Eionet NFP Meeting
28/29 September 2011
European Environment Agency
Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011
- Objectives of NRC-SOE Workshop
• To reassert the role of the NRC-SoE network.
• To review the state of SoE reporting across Europe.
• To reflect on the use of environmental indicators in SoE reports.
• To strengthen links between national and European SoE reports.
• To reflect on how to incorporate forward-looking information.
• To initiate discussions towards SOER 2015.
• PLUS: To share ‘established practice’ within network!
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- Outline of NRC-SOE Workshop
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Session 1 - Introduction & stock-taking
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Session 2 - Reasserting the role of the NRC-SoE network
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Session 3 - Reviewing national-level SoE reports
- Country presentations: CS, HR, MN, NL, PL, RS
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Session 4 - Recap of Day 1
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Session 5 - Using indicators in SoE reports
- Country presentations: BH, DE, NL, RS, SI
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Session 6 - Establishing links between SoE reports
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Session 7 - Using forward-looking information in SoE reports
- Country presentations: AT, BE
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Session 8 - Learning lessons: ideas for SOER 2015
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Session 9 - Wrap-up
Eionet NRC-SOE Workshop 2011
- From SOER 2010 to SOER 2015
• Content & coverage
• Structure & approach
• Indicators & types of information
• Process & network
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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- EEA SOE reports and other SOE reports
Global level
European level
National level
...
Sub-national level
‘State of Environment‘
Assessments
Biodiversity
Climate Assessments
Water
Assessments
Thematic
Assessments
Assessments
Note: Indicators (i.e. the toblerone‘s ‘scaffolding‘) are the basis of
environmental assessments (i.e.the toblerone‘s ‘chocolate‘)
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- SERIS to share ‘established practices‘ (Session 2 & 3)
SERIS is a shared library of NRC-SOE.
Only for about half of the countries
SERIS is up-to-date.
Countries stressed that SERIS is useful
for their national SOE reporting.
Agreement to keep SERIS.
Agreement to add more information
about reports (‘review template’).
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- Review of EEA indicators (Session 5 & 6)
Four distinct but inter-connected EEA activities were highlighted
at the Management Board in March 2011 & June 2011:
(1) Cleaning the EEA indicators to remove redundancies and
duplications and ensure improved access to them on the website;
(2) Mapping the EEA indicators and their status related to their
technical, conceptual and political context;
(3) Continuance of indicator-based state of environment reporting
in member countries as part of the SOER follow-up process; and
(4) Reviving the annual publication of an indicator-based crosscutting assessment.
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- Using forward-looking information in SOE (Session 7)
Fundamental dilemma:
How to combine
indicator-based information that aim to offer a degree of certainty
- with forward-looking perspective that aims to embrace / structure
uncertainty
Eionet NRC-SOE Workshop 2011
- From SOER 2010 to SOER 2015 (Session 8)
• Content & coverage
• Structure & approach
• Indicators & types of information
• Process & network
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015
- Content & Coverage
What to address in SOER 2015 ...
• Logic - DPSIR still the entry point?,
link to ‘strategic assessments’ ?
• Topics - green economy, lifestyles,
environment & equity, hazards, ...
• Style - more ‘storytelling’, show
positive messages, identify users ...
• Perspective - long-view (backwards
and forward), action-related ...
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015
- Structure & Approach
How to develop SOER 2015 ...
• Identify users - adapt structure to
audience, define ‘personas’, ...
• Communication - social media,
apps, several comm. strands, ...
• Benchmark - country comparison,
state of action ...
• Integrate prospective analysis
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015
- Indicators & Type of Information
What to link across scales ...
• (Key) indicators!
• (Key) indicators!
• (Key) indicators!
• Composite indicators - transparency
important, use if available, ...
• Methods - common template,
uncertainty, spatial indicators ...
Preliminary Reflections towards SOER 2015
- Process & Network
How to link across scales ...
• SERIS - keep SERIS!, add review
template, clarify AoA vs SERIS, ...
• SENSE - link indicators (but which
and which elements still open) ...
• NRC network - facilitate crossfertilisation (SOE; FLIS; EIS; Comm)
• Project plan - develop a project
plan on how to link across scales as
part of SOER 2015, ...
Eionet NRC-SOE
- What next?
• Reflect on outcome(s) of this NRC-SOE meeting, and maintain more
regular dialogue (e.g. on indicators, ...)
• Upgrade SERIS (i.e. include a modified ‘review template’ for SOE
reports to enhance the usefulness of the library).
• NRC-SOE to review ‘Annual Indicator Report’ (consultation now
scheduled for Nov/Dec).
• EEA to develop plan with NRC-SOE for linking (key) indicators across
scales, after EEA indicator mapping exercise.
• Value in linking NRC-SOE workshops with other NRC workshops (e.g.
with FLIS, EIS, Communication).
• Next meeting early in spring 2012, annual thereafter.