EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg Challenges of SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe. Jiří Hřebíček Michael Nagy Rudolf Legat Werner Pillman

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008  ffgf IEMSS 2008 Barcelona 2 Content Introduction to eEnvironment (Electronic access to Environmental information) Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) Single Information Space in Europe for the Environment (SISE) Towards eEnvironment (Challenges of SEIS&SISE) Conclusion

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 White paper of eEnvironment M. Nagy, R. Legat, and J. Hrebicek  Electronic access to environmental information – an important fundament for eDemocracy and sustainable development particularly environmental protection  Buchman’s Ad hoc Committee on eDemocracy of the Council of Europe (CAHDE) presentation of White paper of eEnvironment  Strasbourg, October 2007  eEnvironment Terminology  London, February 2008

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 eEnvironment  is based on existing Aarhus Conventions and EU Directives  guarantee citizen standardized:  access to environmental information  public participation  access to justice  is a fundament for eDemocracy  is connected with eGovenment and eParticipation

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Reuse of Public Sector Information EU Implementation of Directives 2007/2/EC2003/98/EC2003/35/EC2003/4/EC INSPIRE: Infrastructure for Spatial Information Providing for Public Participation Public Access to Env. Information

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 eEnvironment supports the environment protection and sustainable growth  Control effect: Each individual can control the compliance with environmental law and point out deficits  Participation effect: Increase of transparency and better public participation.  Education effect (awareness effect): Distribution of knowledge regarding the state of the environment; better acceptance of measures  Prevention effect: Potential polluters should be discouraged because of the risk of publication of these activities  Standardization effect: Pan-European comparable principles regarding access to environmental information. Prevention of competitive distortion.

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 SEIS – Shared Environmental Information System Development of a Shared Environmental Information System in Europe: history improved usage of environmental data „Streamlining and harmonisation of monitoring and reporting obligations“ INSPIRE as a core element GMES and usage of chosen data Parties involved: „Group of 4“ (Go4) DG ENV EEA Eurostat JRC

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 X-Level X-Domain Good Environmental Information (Pick 2008) NatureEnergyAgricultureTransportHealth LocalRegionalFederalEuropean3 rd Party...is hard to find!

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Time INSPIRE Directive, 2007 Directive on Public Participation, 2003 Directive on Reuse of Public Sector Information, 2003 Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information, 2003 Declaration of the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, 16 June 1972 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, June 1992 Aarhus-Convention, 1998 SEIS Communication, 2008

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 SEIS - Comission Communication February 1st, 2008:  Commission Communication COM(2008) 46 final: „Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS)” released  links with INSPIRE and streamlining of reporting and monitoring provisions  suggest policy options to go from ‚Concept to Reality‘

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Sharing data and information in SEIS

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 SEIS Principles (1) Common principles for timely, reliable and relevant information on the state of environment:  Information should be managed as close as possible to its source;  Information should be collected once, and shared with others for many purposes;  Information should be readily available to public authorities and enable them to easily fulfill their legal reporting obligations;

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 SEIS Principles (2)  Information should be readily accessible to end- users, primarily public authorities at all levels from local to European, to enable them to assess in a timely fashion the state of the environment and the effectiveness of their policies, and to design new policy;  Information should also be accessible to enable end- users, both public authorities and citizens, to make comparisons at the appropriate geographical scale (e.g. countries, cities, catchment areas) and to participate meaningfully in the development and implementation of environmental policy;

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 SEIS Principles (3)  Information should be fully available to the general public, after due consideration of the appropriate level of aggregation and subject to appropriate confidentiality constraints, and at national level in the relevant national language(s);  Information sharing and processing should be supported through common, free open source software tools.

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 What benefits will the SEIS bring?  Simplification and efficiency: (i) the content of information requirements in thematic environmental legislation, (ii) the content and procedure for reporting at international level, and (iii) more efficient organisation of data- gathering activities within Member States.  Better regulation, better policy  Empowering citizens

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 What actions are necessary to realise SEIS?  implementation of the INSPIRE directive  further development of the GMES initiative  revising the Standardised Reporting directive 91/692/EC, and  Community financial support allocated for this purpose through the Research Framework Programmes, LIFE+, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the Structural Funds.  coordination by Commission (DG ENV, DG INFSO and DG ENTREPRISE) in cooperation with European Environment Agency

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Shared Environmental Information Systems – Peeling the Onion (Pick 2008) SEIS SISE DG INFO SEIS DG ENV INSPIRE GEOSS Single European Information Space Single Information Space 4 the Env. Shared Env. Information System After Guy Weets, 2007 GMES

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Single Information Space for Environment in Europe (SISE) (Pick 2008)  ICT tools ( Monitoring Network, Interconnected Information Systems, Dynamic Data Flows, GIS, Decision Support, Chaining Of Services)  ICT tools to help monitor and predict environment  ICT tools for better managenment of natural resources  Key concept is Interoperability:  Enable Seamless Cooperation  Sound Environmental Policy  Interdisciplinary Approach for environmental monitoring A 4 - Model  Availability  Accessibility  Accountability  Accuracy

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Single Information Space for Environment in Europe (SISE)  Themes of SISE were identified on workshop – ICT for Sustainable Growth – Brussels 15 Feb 2008:  SISE Application and Services  SISE Services  Process Chaining and Uncertainties  Real-time Mapping and Modelling  Thesauri  Open Standards and Open Source Software  SISE Open Semantics and Standards  Standardisation and Framework Projects  Standardisation and Community Knowledge  Semantic Web Technologies for the SISE  Ontologies  Data Interoperability and Web Communities  Web 2.0 Technologies  Data Provision in the Semantic Web  SOA/Web Services and Model Driven Communities  Social SISE

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Single Information Space for Europe in Environment  Themes of SISE were identified on workshop – ICT for Sustainable Growth – Brussels 15 Feb 2008 :  Data Visualisation and Modelling including Risk Assessment  Visualisation of Environmental Data  SOA and Semantic Web Services  Simulation and Modelling  Complex 3D/4D models  Chained web services and legacy systems  SEIS Deployment Models  From Framework Projects to Market Deployment  Project’s Knowledge Loss  Regional Application of European Interoperability Standards  SISE and Business Models

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008 Open space for ICT-ENSURE workshop  European conference of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU  Towards eEnvironment  Challenges of SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe.  Conference will be held March , 2009, Prague, Czech Republic  The European conference Towards eEnvironment is dedicated to information exchange among scientists, public administrations, environmental agencies and institutions involved in environmental information processing as well as environmental informatics end-users.  The conference is a meeting place for experts from leading edge technologies, fostering information flows in Europe and beyond, standardization, necessary for a sustainable development.  Driving topics for the conference will include best practices of European Member States in the implementation of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) with a cooperation of GMES and INSPIRE activities and research towards the development of a Single Information Space in Europe for the Environment (SISE).

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 ffgf IEMSS 2008 Barcelona 26 Thank you for your attention Ouestions? Contact: Prof. Dr. Jiří Hřebíček

EnviroInfo 2008, Luneberg, 10. September 2008  ffgf IEMSS 2008 Barcelona 27 Thank you for your attention Ouestions? Contact: Prof. Dr. Jiří Hřebíček