Shared Environmental Information System for Europe SEIS

1. Shared Environmental Information System for Europe SEIS 25 October 2007, Dublin

2. What is SEIS? SEIS is a collaborative initiative of European and National bodies to establish an integrated and sustained information system for sharing environmental data. • A system where the public authorities are the providers but also the main end-users and beneficiaries • A contribution to the Commission’s commitment to better regulation and simplification (Go4, 2007)

3. SEIS ? GMES Action Plan, 2004 Directive INSPIRE, 2007 Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information, 2003 Directive on Reuse of Public Sector Information, 2003 6th Community Environment Action Programme, 2002 Establishment EEA and Eionet Council Regulation, 1990 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, 1998 Standardized Environmental Reporting Directive, 1991 Declaration of the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, 1972 Towards sharing environmental information... Time

4. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Action Plan 2004-2008 Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information, 2003 Directive on Reuse of Public Sector Information, 2003 Establishment EEA and Eionet Council Regulation, 1990 6th Community Environment Action Programme, 2002-2012 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, 1998 Directive INSPIRE, 2007 Standardized Environmental Reporting Directive, 1991 3 Drivers Content Streamlining Access SEIS

5. Priorities 6th EAP 2002-2012 • Climate change • Nature and biodiversity • Environment and health • Natural resources and waste 7 Thematic Strategies

6. SEIS Principles • information should be managed as close as possible to its source • information is provided once and shared with others for many purposes • data and information should be readilyaccessible • information should be made available to the public after due consideration of the appropriate level of aggregation, given possible confidentiality constraints, and at national level in the national language(s)

7. Climate Change Biodiversity Natrual resources Chemicals Land use Forests Waste Water Soil Air ... Data and Information Data and information services ICT infrastructure, Inspire,... SEIS components 1. Content emvironmental data centres 2. Infrastructure and tools 3. Organisation

8. Different focus

9. Building a shared information system for Europe From • Centralised reporting • Manual uploads • Insufficient take-up • High barriers to re-use To • Full automated sharing • Fast updates • Easy access to data • Expanded use • Open protocols

10. From data sharing… France OneEuropean Website EEA Germany UK Investment Return

11. OneEuropean Website From data sharing… France EEA Germany web service UK

12. OneEuropean Website ... to sharing & accessing information systems & services France Potential 800,000 web pages EEA Germany Potential 408,000 web pages web service UK Potential 362,000 web pages Investment Return

13. What are the benefits of SEIS ? • at EU level: • Increased European capacity • Streamlining reporting • at Member State level: • “Report once, use many” • Less duplication of efforts • At Global level: • Commitments international conventions • Credibility of EU

14. Ozone-web: Near-real time ozone data

15. Water Information System for Europe www.water.europa.eu

16. European Commission Communication on SEIS - end 2007 It will set out: • the political framework for SEIS an integrated and common implementation strategy and • its links with INSPIRE, GMES/GEOSS and the streamlining and updating of reporting and monitoring provisions of a) thematic legislation both existing and new proposals and b) the Reporting directive, Aarhus Convention, etc; • suggest policy options to go from 'Concept to Reality'

17. October 2007 NFP meeting EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (7 projects on Content) 5. Land-water-biodiversity integrated assessmentIntegrated assessment inputs for the EEA SOER2010 report 6. Ozone web extensionDemonstrate the possibilities to use the system for monthly summer ozone exceedance reporting, Consolidate the near real-time ozone data to full coverage and Extend the system to particulate matter 7. Indicators and assessments GHG emissionsTo get access to knowledge from national assessments, to improve SOER2010 reporting.

18. EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (7 projects on Content) (II) 11. Air quality data serviceIntegrate the future CAFÉ Directive data flows into the EEA air data service. 12. Effectiveness of waste policiesCreate a SEIS compliant reporting system for information that is of another kind. 13. SEIS country visits 15. EEA SEIS SignalsA first report in November 2008

19. EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (3 projects on Streamlining) 1. Country performance improvements Priority DFTarget for 2010 100% reporting performance. 2. Reportnet enhancementsFurther developReportnet 3. IMS+ and CSICreate and agree on a common European information base for country benchmarking

20. EEA SEIS Implementation plan 2008 (5 projects on Access) 4. SERIS upgradeImprove access to national information on SoE 8. Land cover data serviceWeb service established by end 2008 9. GHG data serviceGHG emission data for the actual year -1 10. WISE data serviceProvide information services within WISE, enriching the current bathing water information. 14. SEIS Data policyDealing with accessing and sharing of data and information