Transcript NFP Slides - NRC-SOE - Europe`s Environment Assessment of
Eionet NFP Meeting
28/29 September 2011
European Environment Agency
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - Objectives of NRC-SOE Workshop
• To reassert the role of the NRC-SoE network.
• To review the state of SoE reporting across Europe.
• To reflect on the use of environmental indicators in SoE reports.
• To strengthen links between national and European SoE reports.
• To reflect on how to incorporate forward-looking information.
• To initiate discussions towards SOER 2015.
• PLUS: To share ‘established practice’ within network!
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - Outline of NRC-SOE Workshop
• • • • • • • • • Session 1 - Introduction & stock-taking Session 2 - Reasserting the role of the NRC-SoE network Session 3 - Reviewing national-level SoE reports - Country presentations: CS, HR, MN, NL, PL, RS Session 4 - Recap of Day 1 Session 5 - Using indicators in SoE reports - Country presentations: BH, DE, NL, RS, SI Session 6 - Establishing links between SoE reports Session 7 - Using forward-looking information in SoE reports - Country presentations: AT, BE Session 8 - Learning lessons: ideas for SOER 2015 Session 9 - Wrap-up
Eionet NRC-SOE Workshop 2011 - From SOER 2010 to SOER 2015 2010 2011
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Content & coverage Structure & approach Indicators & types of information Process & network
2012 2013 2014 2015
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - EEA SOE reports and other SOE reports Global level European level National level Sub-national level ‘State of Environment‘ Assessments ... Water Climate Assessments Biodiversity Assessments Assessments Thematic Assessments
Note: Indicators (i.e. the toblerone‘s ‘scaffolding‘) are the basis of environmental assessments (i.e.the toblerone‘s ‘chocolate‘)
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - SERIS to share ‘established practices‘ (Session 2 & 3)
SERIS is a shared library of NRC-SOE.
Only for about half of the countries SERIS is up-to-date.
Countries stressed that SERIS is useful for their national SOE reporting.
Agreement to keep SERIS.
Agreement to add more information about reports (‘review template’).
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - Review of EEA indicators (Session 5 & 6)
Four distinct but inter-connected EEA activities were highlighted at the Management Board in March 2011 & June 2011: (1) Cleaning the EEA indicators to remove redundancies and duplications and ensure improved access to them on the website; (2) Mapping the EEA indicators and their status related to their technical, conceptual and political context; (3) Continuance of indicator-based state of environment reporting in member countries as part of the SOER follow-up process; and (4) Reviving the annual publication of an indicator-based cross cutting assessment.
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - Using forward-looking information in SOE (Session 7)
Fundamental dilemma: How to combine indicator-based information that aim to offer a degree of certainty - with - forward-looking perspective that aims to embrace / structure uncertainty
Eionet NRC-SOE Workshop 2011 - From SOER 2010 to SOER 2015 (Session 8) 2010 2011
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Content & coverage Structure & approach Indicators & types of information Process & network
2012 2013 2014 2015
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015 - Content & Coverage
What to address in SOER 2015 ...
• Logic - DPSIR still the entry point?, link to ‘strategic assessments’ ?
• Topics - green economy, lifestyles, environment & equity, hazards, ...
• Style - more ‘storytelling’, show positive messages, identify users ...
• Perspective - long-view (backwards and forward), action-related ...
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015 - Structure & Approach
How to develop SOER 2015 ...
• Identify users - adapt structure to audience, define ‘personas’, ...
• Communication - social media, apps, several comm. strands, ...
• Benchmark - country comparison, state of action ...
• Integrate prospective analysis
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015 - Indicators & Type of Information
What to link across scales ...
• (Key) indicators!
• (Key) indicators!
• (Key) indicators!
• Composite indicators - transparency important, use if available, ...
• Methods - common template, uncertainty, spatial indicators ...
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015 - Process & Network
How to link across scales ...
• SERIS - keep SERIS!, add review template, clarify AoA vs SERIS, ...
• SENSE - link indicators (but which and which elements still open) ... • NRC network - facilitate cross fertilisation (SOE; FLIS; EIS; Comm) • Project plan - develop a project plan on how to link across scales as part of SOER 2015, ...
Eionet NRC-SOE - What next?
• Reflect on outcome(s) of this NRC-SOE meeting, and maintain more regular dialogue (e.g. on indicators, ...) • Upgrade SERIS (i.e. include a modified ‘review template’ for SOE reports to enhance the usefulness of the library).
• NRC-SOE to review ‘Annual Indicator Report’ (consultation now scheduled for Nov/Dec).
• EEA to develop plan with NRC-SOE for linking (key) indicators across scales, after EEA indicator mapping exercise.
• Value in linking NRC-SOE workshops with other NRC workshops (e.g. with FLIS, EIS, Communication).
• Next meeting early in spring 2012, annual thereafter.