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Task F orce on Access to information 2 nd meeting

This presentation provides an overview of the Aarhus Clearinghouse, its usage patterns, and recent activities. It highlights strategies to increase engagement and encourages collaboration through crowdsourcing. Contact us to start contributing to this living resource.

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Task F orce on Access to information 2 nd meeting

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  1. Task Force on Access to information2nd meeting The Aarhus Clearinghouse – overview of its use and recentactivities Agenda item 4 Geneva 17 December 2013 Aarhus Convention secretariat http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/

  2. Objective of the presentation • Present basic statistics and usage patterns of Aarhus Clearinghouse • Inform on current activities to increase use of Aarhus Clearinghouse • Present ways to engage Parties and stakeholders in keeping Aarhus Clearinghouse a living resource

  3. ACH has some 6.600 views annually, mainly from English speaking countries Views by number and by country Number of views (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013) Annual 6.612 Up 7% from 1 year earlier Monthly Number of views (11 Nov – 11 Dec 2013) Up 18% from the same month 1 year earlier 675 Note: Statistics on visitors per country are based on annual data (Nov 2012-Nov 2013).

  4. Views are to a great extent correlated with posting of News and Resources on ACH Events driving the views Period displayed: 12 Oct – 12 Dec 2013 Total number of views: 1225 News: Environment, forestry ministries snub press questions on third bridge (Turkey) News: HS2 Bill is 'the worst Christmas present ever‘ (UK) News: Basics statistics on usage of Aarhus Clearinghouse News: U.N.'s Ban urges Russian leniency with Greenpeace activists Resource: Aarhus video library

  5. Keeping the ACH a living resource requires continous engagement Activities by the secretariat to increase use of ACH 1 2 4 3 Regular posting of news & resources Linking ACH with social media Maintenance of ACH Using modern communication tools – e.g. infographics • Actively looking for updates on news & resources… • ...and posting them on ACH • Tweeting news & resources posted on ACH • Using UNECE account (follow us on Twitter #AarhusConvention#PRTRProtocol) • Providing administrative access to Parties and stakeholders • Coordinatingnext upgrade of ACH • Preparing infographics on ACH • …driving viewership by linking them with social media News posted in 2013 (vs 56 in 2012) 168 Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Finland, Armenia Resources posted in 2013 (vs 36 in 2012) 57

  6. To increase ACH views, we strongly encourage Parties and stakeholders to subscribe to RSS feeds… Subscribing to RSS feeds – applies for News and Resources 2 1 …however, we need to do more than just increase the number of views

  7. Going forward, we would like to maintain ACH to be built in the ‘public participation’ spirit Crowdsourcing – collaborative posting of News & Resources • ACH as the platform for information and resources related to public participation in environmental matters • Open for contributions from Parties and stakeholders • Crowdsourcing as a way to keep the ACH up to date and to strengthen the Aarhus Community • At present cca 95% of all contributions come the secretariat Crowdsourcing - a way to keep the ACH alive and a truly collaborative tool

  8. Contact details Contact us to get know more on how to start contributing to ACH public participation@unece.org http://www.unece.org/env/pp/welcome.html Aarhus Convention secretariat UN Economic Commission for Europe Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/

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