Transcript SEIS development and regular environment assessment since the Astana conference Dr David Stanners Head of International Cooperation European Environment Agency.

SEIS development and
regular environment
assessment since the
Astana conference
Dr David Stanners
Head of International Cooperation
European Environment Agency
Shared Environmental Information System
From national to regional to global
National assessments
Regional (EEA) assessments
National
data,
information,
analyses and
assessments
Global assessments
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SEIS addresses the whole Policy Cycle
(1) Issue
identification
(6) Policy
measure
effectiveness
(5) Policy
measure
implementation
(2) Issue
framing
MDIAK
Knowledge
Base
(4) Policy
measure
development /
adoption
(3) Policy
measure
identification
SEIS principles
Information should be:
● managed as close as possible to its source
● collected once, and shared with others for many purposes
● readily available and easy accessible
● accessible to enable users to make comparisons at the
appropriate geographical scale
● fully available to the general public at national level in the
relevant national language(s)
● supported through common, free open software standards.
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• SDI -Spatial
Development
Infrastructure
• Standards
• Web services
…
SEIS components
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Data
Indicators
Assessments
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Networks
Governance
Agreements
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Cooperation
Eye on Earth
Global Network
of
Networks
Open
government /
open data
movements
UNEP Live
SOE Live
Capacity
building with EU
Neighbourhood
Countries
Open data
policy
implemented
and advocated
by EEA
Promoting open
standards
Crowd sourcing
and citizen
science
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Content
Data
integration for
sustainable
development
goals
From local to
global data
integration
Intergrated
and
interoperable
indicators
Thematic
integration
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Infrastructure
Increasingly
use of social
media
Publishing
data ꞌlinked
and openꞌ
Building web
mapping
services
Improve data
discovery
Integrated
search based
on semantic
web
Introduce
citizen
science
approaches
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Extending SEIS and the regular assessment process
to the pan-European region
EEA in cooperation with stakeholders:
Developing the basis on which to implement the
process:
 Outline of the process (Oct 2012)
Taking stock of progress:
 Review of progress (Oct 2013)
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Where do we see progress? (1)
In countries:
• Increased use of core indicators/data flows in national
SOERs (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Belarus,
Kyrgyzstan…)
• A more sustainable national SOER reporting process
(Kyrgyzstan, Georgia…)
• Modern tools for information sharing (Moldova…)
• Increased cooperation between networks (env. &
statistics..)
• Reflected in recent EPRs -addressing SEIS and regular
reporting (Albania, Croatia, Moldova, Morocco)
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Where do we see progress? (2)
• In Policy and legal initiatives: clear reference to SEIS in
7EAP, Copernicus, Arctic policy…
• In SEIS-related projects: found across the region
ENP/SEIS, FLERMONECA, AWARE, AoA+, Caspian
Environment Information System…
• In organisations: promoting SEIS principles (UNECE,
LRTAP, PRTR, RECs, UNEP,…)
• In global processes: SEIS-related initiatives in Rio+20
outcome, UNEP-Live…
 However, progress is uneven and information is patchy
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Why is progress uneven and information patchy?
No joint-responsibility to monitor overall progress in
SEIS and regular reporting
• Required actions:
• Establish a partnership for regular information exchange
(Eionet-type);
• Exchange data and information from MEAs & organisations
& strengthen interaction of existing networks
• Share tool & methodologies
• Agree on performance indicators for progress
• Establish stable governance structure (with sustainable
funding) to track & assess progress and coordinate future
pan-European reporting
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Why is progress uneven and information patchy?
No clear responsibility and ownership across the
reporting chain
• Required actions:
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Consolidate the national SOE reporting base;
Increase use/reuse of core indicators
Tailor/focus reporting demands on a clear/predefined need
Review, re-connect and integrate existing processes
(pan-European forest, health, EfE; GEO…)
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Learning from each other:
SEIS ENPI - Cookbook
• A set of case studies collected from EEA
Member and Cooperating countries and
ENPI partner countries.
• A SEIS Checklist containing a set of
questions to help assess the status of
SEIS development and identify gaps and
areas for further enhancement.
http://www.seiscookbook.ne
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• Steps to be considered when planning
SEIS implementation.
• Useful links.
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How to bring this process forward
• Through some specific thematic discussions
(e.g. PRTR)
• SEIS side-event in Aarhus MOP in June 2014
• “Friends of SEIS” (inputs from the Convention?)
• Monitoring & evaluation of progress (with clear
targets & performance indicators)
• With Convention support (e.g. promoting the
development of regular national SOE reports as input
to the 2016 pan-European environmental ministerial)
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Thank you!
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