DIKE TSG Workshop4 July 2013

EEA regular dataflows: WISE-SoE Reporting on Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters

Constança Belchior - EEA

Objectives...paving way for Art 19.3

DIKE TSG Workshop:To reflect on the different elements needed for developing an appropriate data fact sheet, which describes the required information on observations and the data exchange mechanism(s)

This presentation:To present the EEA WISE SoE regular dataflow, the governance around it and its use, as well as reflections on this process

EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow

The core objective of the EEA is to produce European, pan-European and regional thematic and integrated assessments.

Timely, nationally validated, high-quality data & expertise

Eionet

EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow

With WFD (2008/09), EEA´s Eionet-Water annual dataflow WISE ‘State of the Environment’ (SoE) dataflow

WISE SoE information on the state of water resources in Europe - rivers, lakes, groundwater and transitional, coastal and marine waters – and on water quantity & emissions to water

Datasets used to produce indicators upon which EEA assessment reports are based.

WISE SoE annual dataflow: reporting process and tools

Data reporting(Reportnet)

Data handling Data Dissemination

Reports

Indicators

Waterbase

EEAEionet

Countries ETC/ ICM

EU Dataset

NationalDatasets

Reporting Process

Reportnet Tools

WISE SoE TCM (Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters) reporting process

Data reporting(Reportnet)

Data handling Data Dissemination

ETC/ ICM -ICES

ReportsIndicators

Waterbase

EEAData reporting(ICES)

Countries Directly

RSC

WISE SoE TCM dataset & EEA TCM indicators

CSI021 - Nutrients in transitional, coastal and marine watershttp://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal-and/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal-and-4 CSI023 – Chlorophyll in transitional, coastal and marine waters http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and-3

MAR001 – Hazardous substances in marine organismshttp://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/hazardous-substances-in-marine-organisms/hazardous-substances-in-marine-organisms-3

EEA indicators - definition

Specification version 1

2007 2008 2009

Specification version 2

20102011

Versioned Specifications and Assessments

EEA indicators - specification

EEA indicator specification template

EEA indicators - assessment

EEA indicator assessment template

Reflections on WISE SoE TCM reporting process and its use

• Heavy QA and validation by ETC/ICM - harmonised reporting specifications & tools but not enough to cope with diversity in countries (data governance, data availability, mismatch timelines, data definitions…)

• 2 data reporting pathways – Direct Eionet & RSC: additional complexity and challenge to the QA and validation (duplicates, traceability…)

• Data request revised every year – QA, policy developments, indicator methodology...

• Building a representative EU dataset – scaling up from national to EU & making regionally comparable indicator assessments

Impact data & indicator quality - time for corrections and improvements (Eionet & EEA) between publication and preparation of next data call

getting shorter and shorter