Eionet NFP Meeting28/29 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!

• Session 1 - Introduction & stock-taking

• Session 2 - Reasserting the role of the NRC-SoE network

• Session 3 - Reviewing national-level SoE reports

- Country presentations: CS, HR, MN, NL, PL, RS

• Session 4 - Recap of Day 1

• Session 5 - Using indicators in SoE reports

- Country presentations: BH, DE, NL, RS, SI

• Session 6 - Establishing links between SoE reports

• Session 7 - Using forward-looking information in SoE reports

- Country presentations: AT, BE

• Session 8 - Learning lessons: ideas for SOER 2015

• Session 9 - Wrap-up

Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011- Outline of NRC-SOE Workshop

Eionet NRC-SOE Workshop 2011- From SOER 2010 to SOER 2015

2010 20152011 2012 2013 2014

Reflecting

Planning

Assess

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Producin

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• Content & coverage• Structure & approach• Indicators & types of information• Process & network

Sub-national level

National level

European level

Global level

‘State of Environment‘Assessments

WaterAssessments

ClimateAssessments

BiodiversityAssessments

...

ThematicAssessments

Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - EEA SOE reports and other SOE reports

Note: Indicators (i.e. the toblerone‘s ‘scaffolding‘) are the basis of environmental assessments (i.e.the toblerone‘s ‘chocolate‘)

Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - 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’).

Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - 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 cross-cutting assessment.

Eionet NFP Meeting Sep 2011 - 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)

2010 20152011 2012 2013 2014

Reflecting

Planning

Assess

ing

Producin

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• Content & coverage• Structure & approach• Indicators & types of information• Process & network

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 cross-fertilisation (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.