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EEA European Environment Agency Copenhagen · Denmark http://www.eea.eu.int EU 15 member states + Iceland Liechtenstein Norway PHARE countries TACIS 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 EIONET ELEMENTS ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC EEA ETC NFPs NRCs MCEs 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 EEA COOPEATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS UNEP UN-ECE OECD WHO-Europe WMO 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) Indicatorbased 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 Central product in EEA family of indicator reports/reporting mechanisms... Transport & Environment Climate change Environmental signals Energy Agriculture …..contains the main indicators of the sector - environment reporting mechanisms Indicators are chosen to answer policy questions • Type A: “What is happening?” Environmental state and quality • Type B: “Does it matter?” Performance indicators • Type C: “Are we improving our processes?” Eco-efficiency indicators • Type D: "Are polices working?" Measure of policy effectiveness FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR ECONOMIES WASTE RESOURCES WASTE PRODUCTION WASTE CONSUMPTION MUCH WASTE FIG. 1 A WASTEFUL LINEAR ECONOMY REDESIGN RESOURCES PRODUCTION RECYCLE REUSE CONSUMPTION MINIMAL WASTE REPAIR RENOVATE FIG. 2 AN ECO-EFFICIENT CIRCULAR ECONOMY 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 New challenges (2001 - 2003) III. EEA enlargement waste statistics Regulation data flow / information assessment reporting obligations joint projects cooperation with DGENV, EUROSTAT, JRC