Title: UNEP / Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)
1UNEP / Division of Early Warning and Assessment
(DEWA) EEA TACIS PROJECT DEVELOP-MENT OF
C.S.I. ENVL INDICATORS METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE AND
COMPENDIUM FOR EECCA. Presentation for the 8th
Session of the UNECE/CEP Working Group on
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (WGEMA)
held at the U.N. Palais des Nations, Geneva,
12-13 June 2007
2Towards the EEAs Belgrade Report
The Core Set of Indicators Compendium for EECCA
Countries as a companion product to
the Belgrade Report of the EEA.
3EEA TACIS Project Background
Main Purpose Improve capacities in the EECCA
countries to develop, apply and maintain an
agreed core set of envl indicators (CSI),
using a guidelines manual prepared by UNECE, to
support pan-European reporting on envl state and
trends. Main Output An Indicators Compendium
covering part of the CSI, to accompany the next
(4th) pan-European Belgrade Assessment report.
4EEA TACIS Project Players/Roles
- Overall Project Coordination EEA
- Project Management UNEP/DEWA
- Project Consultants L. Gornaja (EEA /
independent) G. Giuliani and S. Kluser
(UNEP/GRID-Europe) and E. Veligosh (UNEP/GRID-Ar
endal). - Project collaborators
- Above plus EEA and UNECE staff EECCA country
expert participants (WGEMA et al.) workshop
organisers from partner centres in Dushanbe, Kyiv
and Tbilisi, and others
5EECCA Indicators Compendium
Activities up until publication in 2007
- Preliminary indicators and their analyses
(trends etc.) prepared and translated (Jan.-March
). - Consultation on-line on preliminary indicators
with EECCA country experts gap-filling (late
March through mid-May extended). - Revised version Indicators prepared (late May).
- Present to UNECE WGEMA 8th Session 12 June
- Final indicators and translation (late June).
- Layout and printing of CSI Compendium for EECCA
Countries (throughout July). - Launch with Belgrade Report (10 October)
6EECCA Indicators Contents/Structure
- What is the key Policy question addressed?
- What key Message(s) are derived/explained?
- Overall Assessment for each of 15 indicators.
- The Policy context / link for all 15 indicators.
- Methodology / References for each indicator.
- Link to Definition and Rationale in UNECEs
Indicator Guidelines document. - Each indicator in four pages text graphics
(English/Russian, so eight pgs. overall). - All 12 EECCA countries covered, within the
limits of data availability
7EECCA Indicators Development
- A reminder that the 15 indicators selected as a
subset of the CSI (36 altogether) were chosen
for reasons of practicality (data available
from international sources). - More details on the methodology (i.e., how the
15 indicators were developed
modified). (Elena Veligosh) - More details about the on-line consultation and
results based on participants
inputs. (Stephane Kluser)
8UNEPs GEO-4 Assessment Report
Originally slated for release and joint launch
with the Belgrade Report at the Ministerial
Conference, this is now delayed until late
October 2007
9Annual GEO Yearbooks
First two volumes covered 2003 and 2004/05
Third volume dated 2007 covers the year 2006
10Other recent UNEP Assessments
Just released on 5 June for World Environment Day
Thematic along with global and regional GEO
reports
11Merci Spasebo Thank you
12EECCA Indicators Compendium
Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges
- Data are not always available, or adequate, to
support the indicators and their analyses. - Standardised international data sources are
sometimes contested - or even contradicted by -
national sources (how to resolve?). - Gap-filling on a voluntary basis is not most
efficient or effective method, particularly
w/o strong participation at the country level. - Further corrections and harmonisation needed.
- To serve as a useful stand-alone product, even
while being closely linked to the Guidelines
document and the Belgrade Report itself