Reporting on performance in establishing and operating the Shared Environmental Information

System

16th session of the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Istanbul, Turkey, 16-17 April 2015

Lukasz Wyrowski, Manager, UNECE Programme on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Phase II

Phase III

Initial phase – understand where gaps areDevelopment phase – eliminate gapsOperational phase – operate in a sustainable way

Phase I

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

2015 mid-2016EfE Conference 2020

End 2015

Effec

tive

oper

ation

New flowsimplementedperformance indicator 3.2

End 2020Full set timely

produced and sharedperformance indicator 3.1

Roadmap

end 2015/end 2020

Now

mid 2015/mid-2016

Definition of specific outputs - performance

indicator 1.2

Gaps identification - performance indicator 1.1

Roadmap

Phase I Phase II Phase III

ActionsA1-A3, B1-B3, C1-C3

of Phase IPhase IIPhase III

Reporting forms / reporting tools to be provided before the first reporting round

Timely implementation of outputs –

performance indicator 2

Reporting tool

follows performance indicators and targets

common

user-friendly

concise but precise

informative

user-friendlyno extensive consultations

required

short period of time for reporting

… performance evaluation for each data flow and for all flows as aggregated average

… identified gaps (content, networks, infrastructure)

… performance changes over time

Concept for the reporting tool

Underlying thinking - Production and Sharing

- Data are produced in accordance with agreed methodologies and methods

- Data are regularly updated, accessible on-line and presented in a clear manner

On-line availability and accessibility:

Concept for the reporting tool

On-line availability and Identificationaccessibility not ensured of possible gaps

Support questions:• linked to SEIS building blocks (content,

institutional cooperation, infrastructure)• linked to targets and specific actions formulated

under SEIS performance indicators• cross-check function• show logical stream

Concept for the reporting tool

Logical stream of questions:

Concept for the reporting tool

Issues for consideration:

1. Which should be the reporting tool for evaluating SEIS implementation and operation based on the targets and performance indicators? How can it be made user-friendly and simple in use so that it would not require extensive national reporting consultations?

Issues for consideration:

2. How should the progress in SEIS establishment be reviewed in 2015, assuming that the development of the reporting tool would take time? Should there be a manual review for a sample group of countries for 2015 in accordance with the agreed concept?

Issues for consideration:

3. Which should be the modalities of work of the Working Group, so that it can provide timely its initial report on the implementation and operation of SEIS to the Committee on Environmental Policy at its upcoming twenty-first session?