SOER 2015 Project PlanMeeting on Environmental Assessments

16-17April 2013Integrated Environmental Assessments (Thomas Henrichs)

Regulation No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

on the EEA and Eionet – Art 2 (k)

SOER – State and Outlook of the Environment Report:the mandate

The tasks of the Agency shall be […] to publish a report on the

state of, trends in and prospects for the environment every five

years, supplemented by indicator reports focusing upon specific

issues;

SOER […] publish a report on the state of, trends in and prospects for the environment every five years

199519961997

19992000

1998

200120022003

20052006

2004

200720082009

20112012

2010

2013

- report (151 pp) + summary

SOER 1995 - addresses 5 EAP targets

- focus on sectoral integration- big report (446 pp) + summary

SOER 1999 - addresses

environmental trends

- focus on DPSIR, link between

issues- bigger report (569 pp, Part A, B & C)

SOER 2005 - addresses air, water, land

- focus on DPSIR, core set of

indicators - several reports (Parts A, B, C +

Synthesis)

SOER 2010 - addresses 6EAP priority areas

- focus on systemic challenges...

The SOER assessment context: addressing different scales and themes

SOER2010

Sub-national level

Country level(i.e. EEA member & coop. countries)

European level(i.e. EEA member & cooperating countries)

Global level(i.e. pan-European & global)

‘State of Environment‘Assessments

LandWater

Air

...

ThematicAssessment

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SOER 2010 Part B – European level

Part C – Country level

Synthesis report

Part A – Global level

SOER 2015The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015

2010 20152011 2012 2013 2014

Reflecting

Planning

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Producing

• Content & coverage• Structure & approach• Indicators & types of information• Process & network

SOER 2015The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015

2010 20152011 2012 2013 2014

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Project Plan •Why? – approach, background, …•What? – products, process, … •Who? & when? – timeline, …

SOER 2015More of the same, or something different? ... Both!

What should stay similar?

• Maintain familiar structure, Parts A (global), B (Europe), Part C (national), Synthesis

• Continue the ‘narrative‘, i.e. analysis of systemic challenges, see SOER 2010

What might be different?

• More stakeholder involvement, especially in conclusions and reflection on future ‘prospects‘

• Less duplication of assessments, more focus on, and refering to, existing indicators and reportsPublish a credible and reliable, relevant and timely,

legitimate and transparent, targeted and accessible

assessment in 2015.

Aim

SOER 2015A suite of product(s): short briefs + up-to-date indicators

FLIS CSI & IMS SENSE

A B C

GMT fiches thematic fiches country fiches

forward-looking indicators

regular EEA indicators

country-level indicators

SYN

Synthesis report

3 indicator reports & stakeholder workshop

2012 2013 2014

Synthesis &

Derivatives

Global Megatrends (GMT)

Thematic SOE summaries

Country-levelSOE summaries

Signals 2015 and other derivatives

? ? Reportnet(incl.

PDF, ...)

Eionet(incl. SERIS)

FLISGMESCDR

SERISROD Reportnet

ETDS AoA

GEMET SENSE IMSSENSESENSESENSEData Centres SDI

GCIEyeonEarthDiscomap

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SOER 2015Part C – Country-level SOER assessment and information

SENSE

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country fiches

country-level indicators

Country-levelSOE summaries

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Eionet(incl. SERIS)

Eionet & Reportnet

Country fiches (one – and only one – per country)• 4 page summaries of national SOE Report• drafted by countries (NFP or NRC-SOE)• plus: links to national SOE reports via SERIS

1

Country comparison fiches (1 per agreed theme)•4 page each, based on EEA indicators (CSI)•drafted by EEA•plus: link to country level view using SENSE

2

3

National-level indicators (voluntary)•online link between several European and country level indicators via SENSE•maintained jointly by EEA and Eionet

SOER 2015The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015

2010 20152011 2012 2013 2014

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• Discuss with EEA stakeholders (Q1)• SOER 2015 Implementation Plan (Q2)• START WORK (Q3)

SOER 2015 - relationship with pan-European environmental reporting and assessments

EEA has been put in charge of developing a ‘Regular Process’ for environmental reporting across the pan-European region (accompanied by a decision to gradually extend SEIS to these countries to support this).

This includes activities in the UNECE European region supporting the development of indicators and national SOE reports, and the application of the Assessment of Assessments approach.

There is thus an opportunity to use the SOER 2015 approaches to help frame and inform this. For example, using SERIS, SENSE, and/or Part C.

This extension attempt will not be part of SOER 2015 itself – yet a complementary activity (i.e. to ensure necessary flexibility and focus).

Thank you!