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Indicators in Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) of EECCA countries

Indicators in Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) of EECCA countries. Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs). The EPR program was initiated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its members in 1991

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Indicators in Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) of EECCA countries

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  1. Indicators in Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) of EECCA countries

  2. Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) • The EPR program was initiated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its members in 1991 • In 1993, European Environment Ministers requested the UNECE to undertake EPRs in countries in transition

  3. Since 1994 • UNECE has produced 19 EPRs • Additional four EPRs in cooperation with OECD • 21 countries covered; two of them twice • EPR process currently taking place in two countries • Future – second reviews

  4. Info • http://www.unece.org/ • http://www.unece.org/env/welcome.html • http://www.unece.org/env/epr/welcome.htm • CD-rom available including EPRs up to Georgia (2003)

  5. Data in EPRs • UNECE does not have any environmental databases • UNECE’s Statistical division collects only economic and social data EPR main data sources • Experts • National contacts and sources

  6. National sources UNECE UN Statistics Division UNEP WHO UNHCR / IOM ITU EIU Economist Sources of data for EPRs

  7. The general problems with environmental indicators. • Linkages • Continuous time-series • Indicators are policy tools

  8. Identifying relevant indicators • Countries are very different • Environmental problems are diverse • Some “indicators” are needed very seldom; some are hard to “measure”

  9. Getting the data • Consolidation • Collection • Harmonization

  10. Finding the link • Water contamination and health • Agricultural production and soil erosion • Intensity of energy use • GDP and de-coupling

  11. Country specific problems • Local standards • Technical hindrances • Political / social aspect • Financing • Timeliness

  12. Indicators and 1990s • Country break ups • Currencies • Time-series • Interpretation of the data

  13. EPR indicator requirements • Comparability between countries • Compatibility with OECD’s EPRs • Trends

  14. Indicator selection criterions • Realism and practicality • Indicator sets • Sustainable development indicators

  15. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe http://www.unece.org http://www.unece.org/env/welcome.html http://www.unece.org/env/epr/welcome.htm

  16. Poland, 1994* Bulgaria, 1995* Estonia, 1995 Slovenia, 1997 Belarus, 1997* Republic of Moldova, 1998 Lithuania, 1998 Latvia, 1998 Russian Federation, 1999* Ukraine, 1999 Croatia, 1999 Kazakhstan, 2000 Kyrgyzstan, 2000 Armenia, 2000 Bulgaria (second review), 2000 Romania, 2001 Uzbekistan, 2001 Estonia (second review), 2001 Albania, 2002 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 2002 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), 2002 Georgia, 2003 Azerbaijan, 2003 EPRs are currently taking place in: Bosnia and Herzegovina Tajikistan * Undertaken by OECD in cooperation with UNECE UNECE has carried out reviews in the following countries:

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