1. DIKE TSG Workshop 4 July 2013 EEA regular dataflows: WISE-SoE Reporting on Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters Constança Belchior - EEA

2. Objectives... paving way for Art 19.3 DIKE TSG Workshop: To reflect on the different elements needed for developing an appropriate data fact sheet, which describes the required information on observations and the data exchange mechanism(s) This presentation: To present the EEA WISE SoE regular dataflow, the governance around it and its use, as well as reflections on this process

3. EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow The core objective of the EEA is to produce European, pan- European and regional thematic and integrated assessments. Timely, nationally validated, high-quality data & expertise Eionet

4. EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow With WFD (2008/09), EEA´s Eionet-Water annual dataflow  WISE ‘State of the Environment’ (SoE) dataflow WISE SoE  information on the state of water resources in Europe - rivers, lakes, groundwater and transitional, coastal and marine waters – and on water quantity & emissions to water Datasets used to produce indicators upon which EEA assessment reports are based.

5. WISE SoE annual dataflow: reporting process and tools Data reporting (Reportnet) Data handling Data Dissemination Reports Indica tors Water base EEA Eionet Countries ETC/ ICM EU Dataset National Datasets Reporting Process Reportnet Tools

6. WISE SoE TCM (Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters) reporting process Data reporting (Reportnet) Data handling Data Dissemination ETC/ ICM - ICES Reports Indica tors Water base EEA Data reporting (ICES) Countries Directly RSC

7. WISE SoE TCM dataset & EEA TCM indicators CSI021 - Nutrients in transitional, coastal and marine waters http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal- and/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal-and-4 CSI023 – Chlorophyll in transitional, coastal and marine waters http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal- and/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and-3 http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal- and/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and-3 MAR001 – Hazardous substances in marine organisms http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/hazardous-substances-in-marine- organisms/hazardous-substances-in-marine-organisms- 3

8. EEA indicators - definition Specification version 1 Specification version 1 2007 2008 2009 Specification version 2 2010 2011 Versioned Specifications and Assessments

9. EEA indicators - specification EEA indicator specification template

10. EEA indicators - assessment EEA indicator assessment template

11. Reflections on WISE SoE TCM reporting process and its use Heavy QA and validation by ETC/ICM - harmonised reporting specifications & tools but not enough to cope with diversity in countries (data governance, data availability, mismatch timelines, data definitions…) 2 data reporting pathways – Direct Eionet & RSC: additional complexity and challenge to the QA and validation (duplicates, traceability…) Data request revised every year – QA, policy developments, indicator methodology... Building a representative EU dataset – scaling up from national to EU & making regionally comparable indicator assessments Impact data & indicator quality - time for corrections and improvements (Eionet & EEA) between publication and preparation of next data call getting shorter and shorter