1. National Portals Project 2001 Create software package Define channel areas Promote transparancy Streamline many portal initiatives Make use of available technologies and standards Easy and cheap to maintain 1

2. National Portals Project 2001 Version 1.1 winter 2002 (CDROM) Open source: Zope, Python Users are invited to download EEA develops the Country Portal 2

3. EEA Country Portal On environmental national resources Information on State of the Environment Indicators Policy documents Websites Action Programmes Monitoring programmes Search Services Resource Libraries Information Centres Photo gallery on country nature 3 3

4. EEA Country Portal Additional features Calendar of country events Country news channel Global EIONET search service Country maintenance of links 4