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David Stanners Head of Programme Strategic Knowledge and Innovation

David Stanners Head of Programme Strategic Knowledge and Innovation. EcoInformatics Initiative. 11 joint meetings since 1997. EcoInformatics Initiative Timeline. July 1995 First meetings EEA-USEPA Dec 1996 Meeting in Washington DC, with EPA, DOD, DOE

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David Stanners Head of Programme Strategic Knowledge and Innovation

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  1. David Stanners Head of Programme Strategic Knowledge and Innovation

  2. EcoInformatics Initiative 11 joint meetings since 1997

  3. EcoInformatics Initiative Timeline July 1995 First meetings EEA-USEPA Dec 1996 Meeting in Washington DC, with EPA, DOD, DOE Sep 1997 1st Joint Meeting: Copenhagen, Denmark, EEA July 1998 2nd JM: Washington DC at OIRM Mar 1999 3rd JM: Brussels, EU Commission Jan 2000 4th JM: Santa Fe - Open Forum on Metadata Jan 2003 5th JM: Santa Fe, New Mexico Jun 2003 6th JM: Copenhagen, Denmark, EEA Sep 2004 7th JM: Brussels, EU Commission May 2005 8th JM: Washington DC at USEPA/OEI Jan 2006 9th JM: Ispra, Italy, EC Joint Research Centre Oct 2006 10thJM: University of California, Berkeley, US Feb 2007 Implementing arrangement on environemnt research and EcoInformatics (USEPA-European Commission DG RTD) Jun 2007 11th JM: Copenhagen, Denmark, EEA Apr 2008 12th JM: USEPA Research Triangle Park, N.Carolina

  4. The EcoInformatics Initiative Objectives: • The overarching objective of cooperation between USEPA and EEA is to exchange experiences in the area of environmental information (EcoInformatics) to increase the efficiency of environmental information gathering and provision and to bring added value to bilateral efforts to protect the environment.

  5. The EcoInformatics Initiative Two general objectives are identified: • To foster exchange of experiences on standards and information technology issues in ecoinformatics to help improve exchange and comparability of environmental data and information • To foster exchange of information on the development of environmental knowledge in ecoinformatics to facilitate and support legal and voluntary actions to protect the environment

  6. Information technologies areas of activities 1. XMDR project (Lawrence Berkeley/EPA) 2. Thesaurus and terminology - Ecoterm (All) 3. Water Information System for Europe - WISE (JRC/EEA) 4. Common IT research activities 5. Open Source ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry (EEA/EPA) 6. Register metadata and XML Schemas in a metadata registry (USGS/GBIF) 7. Sharing data via XML (All initially EPA, JRC) 8. Indicator management tools

  7. Development of environmental knowledge: Indicators – areas of activities • State of environment reporting • Indicator frameworks • Environment and health • Composite indicators

  8. Global frames and perspectives • Climate change • Ecosystems services • Sustainable consumtion & production • Pose different challenge to information systems • Require different types of information – from global to local, government to business, state to action...

  9. General developments • Many other players – clarify our core business • Increasing modes of information development and exchange • Increasing thirst for environmental information • Growth in the number of assessments • State of environment reporting, assessments and indicators – towards a new professionalism

  10. Towards a forward agenda • New EEA 5-year strategy (2009-2013) – towards more intensive data exchange locally & globally.... • Possible evolution in U.S. situation.... (consequsnces?) • Opportunity to define a forward-looking (5-year?) agenda over the next two meetings • Ecoinformatics Initiative – from a USEPA-EEA convened process to include more global players?

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