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Shared Environmental Information System
for Europe
SEIS
25 October 2007, Dublin
What is SEIS?
SEIS is a collaborative
initiative of European and
National bodies to
establish an integrated and
sustained information
system for sharing
environmental data.
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A system where the public authorities are the providers but also
the main end-users and beneficiaries
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A contribution to the Commission’s commitment to better
regulation and simplification
(Go4, 2007)
Towards sharing environmental information...
SEIS ?
Directive INSPIRE, 2007
GMES Action Plan, 2004
Directive on Public Access
to Environmental Information, 2003
Directive on Reuse of Public Sector
Information, 2003
Time
6th Community Environment
Action Programme, 2002
Aarhus Convention
on Access to Information, 1998
Standardized Environmental Reporting
Directive, 1991
Establishment EEA and Eionet
Council Regulation, 1990
Declaration of the UN Stockholm Conference
on the Human Environment, 1972
3 Drivers
6th Community Environment
Action Programme, 2002-2012
Content
Global Monitoring for Environment
and Security Action Plan 2004-2008
SEIS
Establishment EEA and Eionet
Council Regulation, 1990
Streamlining
Directive on Reuse of Public Sector
Information, 2003
Standardized Environmental Reporting
Directive, 1991
Directive INSPIRE, 2007
Access
Directive on Public Access
to Environmental Information, 2003
Aarhus Convention
on Access to Information, 1998
Priorities 6th EAP 2002-2012
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Climate change
Nature and biodiversity
Environment and health
Natural resources and waste
7 Thematic Strategies
SEIS Principles
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information should be managed as close as
possible to its source
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information is provided once and shared
with others for many purposes
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data and information should be readily
accessible
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information should be made available to the
public after due consideration of the
appropriate level of aggregation, given
possible confidentiality constraints, and at
national level in the national language(s)
Data and Information
Data and information services
ICT infrastructure, Inspire,...
...
Natrual resources
Chemicals
Waste
Forests
Soil
Water
Biodiversity
Land use
Climate Change
Air
emvironmental
data centres
SEIS components
Different focus
INSPIRE
GMES
SEIS
Content
Content
Content
Infra
structure
Infra
structure
Infra
structure
Services
Services
Services
Obligation
Obligation
Obligation?
Business
Business
Business?
Building a shared information
system for Europe
From
• Centralised
reporting
• Manual uploads
• Insufficient
take-up
• High barriers to
re-use
To
• Full automated
sharing
• Fast updates
• Easy access to
data
• Expanded use
• Open protocols
From data sharing…
France
One European Website
Germany
EEA
UK
Investment
Return
From data sharing…
France
One European Website
Germany
EEA
web service
UK
... to sharing & accessing information
systems & services
Potential 800,000 web pages
France
One European Website
Potential 408,000 web pages
Germany
EEA
web service
Potential 362,000 web pages
UK
Investment
Return
What are the benefits of SEIS ?
• at EU level:
 Increased European capacity
 Streamlining reporting
• at Member State level:
 “Report once, use many”
 Less duplication of efforts
• At Global level:
 Commitments international conventions
 Credibility of EU
Ozone-web: Near-real time
ozone data
Water Information System for Europe
www.water.europa.eu
European Commission
Communication on SEIS - end 2007
It will set out:
• the political framework for SEIS an integrated
and common implementation strategy and
• its links with INSPIRE, GMES/GEOSS and the
streamlining and updating of reporting and
monitoring provisions of a) thematic legislation
both existing and new proposals and b) the
Reporting directive, Aarhus Convention, etc;
• suggest policy options to go from 'Concept to
Reality'
EEA SEIS Implementation plan
2008 (7 projects on Content)
October
2007
NFP
meeting
5. Land-water-biodiversity integrated
assessment
Integrated assessment inputs for the EEA
SOER2010 report
6. Ozone web extension
Demonstrate the possibilities to use the system
for monthly summer ozone exceedance
reporting, Consolidate the near real-time ozone
data to full coverage and Extend the system to
particulate matter
7. Indicators and assessments GHG
emissions
To get access to knowledge from national
assessments, to improve SOER2010 reporting.
EEA SEIS Implementation plan
2008 (7 projects on Content) (II)
11. Air quality data service
Integrate the future CAFÉ Directive data flows
into the EEA air data service.
12. Effectiveness of waste policies
Create a SEIS compliant reporting system for
information that is of another kind.
13. SEIS country visits
15. EEA SEIS Signals
A first report in November 2008
EEA SEIS Implementation plan
2008 (3 projects on Streamlining)
1. Country performance improvements
Priority DF
Target for 2010 100% reporting performance.
2. Reportnet enhancements
Further develop Reportnet
3. IMS+ and CSI
Create and agree on a common European
information base for country benchmarking
EEA SEIS Implementation plan
2008 (5 projects on Access)
4. SERIS upgrade
Improve access to national information on SoE
8. Land cover data service
Web service established by end 2008
9. GHG data service
GHG emission data for the actual year -1
10. WISE data service
Provide information services within WISE,
enriching the current bathing water information.
14. SEIS Data policy
Dealing with accessing and sharing of data and
information