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The EEA Mandate
“To provide the Community and
the Member States with objective,
reliable and comparable
information at European level.”
(Reg. 1210/90)
EEA GOALS
Establish and coordinate EIONET
Provide information for environmental policy development and implementation
Ensure broad dissemination and accessibility
Develop and publish a State of the Environment Report every 3 years
Co-operate, add value and avoid duplication
EEA PRINCIPLES
Providing best available information
Pooling of existing information and know-how
Encouraging a global perspective
Facilitating harmonisation of data
Serving wide audiences
Developing innovative ways of dissemination
EEA’s KEY CLIENTS
The Community Institutions, i.e. the
Commission
The Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
Member states
THE EEA PROGRAMME AREAS
1. Databases and Topic Reporting
2. Integrated Assessment
3. Periodical Reporting
4. Reporting System Support
5. Service and Network Infrastructure
EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (1)
• State and Outlook on Europe’s Environment - The four/five year report
• European Environmental Signals - Regular (annual) Indicator-based reports
• Assessments on priority problems, sectors and regions - Environmental Issues Series
• Topic reports (air, water, nature etc.) - some regular, others timed for policy use
EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (2)
• Technical reports, guidelines and handbooks
• Access to EEA/EIONET Data bases and relevant data and information sources
• Service and reporting to policy-makers based on the EEA Environment Information System
Reporting on sectors and the environment
……..contains the main indicators of the sector..contains the main indicators of the sector - - environment reporting environment reporting mechanismsmechanisms
Central product in EEA family of indicator reports/reportingCentral product in EEA family of indicator reports/reporting mechanisms...mechanisms...
ClimateClimatechangechange
Energy Energy
EnvironmentalEnvironmentalsignalssignals
TransportTransport&&
EnvironmentEnvironment
AgricultureAgriculture
Indicators are chosen to answer policy questions
• Type A: “What is happening?”Type A: “What is happening?”
Environmental state and qualityEnvironmental state and quality
• Type B: “Does it matter?”Type B: “Does it matter?”
Performance indicatorsPerformance indicators
• Type C: “Are we improving our processes?”Type C: “Are we improving our processes?”
Eco-efficiency indicatorsEco-efficiency indicators
• Type D: "Are polices working?"Type D: "Are polices working?"
Measure of policy effectivenessMeasure of policy effectiveness
FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR ECONOMIES
FIG. 2 AN ECO-EFFICIENT CIRCULAR ECONOMY
FIG. 1 A WASTEFUL LINEAR ECONOMY
PRODUCTIONRESOURCES CONSUMPTIONMUCH WASTE
REDESIGN
RESOURCES
WASTE WASTE WASTE
PRODUCTION CONSUMPTIONMINIMAL
WASTE
RECYCLE REPAIR
REUSE RENOVATE
New challenges (2001-2003)
I. Waste prevention / minimisation
waste loads / activities (i.e. industrial production)
material flows (inputs - outputs of production processes)
• resource productivity indicators (i.e. % of raw materials "wasted")
• load coefficients (i.e. kg of heavy metals/kg of product)
Final objective:
to find/propose best available techniques (BAT) for waste minimisation
to make "what - if" scenarios (how waste quantities will arise if existing/new developments prevail
New challenges (2001 - 2003)
II. Policy effectiveness = evaluation of waste management plans, strategies (national / European level)
Indicators
Assessment tools/methods
Final objective:
• to check targets with actual performance
why where / how
• to determine "weak spots" in policy implementation
• to visualise issues / areas for improvement