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Soil information in Europe?

Soil information in Europe?. We should do better… Few hints from EEA. EU organisations – Get them organised!. Conclave DG ENV, Eurostat, JRC and EEA on environment-related information activities Not efficient, lack of visibility Need to give a hard kick to actors involved

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Soil information in Europe?

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  1. Soil information in Europe? We should do better… Few hints from EEA

  2. EU organisations – Get them organised! • Conclave DG ENV, Eurostat, JRC and EEA on environment-related information activities • Not efficient, lack of visibility • Need to give a hard kick to actors involved • Incentives to do better • Accountability for quality results • Information: the whole chain from monitoring (data) to reporting / assessment and dissemination • Allocate themes to lead organisations • SOIL: JRC…

  3. EEA support to Soil information • Revise 2004 commitments: • Action plan 2006-8 for information system • Towards functional mapping • Activities in 2005/6: • Explicit users requirements for information system • Explicit and pragmatic concept design for functional mapping • Identify conditions and objectives for effective partnerships • Maintain and improve work on contamination • Assessment of soil issues (Belgrade conference)

  4. EEA proposals to move ahead • Network the networks • Merging EIONET Soil components and ESBN – can EEA apply to Steering Ctee • Consolidate and enhance partnerships with key actors, e.g. Eurogeosurvey • Cease big money opportunities • GMES services and data policy (Inspire) • FP6 developments & follow ups (ENVASSO) • FP7 preparations • Forest focus review

  5. Conditions for success • No more parallel tracks • Visibility and functioning of coordinated networks through national recognition - commitment level • Shared and endorsed Action plan – the practical vision • Anticipate development of open source practices and culture of information services • Demonstrate: trials rather than concepts

  6. We can do it!

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