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European Environment Agency

http://www.eea.eu.int

EEA

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The EEA's Mission

... is to deliver

timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information

to policy-makers and the public for the development and implementation of sound environmental policies in the European Union and other EEA member countries.

Domingo Jiménez-BeltránExecutive Director, EEA

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EU 15 member states+ Iceland LiechtensteinNorwayEEA candidatecountriesStability Pactcountries TACIS

EEA member countries

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EIONET ZonesCore Extranet

33 sites with servers

EEA

NFP

NFP

ETCNFP

Phare

NRC NRC

NRC

ETCPartners

EU Institutions

Full EIONET600 nodes with username access

PhareTopic Links

International institutions

R&Dprojects

Special Interest Networks

EnviroWindowsand corporate portals

NGOs

NGOs

Public

Scientists

Media

Public www-servicesand news broadcasting

Public

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EIONET

DG Environment unit

EEA project managers

National Reference Centres

ETC partners

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TR

FR

ES

FI

SE

IT

PL

DE

NO

UK

RO

IS

IE

BG

PT

ATHU

CZ

GR

LT

LV

SK

EE

NL

BE

SI

DK

CY

LU

LI

MT

Member countriescurrent membersnew PHAREnew Mediterraneanother countries sea

International organisations

1 partner

Lead organisations

National organisations

European Topic Centre on Water (ETC/WTR)

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From BAI to BNI

Best Available Information

Current env/econ information system in Europe

Best Needed

Information

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Planned indicator reports

•Water Indicator Report, 2002•Environmental Signals 2002 (Spring Council)•Kiev report, 2003•Sectoral reports (TERM-AC, 2002 and EERM,

2002)•European State and Outlook report, 2004•Indicator fact sheets on the web

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Environmental Information Pyramid

-increased aggregation:- information density- reduction of complexity- capability to communicate- policy relevance Headline

Indicators(5-20, highly aggregated)

Indicator Systems(100-150, medium aggregated)

Basic Data(statistics, measurements, estimations)

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The DPSIR framework

Responses

State

Drivers

Pressures Impact

e.g. Clean Production, Public Transport, Regulations, taxes Information, etc.

e.g. Ill health, Biodiversity loss, Economic damage

e.g. Transportand Industry

e.g. PollutingEmissions

e.g. Air, Water, Soil quality

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A Typology of Eco-Indicators:A Typology of Eco-Indicators:TYPE A: “What is happening?”e.g.. ‘vehicle kilometres driven’, ‘SO2-emissions’, ‘water quality in lakes’, ‘environmental expenditures for air pollution abatement’.(“Descriptive Indicators”)TYPE B: “Does it matter?”Indicators linked with some kind of reference value: like the critical load or carrying capacity concept, health standards, or policy targets.(“Performance Indicators”)TYPE C: “Are we improving?”The ‘eco-efficiency’ of production and consumption processes. e.g.. energy use per unit of GDP; emissions/vehicle km; kg building waste/family house’); water use/litre beer.(“Eco-efficiency Indicators”)TYPE D: “Are we on the whole better off?”Environmental sustainability. e.g.. ‘Green GDP’, or ISEW etc.(“Total Welfare Indicators”)

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A performance indicator

Emissions of ozone precursors, EU15

target

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Indicator architecture

Spring council indicators

sectoral headline indicators

env. issue indicatorssectoral indicators

env. issue headline indicatorsstructural indicators

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The 'three corridors model' to follow progress in sustainable development

Strategy for Sustainable Development(Gothenburg Summit June 2001 to RIO+10 June 2002)

Structural Indicators

Lisbon agenda (socio-economic policies)('Synthesis report' to Stockholm summit, March 2001)

Sectoral integration ind.

Sectoral strategies & action programmes(Economic councils for Gothenburg Summit June 2001)

Issue indicators

Environmental action plan(Env council, 6EAP for Gothenburg 2001 and specific development plans)

Integrated Monitoring and reporting

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Current situation: Overlapping data flows

Eurostat EC EEA OECD UNEP

The Public and Decision-Makers

ETC

DG

DG

NFP and other National AuthoritiesNRC

Other

DG

DG

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Target situation: Streamlined data flows

Eurostat EC EEA OECD UNEP

The Public and Decision-Makers

ETCDGDG

Other

NFP and other National AuthoritiesNRC

REPORTNET

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Data Flows in EIONET

National Layer

EEA Warehouse

European Layer

Inform

ation R

etrieval System

Data access and visualisation

E2RCReportsand Reference Centre Concept

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Organisation through Interest Groups

On each of

the 33 servers

across Europe

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CIRCLE Library Service

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Main European Water Policies

• Water Framework Directive (WFD)

• Nitrate Directive

• Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWD)

• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC)

• Common Fisheries Policy

• Integrated Coastal Zone Management Strategy (ICZM),

• Marine Conventions (AMAP, BSEP, HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP/MAP)

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Core set of water indicators

Previous approach:

• Data from Marine Conventions

• Data from other international organisations

• Data from NRC’s

=> MARINEBASE

New approach:

• Extension of EUROWATERNET to transitional, coastal and marine waters (more systematic, annual update, stronger role of NRC’s, continous involvement of Marine Conventions)

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Change in average winter phosphate concentration in the Baltic Sea and the

North Sea in the period 1985-1998

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Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)

• MoU with OSPARSigned 2 March 1998

• MoU with HELCOMSigned 26 October 1998

Joint work plan agreed on 29 November 1999

• MoU with UNEP/MAPNot signed yet, draft joint work plan available

• MoU with ICESFirst meeting on MoU on 19 May 2000

• MoU with BSEPPlans for meeting on joint work plan in spring 2002

• No MoU with AMAP planned

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Inter-Regional Forum (IRF)

• Objective– To facilitate the exchange and possible integration of existing data and information produced by international marine organisations and EEA

–To improve working relations and task sharing• Participants

–AMAP, BSEP, DG ENV., EEA and ETC’s, EuroGOOS, HELCOM, ICES, JRC, OSPAR, UNEP/MAP

• Meetings–1996 in Rome, 1997 in Rome, 1999 in Venice

• Major activities–Dataflow, indicators, GIS

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Access by EEA to national data reported to Marine Conventions

Member country

HELCOM OSPAR UNEP/MAP

BSEP

Denmark yes yes

Estonia yes

Finland ?

Germany yes yes

Latvia yes

Lithuania ?

Poland ?

Sweden yes yes

Belgium ?

France yes ?

Ireland yes

Iceland ?

Luxembourg yes

The Netherlands ?

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Access by EEA to national data reported to Marine Conventions

Member country HELCOM OSPAR UNEP/MAP BSEP

Norway yes

Portugal ?

Spain ? ?

Switzerland ?

United Kingdom yes

Italy ?

Greece yes

Albania ?

Croatia Not requested yet

Bosnia Herzegovina

yes

Slovenia yes

F.Y.R.Macedonia ?

Romania ?

Bulgaria ?

EUROWATERNET - rivers

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National Layer: EEA and Phare Countries

EEA Data Warehouse

G L RE Q

European Layer:Waterbase modules

WWW

WaterbaseDemonstrator

Data Flows in

Eurowaternet

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WaterbaseReference data

base

National Layer: EEA and Phare Countries

EEA Warehouse

G L REuropean Layer:

Waterbase modules E QWaterbaseE Q G L R

WWW