1. trends in access to environmental information among Parties to the Aarhus Convention
Chris Jarvis
Freedom Of Information Manager
Environment Agency

2. Responses: Oct06 – Feb07 14 EU Countries 9 EECCA Countries
1 European Commission

3. Internet Provision: Generally Good

4. Internet Provision: More to do …

5. Trends in Internet Provision

6. Challenges
1. Co-operation between Public Authorities/Scope of information
2. Plethora of web sites
3. Time and Resources

7. The Public: access to the internet

8. The Public: what do they need?
“The majority of respondents were unable to describe how successful assessment of user needs for environmental information had been, in many instances because they had not yet undertaken such assessments.”
REPORT OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE
TASK FORCE ON ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TOOLS

9. Conclusions