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EEA European Environment Agency

EEA European Environment Agency. Copenhagen · Denmark http://www.eea.eu.int. EU 15 member states + Iceland Liechtenstein Norway PHARE countries TACIS. The EEA Mandate.

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EEA European Environment Agency

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  1. EEA European Environment Agency Copenhagen · Denmark http://www.eea.eu.int

  2. EU 15 member states + Iceland Liechtenstein Norway PHARE countries TACIS

  3. The EEA Mandate “To provide the Community and the Member States with objective, reliable and comparable information at European level.” (Reg. 1210/90)

  4. EEA GOALS Establish and coordinate EIONET Provide information for environmental policy development and implementation Ensure broad dissemination and accessibility Develop and publish a State of the Environment Report every 3 years Co-operate, add value and avoid duplication

  5. EIONET ELEMENTS ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC EEA ETC NFPs NRCs MCEs

  6. EEA PRINCIPLES Providing best available information Pooling of existing information and know-how Encouraging a global perspective Facilitating harmonisation of data Serving wide audiences Developing innovative ways of dissemination

  7. EEA’s KEY CLIENTS The Community Institutions, i.e. the Commission The Council of Ministers The European Parliament Member states

  8. EEA COOPEATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS UNEP UN-ECE OECD WHO-Europe WMO

  9. THE EEA PROGRAMME AREAS 1. Databases and Topic Reporting 2. Integrated Assessment 3. Periodical Reporting 4. Reporting System Support 5. Service and Network Infrastructure

  10. EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (1) • State and Outlook on Europe’s Environment - The four/five year report • European Environmental Signals - Regular (annual) Indicator-based reports • Assessments on priority problems, sectors and regions -EnvironmentalIssuesSeries • Topic reports (air, water, nature etc.) - some regular, others timed for policy use

  11. EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (2) • Technical reports, guidelines and handbooks • Access to EEA/EIONET Data bases and relevant data and information sources • Service and reporting to policy-makers based on the EEA Environment Information System

  12. Transport & Environment Climatechange Environmental signals Agriculture Energy Reporting on sectors and the environment Central product in EEA family of indicator reports/reportingmechanisms... …..contains the main indicators of the sector - environment reportingmechanisms

  13. Indicators are chosen to answer policy questions • Type A: “What is happening?” • Environmental state and quality • Type B: “Does it matter?” • Performance indicators • Type C: “Are we improving our processes?” • Eco-efficiency indicators • Type D: "Are polices working?" • Measure of policy effectiveness

  14. FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR ECONOMIES WASTE WASTE WASTE MUCH WASTE RESOURCES PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION FIG. 1 A WASTEFUL LINEAR ECONOMY REDESIGN MINIMAL WASTE RESOURCES PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION RECYCLE REPAIR REUSE RENOVATE FIG. 2 AN ECO-EFFICIENT CIRCULAR ECONOMY

  15. New challenges (2001-2003) I. Waste prevention / minimisation waste loads / activities (i.e. industrial production) material flows (inputs - outputs of production processes) • resource productivity indicators (i.e. % of raw materials "wasted") • load coefficients (i.e. kg of heavy metals/kg of product)

  16. Final objective: to find/propose best available techniques (BAT) for waste minimisation to make "what - if" scenarios (how waste quantities will arise if existing/new developments prevail

  17. New challenges (2001 - 2003) II. Policy effectiveness = evaluation of waste management plans, strategies (national/European level) Indicators Assessment tools/methods

  18. Final objective: • to check targets with actual performance why where / how • to determine "weak spots" in policy implementation • to visualise issues / areas for improvement

  19. New challenges (2001 - 2003) III. EEA enlargement waste statistics Regulation reporting obligations joint projects data flow / information assessment cooperation with DGENV, EUROSTAT, JRC

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