EEAEuropean Environment

Agency

Copenhagen · Denmarkhttp://www.eea.eu.int

EU

15 member

states

+ Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

PHARE

countries

TACIS

The EEA Mandate

“To provide the Community and

the Member States with objective,

reliable and comparable

information at European level.”

(Reg. 1210/90)

EEA GOALS

Establish and coordinate EIONET

Provide information for environmental policy development and implementation

Ensure broad dissemination and accessibility

Develop and publish a State of the Environment Report every 3 years

Co-operate, add value and avoid duplication

EIONET ELEMENTS

ETC ETCETC ETC

ETC ETCETC EEA ETC

NFPs

NRCs

MCEs

EEA PRINCIPLES

Providing best available information

Pooling of existing information and know-how

Encouraging a global perspective

Facilitating harmonisation of data

Serving wide audiences

Developing innovative ways of dissemination

EEA’s KEY CLIENTS

The Community Institutions, i.e. the

Commission

The Council of Ministers

The European Parliament

Member states

EEA COOPEATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

UNEP

UN-ECE

OECD

WHO-Europe

WMO

THE EEA PROGRAMME AREAS

1. Databases and Topic Reporting

2. Integrated Assessment

3. Periodical Reporting

4. Reporting System Support

5. Service and Network Infrastructure

EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (1)

• State and Outlook on Europe’s Environment - The four/five year report

• European Environmental Signals - Regular (annual) Indicator-based reports

• Assessments on priority problems, sectors and regions - Environmental Issues Series

• Topic reports (air, water, nature etc.) - some regular, others timed for policy use

EEA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1999-2003 (2)

• Technical reports, guidelines and handbooks

• Access to EEA/EIONET Data bases and relevant data and information sources

• Service and reporting to policy-makers based on the EEA Environment Information System

Reporting on sectors and the environment

……..contains the main indicators of the sector..contains the main indicators of the sector - - environment reporting environment reporting mechanismsmechanisms

Central product in EEA family of indicator reports/reportingCentral product in EEA family of indicator reports/reporting mechanisms...mechanisms...

ClimateClimatechangechange

Energy Energy

EnvironmentalEnvironmentalsignalssignals

TransportTransport&&

EnvironmentEnvironment

AgricultureAgriculture

Indicators are chosen to answer policy questions

• Type A: “What is happening?”Type A: “What is happening?”

Environmental state and qualityEnvironmental state and quality

• Type B: “Does it matter?”Type B: “Does it matter?”

Performance indicatorsPerformance indicators

• Type C: “Are we improving our processes?”Type C: “Are we improving our processes?”

Eco-efficiency indicatorsEco-efficiency indicators

• Type D: "Are polices working?"Type D: "Are polices working?"

Measure of policy effectivenessMeasure of policy effectiveness

FROM LINEAR TO CIRCULAR ECONOMIES

FIG. 2 AN ECO-EFFICIENT CIRCULAR ECONOMY

FIG. 1 A WASTEFUL LINEAR ECONOMY

PRODUCTIONRESOURCES CONSUMPTIONMUCH WASTE

REDESIGN

RESOURCES

WASTE WASTE WASTE

PRODUCTION CONSUMPTIONMINIMAL

WASTE

RECYCLE REPAIR

REUSE RENOVATE

New challenges (2001-2003)

I. Waste prevention / minimisation

waste loads / activities (i.e. industrial production)

material flows (inputs - outputs of production processes)

• resource productivity indicators (i.e. % of raw materials "wasted")

• load coefficients (i.e. kg of heavy metals/kg of product)

Final objective:

to find/propose best available techniques (BAT) for waste minimisation

to make "what - if" scenarios (how waste quantities will arise if existing/new developments prevail

New challenges (2001 - 2003)

II. Policy effectiveness = evaluation of waste management plans, strategies (national / European level)

Indicators

Assessment tools/methods

Final objective:

• to check targets with actual performance

why where / how

• to determine "weak spots" in policy implementation

• to visualise issues / areas for improvement

New challenges (2001 - 2003)

III. EEA enlargement

data flow / information assessment

cooperation with DGENV, EUROSTAT, JRC

waste statistics Regulation

reporting obligations

joint projects