within this framework the interministerial conference for the environment ccim steering group water presided over by the flemish environment agency is the consultative body in charge of the necessary coordination of the implementation of international water policy between the different belgian authorities in charge it also advises on strategic planning of water policy in the long term makes proposals for institutional mechanisms incentives and guarantees towards the implementation of water policies in rural and urban areas and adopts the necessary agreements for the implementation of the national integrated water strategy it seeks to coordinate the actions of ministries of environmental protection health finance foreign affairs and infrastructure which used to be collectively responsible for the decisionmaking process over matters concerning water and sewage