Water meets Agriculture CAP in the EU - Towards the first River Management Plans - Conference Summary online

The exchange of information is a top priority settled in 2004 by the EU Strategic Steering Group on Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Agriculture. Over the last three years, three conferences were held to allow a better understanding of the potential synergies of Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and WFD. The conference on CAP and WFD in Bonn (18-19 September 2008) was the fourth conference of this series, and provided a forum to discuss the different approaches concerning the elaboration of the River Basin Management Plans. In particular, the conference created a space in which participants shared experiences and approaches to the programme of measures and the criteria for exemptions.