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Multi-Beneficiary Instrument for Pre-Accession Multi-Beneficiary Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) Programme: (IPA) Programme:
Specific project for the participation of West Balkan Specific project for the participation of West Balkan Countries in the work of EEA 2009-2011Countries in the work of EEA 2009-2011
Community Agencies: Partners in AccessionCommunity Agencies: Partners in AccessionSintra, PortugalSintra, Portugal
25-27 November 200925-27 November 2009
To provide European decision makers and citizenswith access to timely and relevant information andknowledge in order to• provide a sound basis for environmental policies
• help answer their questions about the environment in their daily lives
• ensure that environmental thinking and education is brought into the mainstream of decision-making
What is our mandate?What is our mandate?
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European Neighbourhood Policy
EEA member countries
EEA cooperating countries
ENP SouthENP East
Strategy for a new partnership for Central Asia
Central Asia
Strategic Partnership
•Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia •Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine •Russian Federation
•EEA 32 member countries•Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
EEA works with
European environment information and European environment information and observation network (Eionet)observation network (Eionet)
About 350 national institutions
• National focal points
• European topic centres
• National reference centres
• Other institutions
Overview of IPA ProjectOverview of IPA Project
Long-term Goal
Objective
WB countries
Duration
Budget
Full participation in EEA WP with WB countries as EEA member countriesExtension of the participation of the WB countries in the activities of EEA Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia 24 months (12/09-11/11)1.2 meuro
IPA Budget and Lead ResponsibilitiesIPA Budget and Lead Responsibilities
Budget euro
Content 1. Extension of the main EEA topic areas to the West Balkan countries: 273000
• Water• Air and Climate Change• Biological Diversity• Land use and spatial information• Sustainable consumption and production
2. Support for inclusion in regular assessment reports 232000 3. Development of a regular indicator reporting system 80000
Networking 4. Development of the EIONET network and participation of NRCs/country experts in major EEA meetings and events 435000
Capacity building 5. Overall EEA Project Coordination and Technical support 180000
Total budget 1200000
The Shared Environmental The Shared Environmental Information System - SEISInformation System - SEIS
• SEIS aims to improve, modernise and streamline environmental information
• It is to be A distributed, integrated, web-enabled system A network where public providers share data
and information Based on existing e-infrastructure, systems
and services at national and EU level
Information PyramidInformation Pyramid
Knowledge
Assessment
Indicators
Data
Monitoring
Bottom-up Top-down
Areas of Priority Data Flows (15 in Areas of Priority Data Flows (15 in total)total)
• Air pollution Annual air pollutant emissions data Exchange of Information Decision (air quality data) Monthly ozone data during summer (April–September) Annual air quality questionnaire Near real-time ozone reporting
• Climate Change Mitigation Greenhouse gas emissions data
• Water quality Quality of Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater Quality of transitional, coastal and marine water
• Biodiversity Common Database on Nationally Designated Areas
West Balkan Progress in Eionet Priority Dataflows
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5 in mg O2/l) in rivers in European countries, 2006 or latest year available
The European Environment: The European Environment: State and Outlook 2010State and Outlook 2010
AExploratory
assessment
•Global drivers•Megatrends•Uncertainties•Long-term policy
implications
CCountry
specific analyses
•Diversity•Commonality•Flexibilty
BEuropean analysis
of environm. systems•Atmosphere•Freshwater•Marine•Terrestrial•Human
Synthesis Integrated Analysis (Reflecting – Reviewing – Rethinking)
Additional investment requiredAdditional investment required• To enhance national capacities• To enhance national monitoring systems• To improve data management• To complete national contributions to the Shared
Environmental Information System• To get ready for full EEA membership• To provide full EEA support
EEA has a core budget of 40 meuro to support 32 EEA member countries, of which 35 meuro to support 27 EU Member States
EEA has received approx 100 keuro/country/year to the West Balkan countries over 14 years and 7+ grants
200-300 keuro/country/year would be needed to provide full support and enable full EEA membership
ConclusionsConclusions
• West Balkan country information on the environment is improving and increasingly accessible
• West Balkan countries are advancing towards EEA membership
• Further improvement requires additional investment• We also need a long-term strategy to maintain activities and facilitate membership and participation in EEA work programme
ConclusionsConclusions
• West Balkan country information on the environment is improving and increasingly accessible
• West Balkan countries are advancing towards EEA membership
• Further improvement requires additional investment
• Need a longer-term strategy for continuing funding and support to maintain activities and facilitate full membership
Thank you for your attention!