Towards a Shared Environmental Information System for Europe Towards a Shared Environmental Information System for Europe

SEISSEIS

Chris SteenmansChris SteenmansHead of GroupHead of Group

Data Access and ManagementData Access and Management

Outline Outline

1. Why SEIS?

2. Concept and principles

3. Implementation strategy

1. Why SEIS?

2. Concept and principles

3. Implementation strategy

Towards sharing environmental information...Towards sharing environmental information...

Directive INSPIRE, 2007

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Directive on Public Accessto Environmental Information, 2003

Directive on Reuse of Public SectorInformation, 2003

6th Community EnvironmentAction Programme, 2002

Aarhus Conventionon Access to Information, 1998

Declaration of the UN Stockholm Conferenceon the Human Environment, 1972

Standardized Environmental ReportingDirective, 1991

SEIS ?

Establishment EEA and EionetCouncil Regulation, 1990

GMES Action Plan, 2004

Drivers of SEISDrivers of SEIS

i. Content

ii. Streamlining

iii.Access

Directive INSPIRE, 2007

Directive on Public Accessto Environmental Information, 2003

Directive on Reuse of Public SectorInformation, 2003

6th Community EnvironmentAction Programme, 2002-2012

Aarhus Conventionon Access to Information, 1998

Standardized Environmental ReportingDirective, 1991

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Global Monitoring for Environmentand Security Action Plan 2004-2008

Establishment EEA and EionetCouncil Regulation, 1990

Need for integrated informationNeed for integrated information

Priorities 6th EAP 2002-2012

• Climate change • Nature and biodiversity • Environment and health • Natural resources and waste

Increasing requestsfrom public fordata and information

Source: : EEA Information Centre, 2007

Reporting obligations per country Reporting obligations per country

Source: Reporting Obligations Database, EEA 2004

Benchmarking countriesBenchmarking countriesProjections of greenhouse gas emissions and removalsProjections of greenhouse gas emissions and removals

Source: : EEA Core Set of Indicators, 2007

Europe in a global perspectiveEurope in a global perspective

AIR

Pollutant emissions in West and Central Europe (WCE) falling but still

significant.

Emissions in Eastern European Countries and Central Asia (EECCA)

up by 10% or more

Source:Euope’s Environment,EEA 2007

Time lags in State of theTime lags in State of theEnvironment and indicator reportsEnvironment and indicator reports

Source: : Rosenström et al., 2006

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available missing future outlook

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Scenario A

Baseline scenario

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PresentDataflow

EIONET priority EIONET priority data flowsdata flows

Source: EEA 2007

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%Reporting PerformanceReporting PerformanceEEA Priority Data FlowsEEA Priority Data Flows

• Improve availability and quality of information needed to design and implement Community environment policy

• Reduce administrative burden on Member States and EU institutions & modernise reporting

• Foster the development of information services and applications that all of us can use and profit from.

Scope of SEISScope of SEIS

1. Why SEIS?

2. Concept and principles

3. Implementation strategy

Definition Definition

SEIS is a collaborative initiative of European and National bodies to establish an integrated and sustained information system for sharing environmental data.

A system where the public authorities are the providers but also the main end-users and beneficiaries

(Go4, 2007)

SEIS PrinciplesSEIS Principles• information should be managed as close as

possible to its source

• information is provided once and shared with others for many purposes

• data and information should be readily accessible

• information should be made available to the public after due consideration of the appropriate level of aggregation, given possible confidentiality constraints, and at national level in the national language(s)

Data and information services

ICT infrastructure, Inspire,...

SEIS componentsSEIS componentsSEIS componentsSEIS components

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1. Why SEIS?

2. Concept and principles

3. Implementation strategy

Ozone WebOzone Web

http://www.eea.europa.eu./maps/ozone

Near real time ozone monitoringNear real time ozone monitoring

www.water.europa.eu

Emissionsdata

Emissionsdata

UserUser

Internet(Geonetwork Inspire)

Internet(Geonetwork Inspire)

EEAinformation

services

EEAinformation

services

EIONETEIONET

Data fromother

Directives

Data fromother

DirectivesBasic

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BasicReference

data

Internat.Conventions

Internat.Conventions

NationalData

centres

NationalData

centres

Internet(Inspire)

Internet(Inspire)

Sub-nationalData

centres

Sub-nationalData

centres

GMESGMES

WISEWISE – – Water Information System for EuropeWater Information System for Europe

EEA

One European Website

From data sharing…

Investment Return

Germany

France

UK

EEA

From data sharing…

Germany

France

UK

One European Website

web service

GermanyPotential 408,000 web pages

Potential 800,000 web pages

Potential 362,000 web pages

EEA

... to sharing information services

Investment Return

France

UK

web service

One European Website

QuestionsQuestions

• Can Estonian’s environmental information system fit into the vision of SEIS?

• What can we learn from the national experience?

• Do you have specific user requirements towards SEIS?

• Are you willing to contribute to the stepwise implementation of SEIS?

• Country performance improvements Priority Data FlowsTarget for 2010 100% reporting performance.

• Reportnet enhancementsFurther develop Reportnet

• Indicator Management System (IMS+) Create and agree on a common European information base for country benchmarking

EEA SEIS Implementation plan EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (3 projects on Streamlining) 2008 (3 projects on Streamlining)

• Land-water-biodiversity integrated assessmentIntegrated assessment inputs for the EEA SOER2010 report

• Ozone web extensionDemonstrate the possibilities to use the system for monthly summer ozone exceedance reporting, Consolidate the near real-time ozone data to full coverage and Extend the system to particulate matter

• Indicators and assessments greenhouse gas emissionsTo get access to knowledge from national assessments, to improve SOER2010 reporting.

EEA SEIS Implementation plan EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (8 projects on Content) 2008 (8 projects on Content) (1/2)(1/2)

• Air quality data serviceIntegrate the future CAFÉ Directive data flows into the EEA air data service.

• Effectiveness of waste policiesCreate a SEIS compliant reporting system for information that is of another kind.

• SEIS country visits

• EEA SEIS SignalsA first report in November 2008

• Water assessments – NitrateTo get access to knowledge from national water assessments of nutrients - Nitrate

EEA SEIS Implementation plan EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (8 projects on Content) 2008 (8 projects on Content) (2/2)(2/2)

• SERIS upgradeImprove access to national information on State of the Environment

• Land cover data service Web service established by end 2008

• Greenhouse gas data serviceGHG emission data for the actual year -1

• WISE data serviceProvide information services within WISE, enriching the current bathing water information

• Linking SEIS, INSPIRE, GMESNew EU initiatives dealing with accessing and sharing of data

EEA SEIS Implementation plan EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (5 projects on Access) 2008 (5 projects on Access)