1. 1 European Environment Agency Workshop on noise assessments and noise data management 26-27 June 2007, Copenhagen General Presentation of EEA

2. 2 European Environment Agency - since 1994: Our mission EEA is an EU body dedicated to providing sound, independent, reliable and comparable information on the environment We are a main information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public

3. European Environment Agency 3 EEA member and collaborating countries

4. European Environment Agency 4 European environment information and observation network (Eionet) About 300 national institutions National focal points European topic centres National reference centres Other institutions

5. 5 Evolution of data reporting Snail mail FaxTapesCD-ROM Floppy disks EmailwithattachmentsWeb-baseddatadelivery 80s 90s 21 st century Paper based reporting >> Electronic data reporting

6. 6 Infrastructure and tools: Reportnet Reportnet is a system of integrated IT tools and processes creating a shared information infrastructure to support the reporting of environmental data and information in Europe

7. 7 S hared E nvironmental I nformation S ystem What is SEIS?

8. 8 Data and information services ICT infrastructure, Inspire,... SEIS components emvironmental data centres Data and Information Air Land use Chemicals Climate Change Biodiversity SoilForests WasteWater Natrual resources...

9. 9 EC DG Env JRC EEA Eurostat Discocery service View service Download service Transform. service Public authoriti es holding GI -metadata -INSPIRE- data Users: Public authorities, citizens, EU-bodies, … Measures for sharing Portals National Coordination Structure National Contact Point follow-up co-operation reporting Toimialojen paikkatiedot Standards (IR) Harmonised interface - 7/24 management - r & d e-commerce services Licencing and user management ? Structure of the INSPIRE based NSDI (Source: FInnish NFP Inspire)

10. 10 The Group of 4

11. 11 SOER 2010 (I - Focus) Part A Part B Part C How is the Environment in Europe doing? How is Europe doing? How are the Member states doing? Global scopeEuropean scope National scope Assesing environmental change DTT analysisCountry analysis

12. 12 SOER 2010 (II – Part A) Global change scenarios Climate change adaptation Ecosystems SCP Health Policy LEAC+ O3web+ Noise P-E analysis Portal Assessments Tools

13. 13 SOER 2010 (III – Part B) DTT through: CSI SDI SI IMS+ Creating indicators Creating services Accessing data Creating indicators Creating services Assessments Tools SEIS

14. 14 SOER 2010 (III – Part C) Country analysis Country profiles DTT Frame Scorecard WISE O3Web+ Multi-language Assessing data Creating services Assessments Tools SEIS focus