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EnviroWindows
Paolo G. Meozzi
European Environment AgencyEmail: paolo.meozzi@eea.eu.int
Networks and environmentalinformation market-place for the
doers
http://ewindows.eu.org
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In This presentation
• EnviroWindows Point of access
• The EEA information system
• EW Software Tools
• What is EnviroWindows today
• Main elements of EW
• Interest Groups
• Interactive Portals
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•Support the EEA information strategy, e.g., framing and implementing policies including best practice. Partners in this effort will be business groups, local authorities and non-governmental organizations
•Reach outside the EEA’s institutional network to help business and local authority stakeholders to share experience
Objectives
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Entering EnviroWindows: the EEA homepage
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Environmental protection expenditure (’98)
© European Communities, 2001
Investments and current expenditure in public sector and industry
industry
public sector
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EnviroWindows homepage
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EnviroWindows Reports
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EnviroExperts homepage
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Enrolment (1/3)
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Enrolment (2/3)
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Enrolment (3/3)
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Asking questions (1/6)
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Asking questions (2/6)
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TheReference
Centre
EEA
EIONET
DPSIR
AccessGeneralpublik
Keyclients(EC...)Serving
NETWORKIN G
The EEA information system
En
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State
Impact
Pressures
Quality
Pollutants
Health,Ecosystems, Materials
CausesDrivingForces
Laws
Corporate environmental responses
Directives Int.l Standards
Responses
CorporateEnvironmentalManagement
EMAS
(IPP)
ConformanceCompliance
Regulations
Voluntary
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• Information and communication technology tools to facilitate collaborative work among thematic groups of interest: GroupWare
• Open Source web application server to enables teams to collaborate in the creation and management web-based applications such as intranets and portals: Interactive Portals
• Ad Hoc information services
What is EnviroWindows today?
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•GHG reduction
•Needs of Future generations
Dimension UnsustainableTrends
Challenges
Support to EU Strategy for Sust. DevelopmentContribution of CorporateEnvironmental Management
Corporate Environmental Management
Economic
Environment
SocialSocial
• Depletion of Natural resources
• Climate Change• Hazardous
chemicals• Increased of Waste
Quality of life
Healthcare
Education
Wealth
Jobs
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Environmental Policy (I&E)Plans, Objectives, and informative roles in relation to the aim of communicating
Risk Assessment (I&E)Estimating risks, likelihood of occurrence, risk management
Responsibilities (I)EHS incorporated into mainstream management and operations
Control Activities (I)On organization, information processing, operation performance
Information & Communication (E)Formal & Informal, open dialogue with stakeholders
Monitoring (I)EMS audit, measurements, non-conformance-corrective-preventive actions
Internal (I) and External (E) information in CEM
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Bankers/Financers
Media
NGOs
Trade Unions
Wholesalers
Farmers
Services
Local Authorities
Consumers
Importers
Manufacturers
Retailers
STAKEHOLDERS
STAKEHOLDERS
A simplified Stakeholder information exchange on CEM
Dematerialization, Better Use of Resources, New Business Opportunities
Corporate Environmental Management
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Elements of external contribution to content
Interest Group (IG) is: • A collaborative network based on password
access (Extranet) GroupWare: or/and:Interactive Portal (IP)is:• A public web pages based information
remotely managed.Leader:A physical person or institution responsible for managing IGs/IPs at http://ew.eea.eu.int who build web content that complies with EnviroWindows objective, terms and conditions.
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LEADER
EEA
What is the basic process to start an IG/IP?
ProposalTerms & conditions
and/or PortalsInterest Groups
World Wide Web links, news, directories,
discussions, networks managed outside the EEA
EditorContributorSecretaryAccess
Collaborative network tools with optional password access
OR
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•Growing number of working groups, committees,...
•Geographically spread over Europe
•Traditional paper based working procedure
•Need for more efficiency and transparency
Interest Groups
Problem statement (1/2)
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• Information collection disconnected from dissemination.
• Unstructured email repositories.
• Discussions and Decisions linked to ‘physical meetings’.
• Information unnecessarily duplicated in members’ environment.
• Info ‘overload’:Too much, too little, too slow, wrong, duplicate, obsolete, unstructured…
Problem statement (2/2)
Interest Groups
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Communicating by email or using an Extranet
Interest Groups
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• Advantage:– Speed increase– Savings on printing– Use of Mailing lists
• BUT:– Need to maintain mailing lists (addresses, file format,
…)– Need to maintain archives of ‘Sent items’– No views of the Common Project archive of documents– No history (for newcomers)– Electronic discussion: One-to-one only– No Project-wide info resource and knowledge base
First step to e-communication: Email
Interest Groups
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• Uses CIRCA/CIRCLE: a collaborative tool (Extranet)
• Web based environment: User friendliness
• Sophisticated document repository
• Access control: Fully configurable
• Customisation and flexibility
• Management: Decentralised & No need for HTML knowledge
Groupware and communication
Interest Groups
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• Information: Mini-Web space
• Library: Document repository
• Directory: Who’s Who
• Newsgroups: Interactive Discussion Fora
• Meeting: Meeting announcement and registration - virtual meetings
The Basics Main Services
Interest Groups
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• Information Space
–Mini Web–Hyperlinks: can link to Internal and External pages or sites
• Library
–Metadata: Summary of documents–Download: via HTTP or E-mail–Upload of documents–Notifications (subscribe or download)
The Basics Main Services (Cont.)
Interest Groups
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• Meeting Space: Upload/Download of Meeting information
• Directory: Contact information of Members
• Newsgroups: News server functionalities
• And More.
– Mail– Online contextual help– Powerful search engine
The Basics Main Services (Cont.)
Interest Groups
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Some Public IGs on EWindows
Interest Groups
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Home Page of an Interest Group
NavigationBar
UsefulLinks Interest Groups
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Objectives and legislative framework
Document uploading (e.g. IG/IP policy, operations, strategy responsibilities)
For IGs: upload USERS, relevant EVENTS and
NEWSGROUPS
Connecting the IG/IP to members’
homepages and other means to increase
visibility
Building an Interest Group or Interactive Portal
Long termmaintenance
Review and improvement
Launch: broadcast letters, advertising,
conferences
IG/IP managementAuthority
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• EnviroWindows on CIRCLE is an internet-based document management tool:
–Powerful–Simple–Flexible
• What’s in it for me ?
–Time savings–Cost savings–Efficiency–Access to more and better information
Communication In Summary
Interest Groups
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• tailor web site's presentations to its users;• integrate information in databases;• provide users with searches;• react creatively to visitors;• make every page dynamic.
ZOPE = Z Object Publishing Environment
An Open Source web application server. It enables teams to collaborate in the creation and management web-based business applications such as intranets and portals. Zope allows to:
Interactive Portals
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• Content Management: Zope
• Philosophy: Open Source
• Webserver: Apache
• Rapid development: PHP (Hypertext Pre-processor)
• Operating Systems: Linux, Commercial UNIX
• Dataformats: XML
• Database system: MySQL
Interactive Portals
Interactive Portals
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• Code Reuse– Harnesses the power of a community of
programmers to help find and repair software bugs, improve software design, and implement enhancements
• Versatility– Other companies can make extensions to Zope
products (or provide 3rd level support)• Market independent
– in the event that the software vendor goes out of business or loses interest in the product
Why Open Source?
Interactive Portals
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• Basic authentication dialog box:
Logging in
Interactive Portals
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Zope Management interfaceW
orksp
ace
Navig
ator
Interactive Portals
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Adding content
Interactive Portals
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Meetings News FAQs
• Zope comes in building blocks called "products"– A building block provides a feature such as a
guest book or announcements or workflow• There are more than 200 products right now
– It's just install and play
What can we do with Zope?
Interactive Portals
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•News-clipping: retrieve information from web pages, Usenet articles, text files, FTP sites.
•Experts: information from people who know
•Abstracting:CSA, NUL, ISU, NTIS
•Automatic translations:
•Commercial BDs: Silver Platter, SPINE, DERWENT, CORONA
•Search engines:
•Rapid Content Creation:
Future developments
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