1. www.environment.no Ingunn Selvik Norwegian Pollution Control Authority

2. State of the Environment Norway What it is Web site that provides information about the state and development of the environment Main target groups include students, politicians, civil servants, media, NGOs Developed on the instruction of the Ministry of the Environment Content Thematic information about pollution, nature management and cultural heritage National environmental goals and indicators Environmental data presented as graphs and maps

4. Level-approach: From easy to understand overviews to detailed, complex information Non-bureaucratic language Links between the different types of information

5. DPSIR Driving forces Pressure State Impact Response

6. The Norwegian Government’s national goals and indicators

7. Status report for one indicator, presenting goals, trends/ status and measures

8. Official data on State of the Environment Provided by Statistics Norway, directorates, research institutes etc.

9. Flexible presentations, possibilities to compare data, download etc

10. Data from several sources on the same map, analysis. Presentations ”on the fly” – real time maps and data from all contributors

11. Content sharing, with other websites

12. Regional and local level All 18 counties have their own SoE Use the same model for presenting information (DPSIR) Maps and data from SoE Norway are presented in the reports ”on the fly” Environmental authorities in the counties av responsible editors Norwegian Pollution Control Authority coordinates, supervises The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities manages municipal networks for environmental and social development (180 municipalities)

13. Cooperation between directorates Directorate for Nature Management (animals and plants, nature and land use, outdoor recreation) Norwegian Polar Institute (polar regions) Directorate for Cultural Heritage (culture heritage) Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (radioactive contamination) Norwegian Mapping Authority (maps) Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (air pollution, climate and the ozone layer, hazardous chemicals, International cooperation, noise, waste, water pollution) Other important cooperating partners, including Statistics Norway

14. Production and updating More than one hundred people engaged in production and updating Editorial group Norwegian Pollution Control Authority has the overall editorial responsibility Major revisions twice a year Relevant information to be updated when new data are available www.environment.no

15. SEIS compatibility Features matching SEIS principles - The MoE expects environment.no to play a central role in SEIS - sharing content - DPSIR-model Challenges relating to SEIS principles - mainly historical trends, few scenarios - up to now – few restrictions on developments - need more state of action information? - need to introduce new indicators?

16. Strategic assessment for strategic policy Operational assessment for operational policy Inputs to support strategic & operational policy (support to Parts A & B)  Web   ”Paper”  Part A Integrated assessment Part B Core set of indicators Part C: Country level situation State of the Environment Report 2010

17. Thank you for your attention! Contact information Ingunn Selvik: ise@sft.noise@sft.no www.environment.no