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SOE Reporting in Austria

SOE Reporting in Austria. Umweltbundesamt. National Agency for Environment in Austria (1985) Data generation, processing and provision 450 experts from 55 areas of expertise Legal basis Austrian Environmental Control Act (1995). Austria. 8.5 million inhabitancies 83.879 km²

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SOE Reporting in Austria

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  1. SOE Reporting in Austria

  2. Umweltbundesamt • National Agency for Environment in Austria (1985) • Data generation, processing and provision • 450 experts from 55 areas of expertise • Legal basis Austrian Environmental Control Act (1995)

  3. Austria • 8.5 million inhabitancies • 83.879 km² • GDP/ inh (Purchasing power parity)$41.822 • European Union member since 1995

  4. Framework conditions in Austria • The SoE report is the report of the minister • Report prepared by the Umweltbundesamt • Report has to be given to the parliament • every third year • Last one 2013 (reporting period 2010-2012) • …and made available to the general public

  5. Target group the political decision maker: the parliament, the ministers …. the better the information  the better the decisions it is not: the general public, the media, the teachers, the technical experts …

  6. Recommendations • Language (clear language, no technical language, no polemic wording): “editors” and “experts” • Priority setting - what are the topics, policy will need guidance in the next three years (European Processes, Policy Cycle, Radar for upcoming issues in science and administration) • Focus on the options. What can be done and what are the consequences (cost benefit analyses, scenarios, and we have to include socioeconomic aspects)

  7. SOER Austria - 18 Chapters Water and Water Management; Air; Soil; Climate change mitigation; Climate change adaptation; Agriculture and forestry; Biodiversity and nature conservation; Noise; Resources and waste management;Contaminated sites; Chemicals; Energy;Industrial installations; Transport; Tourism;Spatial Development; Health and Environment; Sustainable Development

  8. WhatisourSOE Report? • A collection of all the relevant environmental information (it was one of the goals in the past when internet was not yet available)? • An activity report (what has been done by ….)? • A summary of summaries of all other reports? • A report on environmental indicators (focusing on the quality and availability of information)?

  9. Structure in the chapters • Environmental policy objectives (What do we want / is required)? • Situation and trend (What do we have?) • Assessment and outlook (Do we have what we want?) • Recommendation (Who should do what?)

  10. Objectives/goals • Conventions, EU-law, national law, ordinances, political declarations etc. Additionally we refer to two basic principles • the concept of sustainable development • the concept of health protection

  11. Situation and Trend Describe the situation (in regard to the objectives) Examples: • Concentration of pollutants in water/air /soil/vegetation (limiting values, threshold values for pollutants) • health effects • Percentage of biofuel in petrol, • Decoupling of economic development and energy consumption • implementation of systems (legal regulations, Globally Harmonised System for chemicals) andtrends

  12. Assessment and forecast • We analyse the information, discuss the quality of the data and the reliability of the results, we give background information, we compare status and objectives, analyse the reason of the development, the reason of success or failure of measures and we develop recommendations for measures

  13. Recommendations • This chapter lists recommendations including the addressees

  14. Austrian SOER on Water 2013 • Environmental policy objectivesWFD, UWWT Directive; Floods Directive; EU blue print on water resources • Situation and trendsMeasures taken; Quality (Nutrients, crop protection products); Flood Events; developments on EU level

  15. Austrian SOER on Water 2013 • Assessment and outlookMeasures for Chemical statues, priority substances; investment demand for UWWT plants; Impacts caused by Climate change • RecommendationsUWWT plants; water power plant vs status; revision of agricultural programmes (Nutrients, crop protection products); Water quantity; natural disaster management

  16. Monitoring within a cyclic procedure Reporting conceptual model monitoringdesign modelling & assessment WFD and Management Objectives sampling& field measurements Data management & access laboratoryanalyses quality requirements at each stage

  17. Reporting is demand driven • National requirements • Transboundary cooperation & obligations • International cooperation & obligations One (Monitoring) for all (reporting)

  18. Co-operation in preparation Report preparation ≠ reporting submission But who has the knowledge and capacity? (e.g. plausibility check annual water flow in cubic meters per second) cooperation between data owner, processor and interpretation Data transfer – word file or internet based reporting tool? Experts language, approach and definitions e.g. assessment of water quantity statues e.g. gap filling and data confidentiality (statisticians vs. experts judgment e.g. UWWT Directive vs Water Statistics Reporting

  19. Contact & Information Arnulf Schönbauer Phone: +43 (1) 31304 -3573 Email: arnulf.schoenbauer@umweltbundesamt.at Umweltbundesamtwww.umweltbundesamt.at • Titel der VeranstaltungAlmaty■ 11th June 2014

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