1

European EnvironmentEuropean EnvironmentAgencyAgency

Workshop on noise assessments and noise data management

26-27 June 2007, Copenhagen

General Presentation of EEA

2

European Environment Agency European Environment Agency - - since 1994:since 1994:

Our mission• EEA is an EU body dedicated to providing

sound, independent, reliable and comparable information on the environment

• We are a main information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public

3 European Environment Agency

EEA member andcollaborating countries

4 European Environment Agency

European environment information and observation network (Eionet)

About 300 national institutions

• National focal points

• European topic centres

• National reference centres

• Other institutions

5

Evolution of data reportingEvolution of data reporting

Snail mailSnail mailFaxFax

TapesTapesCD-ROMCD-ROM

Floppy disksFloppy disks

EmailEmailwithwith

attachmentsattachments

Web-basedWeb-baseddatadata

deliverydelivery

80‘s 90‘s 21st century

Paper based reporting >> Electronic data Paper based reporting >> Electronic data reportingreporting

6

Infrastructure and tools: Infrastructure and tools: ReportnetReportnet

Reportnet is a system of integrated IT tools and processes creating a shared information infrastructure to support the reporting

of environmental dataand information in Europe

7

SShared hared

EEnvironmental nvironmental

IInformation nformation

SSystem ystem

What is SEIS?What is SEIS?

8

Data and information services

ICT infrastructure, Inspire,...

SEIS componentsSEIS components

em

vir

on

men

tal

dat

a ce

ntr

es

Data and Information

Air

Lan

d u

se

Ch

em

icals

Clim

ate

Ch

an

ge

Bio

div

ers

ity

Soil

Fore

sts

Waste

Wate

r

Natr

ual re

sou

rces

...

9

ECDG Env

JRCEEA

Eurostat

Discoceryservice

Viewservice

Downloadservice

Transform.service

Public authorities holding

GI

-metadata-INSPIRE-

data

Users: Public authorities, citizens, EU-bodies, …

Measures for sharing

Portals

National Coordination Structure

NationalContact Point

follow-up

co-operationreporting

Toimialojenpaikkatiedot

Sta

nd

ard

s (I

R)

Har

mo

nis

ed in

terf

ace

- 7/24 management- r & d

e-commerceservices

Licencing anduser management

?

Structure of the INSPIRE based NSDIStructure of the INSPIRE based NSDI

(Source: FInnish NFP Inspire)(Source: FInnish NFP Inspire)

10

The “Group of 4”

11

SOER 2010 (I - Focus)SOER 2010 (I - Focus) Part A Part B Part C

How is the Environment in Europe doing?

How is Europe doing?

How are the Member states doing?

Global scope European scope

National scope

Assesing environmental change

DTT analysis Country analysis

12

SOER 2010 (II – Part A)SOER 2010 (II – Part A)Global change scenariosClimate change adaptationEcosystemsSCPHealthPolicy

LEAC+O3web+NoiseP-E analysisPortal

Assessments

Tools

13

SOER 2010 (III – Part B)SOER 2010 (III – Part B)DTT through:CSISDISI

IMS+Creating indicatorsCreating services

Accessing dataCreating indicatorsCreating services

Assessments

Tools

SEIS

14

SOER 2010 (III – Part C)SOER 2010 (III – Part C)Country analysis

Country profilesDTT FrameScorecardWISEO3Web+

Multi-languageAssessing dataCreating services

Assessments

Tools

SEIS focus