1. Environmental monitoring and information systems/SEIS Working Group on Environmental Governance and Climate Change 3 rd Meeting, 11-12 June, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2. Shared Environmental Information Content Institutional cooperation Infrastructure To meet SEIS principles To support national and international policy development MEAs National SoE Regional, global assessments SDGs Post 2015 agenda

3. Shared Environmental Information To meet SEIS principles To support national and international policy development MEAs National SoE Regional, global assessments SDGs Post 2015 agenda Content Institutional cooperation Infrastructure

4. Shared Environmental Information To meet SEIS principles To support national and international policy development MEAs National SoE Regional, global assessments SDGs Post 2015 agenda Content Institutional cooperation Infrastructure

5. Shared Environmental Information in Pan-Europe Today Future Common components MEAs SDGs Post 2015 assessments indicators

6. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS UNECE/EEA & partners assistance to establish national SEIS - two UNECE intergovernmental bodies: – Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment and Management of monitoring networks Development of environmental information systems Preparation and application of SoE reports Preparation and application of other assessment methodologies – Joint Task Force on Environmental Indicators: Transfer of knowledge on environmental indicators Discussed and agreed a set of environmental indicators Review of the production and sharing of the indicators

7. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS UNECE/EEA & partners assistance to establish national SEIS – the focus of both bodies: Today: several environmental indicators / Tomorrow: additional several indicators to be added as part of SEIS common components (until a full list is reached) Assessment based on indicators – Create the necessary knowledge base for effective policy making

8. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS IndicatorKazKgzTjkUzbTkm A1 A2 A3 B3 C10 C11 D1 I1 Issues Country KazKgzTjkUzbTkm Online sharing of all indicators Easy accessibility from the main page Indicators on individual webpages or by thematic area Presentation in interactive file formats Information on methodology, policy targets, and a brief interpretation Information on limitations of methodology, data validation Specification of the time of the last update of the content Main/home webpages of relevant agencies in the national language and English/Russian Status as of May 2014

9. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS IndicatorKazKgzTjkUzbTkm A1 A2 A3 B3 C10 C11 D1 I1 Issues Country KazKgzTjkUzbTkm Online sharing of all indicators Easy accessibility from the main page Indicators on individual webpages or by thematic area Presentation in interactive file formats Information on methodology, policy targets, and a brief interpretation Information on limitations of methodology, data validation Specification of the time of the last update of the content Main/home webpages of relevant agencies in the national language and English/Russian Expected status as of November 2014

10. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS Future activities IndicatorKazKgzTjkUzbTkm A1 A2 A3 B3 C10 C11 D1 I1 Monitoring activities. -Assistance to establishing of monitoring network (this case) -Assistance to establishing statistical surveys -Assistance to clarify the legal basis/ institutional procedures/infrastructural issues

11. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS Future activities Issues Country KazKgzTjkUzbTkm Online sharing of all indicators Easy accessibility from the main page Indicators on individual webpages or by thematic area Presentation in interactive file formats Information on methodology, policy targets, and a brief interpretation Information on limitations of methodology, data validation Specification of the time of the last update of the content Main/home webpages of relevant agencies in the national language and English/Russian Assessment activities. -What the indicator measures? -How to understand and use it? I.e. what is the story behind Necessary work to help producing modern SoE reports

12. Work in Central Asia regarding SEIS Future activities with the lead of WGEMA and JTF 2014 202X Each CA country: - has a system in place producing the agreed indicators - writes the ‘story’ for each of the indicators - analyzes the indicators and makes environmental assessments More immediate focus (before 2016): Indicators and assessment regarding Air Pollution and Green Economy (as potential themes for 2016 EfE Ministerial Conference) WGEMA and JTF give a guarantee for a continuing process and sustainability