UNEP / Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA)

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UNEP / 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
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Towards the EEAs Belgrade Report
The Core Set of Indicators Compendium for EECCA
Countries as a companion product to
the Belgrade Report of the EEA.
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EEA 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.
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EEA 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

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EECCA 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)

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EECCA 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

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EECCA 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)

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UNEPs 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
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Annual GEO Yearbooks
First two volumes covered 2003 and 2004/05
Third volume dated 2007 covers the year 2006
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Other recent UNEP Assessments
Just released on 5 June for World Environment Day
Thematic along with global and regional GEO
reports
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Merci Spasebo Thank you
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EECCA 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