Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) International Roundtable on Protection and Sustainable Use of Trans-boundary Waters in South East Europe, 15-16 December 2011, Zagreb, Croatia

1. Serbian Environmental Protection Agency
Shared
Environmental
Information
f ti
System
Dejan Lekic
EEA NFP Serbia

2. Water Air
MONITORING
Soil Emissions
Waste

3. Information Data
INFORMATION SYSTEM
Knowledge
Water Air
MONITORING
Soil Emissions
Waste

4. Information Data
INFORMATION SYSTEM
Knowledge
Local National
i l
EUROPE
Water Air Regional
MONITORING
Soil Emissions
Waste

5. Information Data
INFORMATION SYSTEM
EIONET SERIS Knowledge
EEA PDF
SOER AoA
CSI Local National
i l
EUROPE
Water Air Regional
MONITORING
Soil Emissions
Waste

6. Information Data
INFORMATION SYSTEM
EIONET SERIS Knowledge
EEA PDF
SOER AoA
CSI Local National
i l
EUROPE
Water Air Regional
MONITORING
Soil Emissions
Waste

7. Problems :
- Fragmentation of reporting systems
- Shortcomings in relation to timeliness availability
timeliness, availability,
reliability, relevance of information
- Lack of ability to turn data into policy-relevant
information
- Underexploited opportunities offered by modern
technologies
- Many initiatives and processes in the right direction,
but inadequate co ordination
co-ordination

8. SEIS
To i
T improve the collection, exchange and use of
th ll ti h d f
environmental data and information across Europe, the
European Commission p p
p proposed a solution through its
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February 2008 Communication entitled ‘Towards a Shared
Environmental Information System (SEIS)’. SEIS aims to
create an integrated web enabled EU wide
web-enabled, EU-wide
environmental information system, by simplifying and
modernizing existing information systems and processes.
EEA is a leading proponent of SEIS, plays a crucial role in
the collection and provision of environmental information
and manages or participates in many ongoing European
initiatives contributing to the implementation of SEIS
principles.

9. Information should be:
- managed as close as possible t it source;
d l ibl to its
- collected once, and shared with others for many
purposes;
- readily available to easily fulfil reporting obligations;
- easily accessible to all users
users.
- accessible to enable comparisons at the appropriate
geographical scale, and citizen participation;
- fully available to the general public, and at the national
level in the relevant national language(s).
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- Supported through common, free open software
standards

10. SEIS Conceptual Framework
Natural resources
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rests
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Data and information
Data and information services
Reportnet, ICT, EEA SDI, Inspire, GMES,...
Networking, Eionet, Group of 4,
EPAs, ENP
EPAs ENP, agreements

11. Sharing European and National State of the
Environment Information (SENSE - SOER)

12. Supporting a regular assessment and reporting
process

13. Streamlining environmental indicators
Improving National Reporting

14. Water Watch
Noise Watch
N i W h
Air Watch
...
WISE
BISE
Ozone Web
GMES
....

15. Benefits of SEIS
• Increased flexibility and greater use of data
– More efficient trans-boundary analyses
• Simplification and efficiency
– Streamlining of data flows
– Reduction in administrative burden and costs
• Better regulation, better policy
– More consistent and integrated input
• Empowering citizens
– Widespread availability of information
• Boosting innovation and intelligent e-Services
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– eGovernment, eEnvironment