Transcript Improving access to environmental information in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Aarhus Convention Task Force on Access to Information Second meeting Geneva, 16–17 December.

Improving access to environmental information in
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Aarhus Convention
Task Force on Access to Information
Second meeting
Geneva, 16–17 December 2013
Lukasz Wyrowski
ECE Environment Division
Background: Environmental
Information at UNECE Monitoring
and Assessment Programme
Forums
• Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators (JTF)
• Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
(WGEMA)
Background: Environmental
Information at UNECE Monitoring
and Assessment Programme
Objectives
• To serve the policy-makers in improving environmental governance
• To serve the public to be well informed about the environmental
conditions
Background: Environmental
Information at UNECE Monitoring
and Assessment Programme
Focus
• Supporting the production and sharing of environmental indicators
• Enhancing the capacities for preparation of indicator-based State of
the Environment (SoE) reports
• Enhancing the capacities for preparation of other assessments
• Supporting the use of modern technologies for environmental
information presentation
Background: Environmental
Information at UNECE Monitoring
and Assessment Programme
Tools
• Guidelines
• Networks to exchange good practice
• Hands-on training
JTF: Public access to environmental
information in EECCA countries
Country
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
FYR of Macedonia
Montenegro
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Serbia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Indicators produced
A1
A2
A3
B3
C10
C11
D1
I1
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ECE Core Set of Indicators:
A1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air
A2. Ambient air quality in urban areas
A3. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances
B3. Greenhouse gas emissions.
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Indicators
available online
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Languages
National
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No information provided
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Formats used for data
ENG presentation
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JTF
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JTF
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Partly JTF
Partly JTF
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EEA and national formats
EEA
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Partly JTF
Partly JTF, national formats
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JTF, UNSD and Eurostat
JTF
National formats
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Partly JTF
C10. BOD and concentration of ammonium in rivers
C11. Nutrients in freshwater
D1. Protected areas
I1. Waste generation
WGEMA: Improvements in data
presentation since Oct. 2012
Country
Improvements in data presentation
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Data from radiation monitoring stations, data on
surface water quality, as well as data on
concentrations of priority pollutants in ambient air
are now made accessible to the public
(http://rad.org.by)
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Belarus
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
FYR of Macedonia
Montenegro
An interactive map on protected areas was
developed (www.apa.gov.ge)
The content management system of the web portal
of Kazakhstan’s Aarhus centre of was modernized
(www.aarhus.kz)
A pilot database for emission data was launched
providing data on air quality in real-time
(www.airquality.moepp.gov.mk)
An online water database including spatial data
was made accessible to the public via EEA
Country
Republic of
Moldova
Russian
Federation
Serbia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Improvements in data presentation
• An internet platform to facilitate public access to
information on water resources is currently developed
• A GIS containing information on ground waters is
currently developed
• Data in real-time on concentrations of pollutants, as
well as meteorological and hydrological parameters
was made accessible to the public online
(www.pogodasochi.ru; www.tatarmeteo.ru)
• An interactive map of monitoring data for geological
processes was developed (www.geomonitorinp.ru/egp
2013 (II).html)
Air quality monitoring data is now accessible to the
public in real-time at EEA’s “Ozoneweb”
(www.eea.europa.eu/maps/ ozone/welcome)
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WGEMA: Data presentation in
EECCA countries
Russian Federation: Data on
air quality in Sochi region
(www.pogodasochi.ru)
Belarus: Data on the atmospheric
air, radiation control, and surface
water (http://rad.org.by )
Georgia: Interactive map on protected areas (www.apa.gov.ge)
Priorities for further improvement to
data presentation in EECCA countries
• Production and sharing of data (indicators) in common formats
• Strengthening the visibility of SoE reports on agencies’ websites
(easy access to pdf files, interactive presentation of SoE reports
directly on the webpages)
• Improvements to descriptive parts of SoE reports (to be better policymakers oriented and more understandable to the public)
– brief indicator analysis
– application of the Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts and Responses
(DPSIR) framework
– inclusion of countries comparative analysis
– application of SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats)
– Increasing visual material (incl. GIS or satellite imaging)
Thank you for your attention