Country Visit Norway Towards a Shared Environmental Information System SEIS – A European perspective Chris Steenmans

Country Visit Norway Outline presentation About SEIS country visits SEIS scope and concept Link with Inspire and GMES Benefits and costs Implementation Next steps

Country Visit Norway EEA on the road... EE SE SK GR BE SF LV DE ES CZ (04/2007 – 11/2008) AT CH IT PL IE NL LT PT DK NO TR LI

Country Visit Norway Scope SEIS country visits To exchange ideas about the proposed SEIS concept and vision To learn from your national experiences To discuss links with Inspire, GMES To prepare the implementation plan

Country Visit Norway Scope SEIS improve modernise streamline connect environmental information systems

Country Visit Norway Acquis Env./Sector Policy 6 th Env. Action Plan - Sustainable Developement Strategy 1970s 2020 Compliance assessments Indicator assessments Integrated assessments Evolution of environmental information flow

Country Visit Norway Live Information Systems The current data flows Member statesOrganisations Member states Organisations From Reporting to Online Services

Country Visit Norway SEIS principles Data and information should be managed as close as possible to its source; collected once and shared with others for many purposes; readily available to public authorities and enable them to easily fulfil reporting obligations; accessible to enable end-users to make comparisons at the appropriate geographic scale and to participate meaningfully in the development and implementation of environmental policy; available to the general public after due consideration of the appropriate level of aggregation, given possible confidentiality constraints, and at national level in the national language(s).

Country Visit Norway Scope of a SEIS legal proposal Embody legal commitment to SEIS principles Connect existing reporting mechanisms/systems towards e-reporting based on the SEIS Provide a single national, web-based register providing access to all required information Ensure timely availability of information and data Repeal/streamline obsolete/overlapping requirements Exploit opportunities offered by ICT and maximise cost- effectiveness of information-related investments

Country Visit Norway S 1. S haring (organisation) Political commitment (legislation) Partnership (win-win) Networking (connecting) EI 2. E nvironmental I nformation (content) Horizontal integration (data centres) Vertical integration (local to global) Online access - real time For policy makers and public S 3. S ystem (infrastructure and services) Existing ICT Infrastructure Inspire, Reportnet, GMES,... New e-Services (e-Government) From EEA’s perspective SEIS is about...

Country Visit Norway Data and information services Reportnet, ICT, Inspire, GMES,... SEIS components – EEA node emvironmental data centres EEA Data and Information products Air Land use Integerated prod. Climate Change Biodiversity SoilForests WasteWater Natural resources... Networking, Eionet, Group of 4, EPAs, agreements, country visits...

Country Visit Norway European data centres

Country Visit Norway Building blocks SEIS Building blocks SEIS

Country Visit Norway Different perceptions GMES Inspire SEIS

Country Visit Norway Different focus INSPIREGMESSEIS Content Infra structure Infra structure Infra structure Services Directive Regulation? Business

Country Visit Norway SEIS COM(2008)46Legislative proposal– revised SRD Implementation Synchronizing timetables NESIS HARMON Transposition Implementation Directive 2007/2/EC Inspire FP7 projects Operational ProgrammeRegulation COM(2008) GMES COM(2005)565

Country Visit Norway Benefits Better legislation – repealing SRD  More consistent and integrated input from Member States More efficient trans boundary & EU-level analyses  Better-informed policy discussions Reduced redundancy in reporting and monitoring efforts  Reduction in administrative burden and costs Empowerment of citizens  Widespread availability of information Increased societal knowledge base  Increased availability of data for use by researchers Better profile for the EU in various global fora

Country Visit Norway Evaluation of demonstrated benefits ”quick wins” 2008 Better public access to environmental information Better integration of information and benchmarking Improved quality - management of data close to the source Improved cost efficiency - collect once, use many Better availability of information on state of the environment Streamlining - reduced burden of fulfilling reporting obligations Improved interoperability by using open standards

Country Visit Norway Costs 1.Implementation costs Inspire directive  300 M€/yr (next 10 years - EU) 2.Changes in organisational and business models  ? (tbd) 3.Conversion towards interoperable distributed networks  ? (tbd) 4.Other?

Country Visit Norway Does one SEIS fit all? Y Y Z Z X X

Country Visit Norway Reporting performance EEA Priority Data Flows SEIS in practice at EEA (I) % of data reported 

Country Visit Norway SEIS in practice at EEA (II)

Country Visit Norway SEIS in practice at EEA (III)

Country Visit Norway O utlook EEA SEIS implementation plan New cross-cutting SEIS programme 3 groups: Organisation 1.SEIS Networking - Organisation Content 2.Data and indicators - Content Infrastructure 3.Information services - Infrastructure

Country Visit Norway Organisation Support DG ENV on the preparation of the proposed legal instrument (i.e. impact assessment) ( ) SEIS Eionet country visits (2009+) Coordinate in-situ component GMES, including contribution to GEOSS ( ) Prepare with Group of 4 SEIS implementation plan ( ) Support the development of SEIS in the European Neighbourhood (ENP, Horizon2020) ( ) EEA SEIS implementation plan

Country Visit Norway Content European data management( )  European data centres air, water, land use, climate change, biodiversity Update, Complete and maintain the reporting obligations database (ROD) + analysis (2009+) Fill data gaps priority dataflows for core set of indicators ( ) National/European data and information management for State and Outlook Europe’s Environment (SOER2010) and EURope’s ECosystem Assessment (EURECA) ( ) EEA SEIS implementation plan

Country Visit Norway Infrastructure and services Priority thematic services (2009+):  WISE, Clearing House Climate Change, EPRTR, Airbase, CLC Land Cover, Natura2000 Data and information management tools:  Reportnet, IMS, Inspire GEMET, SERIS (2009+) Support Inspire implementation i.e data and service sharing with Community institutions European GMES services (2009+) Further enhance EEA’s Spatial Data Infrastructure with relevant geospatial data (2009+)  Inspire Annex I and II ≤1: EEA SEIS implementation plan

Country Visit Norway Next steps EC legislative proposal  Spring 2009  SEIS Task Force with Member States  2 subgroups (legal + ICT) SEIS implementation  Priorities:  Streamlining reporting  National web-based registers  Implementation Imspire  GMES services EEA new strategy  Review Eionet structure (National Reference Centres)  EEA Management Board decision - 26 Nov 08