geneva, back-to-back with the second meeting of Ad Hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism (1 July 2009).

For documents of the Working Group operated before entry into force of the Protocol please click here

Documents   English French Russian
Second meeting 2-3 July 2009 

ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/1 EUR/09/5086340/3

Agenda PDF ENG FRE RUS
  List of Participants PDF ENG    
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/2 EUR/09/5086340/4 Report PDF ENG
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/2/Corr.1 EUR/09/5086340/4/Corr.1 Corrigendum to the Report PDF ENG    
Official documents
 
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/3
EUR/09/5086341/6
Progress report and future work of the Task Force on Surveillance PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/4
EUR/09/5086340/9
Guidelines on the setting of targets, evaluation of progress and reporting PDF ENG
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/5
EUR/09/5086342/7
Summary reports in accordance with article 7 of the Protocol on Water and Health PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/6
EUR/09/5086342/8
Report of the workshop on setting targets and reporting (Geneva, Switzerland 10-11 February 2009) PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/7 EUR/09/5086342/9 Future work under the task force on indicators and reporting and pilot reporting exercise PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/8 EUR/09/5086343/10 Progress report and future work of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/9 EUR/09/5086344/7 Report of the workshop:"Water Safety in Small-Scale Water Supplies"(Bad Elster, Germany 26-27 November 2008) PDF ENG FRE RUS
 
Informal documents
Technical guidance on water-related diseases surveillance DOC ENG    
Practical guidance on setting up, implementing and assessing a surveillance system on water-related diseases DOC ENG    
Report of the second meeting of the Task Force on water related disease surveillance (Rome, 27 – 28 April 2009) DOC ENG   RUS
Status of water-related diseases surveillance in the UNECE/WHO-Euro region DOC ENG    
Guidance on water supply and sanitation in extreme weather events DOC ENG   RUS
Draft guidance on water and climate change adaptation DOC ENG    
Guidelines on communication from the public DOC ENG    
Rules of procedure of the Compliance Committee DOC ENG    
Equitable access to water and sanitation DOC ENG FRE  
Current issues associated with swimming pools, spas and similar recreational water environments DOC ENG    
Information note on the workshop on public participation DOC ENG  
Information note on the input from the Protocol to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health DOC ENG    
Strategy to promote the Protocol on Water and Health and the Water Convention DOC ENG    
Overview of contributions and expenditures related to the Protocol on Water and Health and resources required until the second meeting of the Parties DOC ENG    
Resource needs to implement the Protocol programme of work from July 2009 until July 2010 DOC ENG    
Financial arrangements to support the implementation of the Protocol - informal discussion note DOC ENG    
Other background documents
Water and Health-The Role of Plumbing, information notice submitted to the secretariat by Mr. Rober D Burgon, World Plumbing Council DOC ENG    
Power Point Presentations
Slovak intersectoral cooperation in the area of water related diseases - by Ms. Martina Behanova, The Public Health Authority of Slovak Republic, Department of Environment and Health PDF ENG    
Surveillance systems of WRD in the UNECE/WHO European region, by Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, WHO EURO PDF ENG    
Task Force on Indicators and Reporting, by Mr. Pierre Studer, Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Switzerland PDF ENG    
Guidelines for summary reports, by Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE PDF ENG    
Task Force on Extreme Weather Events - The work done and the future, by Ms. Luciana Sinisi, Institute for Environmental Research and Protection, Italy PDF ENG    
Swimming pools, spa and recreational water, by Ms. Katherine Pond, University of Surrey, UK PDF ENG    
Workshop on public participation, information and education in water and health related issues by Ms. Adina Florea, Ministry of Environment, Romania PDF ENG    
Joint and coordinated international action, by Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, WHO EURO PDF ENG    
The Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health 2010_and the Protocol,by Ms. Luciana Sinisi, Institute for Environmental Research and Protection, Italy PDF ENG    
Financing the Protocol, by Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, WHO EURO PDF ENG    
UNDP Programme in Europe & CIS promoting a Human Rights-Based Approach to Water and Sanitary Health – Firsts results and way ahead, by Mr. Juerg Staudenmann, UNDP PDF ENG    
Women in Europe for a Common Future, by Ms. Sascha Gabizon PDF ENG    
Water and health- the Role of Plumbing, by Mr. Robert D. Burgon, World Plumbing Council PDF ENG    
National Policy Dialogues on Integrated Water Resources Management as well as Water Supply and Sanitation by Mr. Rainer Enderlein, UNECE PDF ENG    
 
 
First meeting 26-27 June 2008  
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/1 -
EUR/08/5086340/3
Agenda PDF ENG FRE RUS
  List of Participants PDF ENG    
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/2 EUR/08/5086340/12 Report PDF ENG FRE RUS
Official Background Documents
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/3
EUR/08/5086340/7
Progress report on the activities of the Task Force on Surveillance PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/4
EUR/08/5086340/8
Questionnaire on water-related disease surveillance PDF
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ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/L.1
EUR/08/5086340/9
Draft guidelines on target-setting, evaluation of progress and reporting PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/L.2
EUR/08/5086340/10
Proposed targets and indicators of progress, part 1 PDF ENG FRE RUS
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/L.3
EUR/08/5086340/11
Proposed targets and indicators of progress, part 2 PDF ENG FRE RUS
Informal Background Documents
  Draft guidelines on water supply and sanitatation in extreme weather events (Agenda Item 7) DOC ENG    
  Infonote on the outcome and decisions of the first meeting of the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events (Agenda Item 7) DOC ENG    
  Draft guidance on water and climate adaptation (Agenda Item 7) DOC ENG    
  Overview of contributions and expenditures (Agenda Item 13) DOC ENG    
  Resources VS Activities under the Protocol on Water and Health (Agenda Item 13) DOC ENG    
  World Plumbing Council Statement (Agenda Item 15) PDF ENG    
  Draft report on the workshop on groundwater as a source of drinking water in klarst areas, Croatia PDF ENG    
  Draft Communication Plan for the Promotion of the Protcol (Agenda Item 16) DOC ENG    
 
Power Point Presentations
Activities of the Task Force on Surveillance (Ageda Item 5), Mr. Enzo Funari, National Institute of Health, Italy PDF ENG    
Guidelines on water-related diseases surveillance (Agenda Item 5), Mr. Roger Aertgeerts, WHO EURO PDF ENG    
Status report, Task Force on Indicators and reporting (Agenda Item 6), Mr. Pierre Studer, Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland PDF ENG    
Implementation and Target setting in Finland (Agenda Item 6), Mr. Risto H.E. Aurola, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland PDF ENG    
Task Force on Extreme Weather Events, outputs and way ahead (Agenda Item 7), Ms. Benedetta Dell'Anno, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy PDF ENG    
Equitable access to water (Agenda Item 11), Mr. Charles Saout, Ministère de la Santé et de la Solidarité, France PDF   FRE  
Workshop on the use of groundwater as a source of drinking water (Agenda Item 12), Ms. Ana Bajlo, Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management, Croatia PDF ENG    
Capacity for Water Cooperation (CWC) Workshop on "Water and Health"(Agenda Item 12), Tomasz Juszczak, UNECE PDF ENG    
Contribution to the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health_Italy 2009 (Agenda Item 14), Ms. Benedetta Dell'Anno, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy PDF ENG    
Progress in EAP Task Force Water Programme and proposed work 2009-2011 (Agenda Item 15) Mr. Peter Borkey, OECD PDF ENG    
A new UNDP programme in support of the Protocol on Water and Health (Agenda Item 15), Mr. Juerg Staudenmann, UNDP PDF ENG    
National Policy Dialogues on IWRM in EECCA (Agenda Item 15), Mr. Rainer Enderlein, UNECE PDF ENG    
Internantional Year of Sanitation (Agenda Item 15), Ms. Saskia Castelein, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council PDF ENG    
The role of Protocol's Focal Points (Ageda Item 16), Ms. Francesca Bernardini, UNECE PDF ENG