Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) in the European Neighbourhood links with water accounts

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1 Workshop on Water Accounts and Statistics for the Mediterranean Countries Beirut, March 2012 Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) in the European Neighbourhood links with water accounts European Environment Agency Cecile RODDIER-QUEFELEC, Mediterranean Area Cooperation, Governance and Networks Programme

2 Overall objective: Promote the protection of the environment in the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy area 2

3 ENPI-SEIS project objectives Specific objectives: Identify / further develop environmental indicators Improve capacities in the field of monitoring, collection, storage, assessment, and reporting of environmental data Promote the setting up of national and regional environmental information systems in line with SEIS principles Track progress of the regional environmental initiatives (European Neighbourhood Policy, Eastern Partnership, Horizon 2020, etc.) 3

4 What is SEIS? Why SEIS is needed? A wealth of information is collected but: Users EuroStat EC EEA OECD UNEP DG ETC DG National institutions UNECE WHO... Fragmented reporting systems Shortcomings in relation to timeliness, availability, reliability, relevance of information Shortcomings in ability to turn data into policy-relevant information Underexploited opportunities offered by modern technologies Many initiatives and processes in the right direction, but inadequate co-ordination

5 Air Climate Change Land use Biodiversity Water Soil Forests Waste Integerated prod. Natural resources... What SEIS about? Data and information Data and information services Monitoring, Reportnet, ICT, Inspire... Networking, Eionet, Ministries, Statistical Offices, EPAs, Conventions, Agreements 5

6 SEIS principles Information should be managed as close as possible to its source; collected once, and shared with others for many purposes; readily available to easily fulfil reporting obligations; easily accessible to all users. accessible to enable comparisons at the appropriate geographical scale, and citizen participation; fully available to the general public, and at the national level in the relevant national language(s). Supported through common, free open software standards 6

7 Information for policy making and implementation Developing the Information Pyramid through SEIS Bottom-up Information Pyramid Top-down Reports Indicator management, Factsheets Databases data warehouses Access, dissemination, GEMET, EoE Integrated environmental assessments Frameworks Guidelines manuals repositories - CDR DEMs

8 SEIS principles Information should be Collected once, and shared with others for many purposes; > Re-use data in various applications (UNSD questionnaire, I > Share national messages on SoE 8

9 SEIS principles Information should be Readily available and easy accessible > e.g. supporting Aarhus convention pillar free access and public participation > Improve data and information reporting 9

10 Vr ba s SEIS principles Information should be Accessible to enable users to make comparisons at the appropriate geographical scale ' ' ' ' 30 Br eg 50 B rigo c h ' 45 R iss D 01 I le r D Alt m üh l D an u b e L ec h In n Mü n c h e nd 04 I Na b D 03 Is a r Re gen I n Sa lzac h D 02 A 01 A E n n s D rava P ra h a CZ S a va Lju b lja n a A 02 SL Wie n Da nube A 04 S avi n ja J ih la va Dy je Pe sn ic a D rav ina H R 06 Kupa S v ra tka C Z02 A 03 S L01 Za g re b U n a Sv itava L eth a H R 03 D yje S ava M ora v a Ra ba Zala M a ur Mo r ava C Z01 B ra tisla va S K 01 H 01 H R 04 S ana B ec va HR H R 07 Dr a va B IH 01 Va h H 02 K a p os U krin a N itra S K 04 S K 03 K üht rei be r - s trea m Bos na Sio H 07 H R 05 H 06 Sa ra je vo SK H ron Ipel H R 02 B IH 02 B IH 03 B IH 04 H 03 H R 01 Z ogy va B u d a p e st D a nu be H 05 S C G 01 H R 08 S C G 13 BIH H 04 D ri na Ta rn a Ti sz a R im av a S C G 10 S la n a S C G 14 Beograd S ava Hor nad K ör ös Ara nca S a j o B eg a Elo v i tz ch ann e l O nd a va S C G 02 S C G 1 S C G 03 S C G 09 S C G 12 S C G 15 PL H 09 H H 08 B o d rog Tis za B ere thly d R ep Cris ede ul M ures M or ava Cris ul N eg ro C risu l A l b Tam is C ras na S C G 04 S C G 06 S C G 05 R O 01 S C G 16 FRY S C G 17 Ju z.m or ava Tisz a S om e s S C G 07 B G 01 S om es S C G 08 RO J iu R O 02 Lo m Og osta D an ub e S kû t I skar O lt B G 02 Vit UA P ru t S ire t O s am M old ova Bis ritj t a A rg es B G 03 Ros ic a M D 01 Jijia B G 04 Ialom ita u Pr t B u c u re sti R O 04 R O 09 J an tr a B G 08 B e li L o m R us.l om Sir e t MD B G 05 R O 03 Kish in e v M D 04 M D 0 3 RO 05 Ism Ta r a Piv a So fia BG Z ap.m o rav a FYROM > Provide information electronically, engage in harmonisation km Monitoring location on the Danube River > Develop on the tributary spatial data infrastructures (SDI s) 10

11 SEIS principles Information should be Fully available to the general public at national level in the relevant national language(s) > Feel allowed to use your national language > Provide interface for translations 11

12 SEIS principles Information should be Supported through common, free open software standards > Use ISO/OGC/W3C standards related to data quality; service design and provision and web publishing > Strengthen and implement the environment component in INSPIRE 12

13 Building communities for data sharing Building communities for data sharing

14 ENPI-SEIS activities Country visits => Country reports => Proposals/Plans for 2012 Data&indicators Working Group on Env. Indicator (H2020 indicators) Trial delivery of identified indicators Pilots (e.g. PRTR, discharge at sea) Regional WS/training (water accounts, marine, PRTR, etc) Infrastructure IT working group (national Inf. System) Regional WS/training (data policy, INSPIRE, SDI, etc) Preparation of SEIS Cookbook Links to relevant regional projects and identification of synergy activities Communication activities ENPI-SEIS newsletters twice yearly, ENPI-SEIS portal

15 SEIS and development of Water Accounts Water, priority theme (H2020) Build-up on the progress and efforts made in the framework of MEDSTAT, UN-ESCWA Concrete implementation of the SEIS principles Inter-institutional coordination Content development (harmonisation, terminology, indicator development) Integration of existing databases/is (water information system, metadata, standards forms, interoperability) => PILOT ACTIVITY

16 Sharing is everything! Thank you for your attention! 16