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FROM DATA TO INFORMATION Katre Liiv Katrin Väljataga. EEA SEIS country visit November 8, 2007. Environmental reports National, EU and international environmental data reporting Environmental Register web application Environmental Indicators web application
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FROM DATA TO INFORMATION Katre Liiv Katrin Väljataga EEA SEIS country visit November 8, 2007
Environmental reports National, EU and international environmental data reporting Environmental Register web application Environmental Indicators web application Environmental Monitoring webpage Environmental information main webpage www.keskkonnainfo.ee MAIN OUTPUTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTER
SoE report, every 4th year Topic reviews based on annual reporting, every year Environmental monitoring reports,every 5th year Publications
National and international reporting obligations Direct data request (governmental institutions, NGOs….) How to satisfy the growing need for data and information? Reporting
Data management Technological solutions Accessibility limitations Keeping services up-to-date Problems to be solved
Unified procedures and forms International and national co-operation Web-based solutions Bringing in the “multi-dimensional approach” Solutions
ER contains in-situ monitoring data and relevant metadata Environmental monitoring data National, local and facility/enterprise level Requirements fixed in legislative acts Spatial information Unified data management procedures Data available on-line, free access Environmental register and GMES
Dynamic Up-to-date and reliable Easy to manage User friendly Specific functionalities for different target groups One source, many outputs Developing modern web applications
NGO, students & teachers, county environmental departments Substance How did you know about the publication? Purpose of use? Does it meet your need? Easy to understand the text? Appearance Prefer web or paper? Easy to use (electronic versions)? Paper, format, font, colors etc? Easy to read illustrations? Need for user-specific outputs - user survey of our publications
NGOs: mainly satisfied suggestions for extra topics (e.g.health and environment) suggestions for more useful illustrations need forintegrated analysis need for longer trends need for comparison between years Students: most satisfied user group use in final theses looking for moreanalysis looking for projected trends County environmental departments (reviews on annual reporting) useful for presentations too “easy” for specialists rather meant for public or students more in-depth analysis is needed Results of survey
Environmental monitoring web page: Management system Web page Data output Maps Environmental indicators web page Introduction to web applications
Information on the state of environment based on indicator themes by DPSIR Relevant public data and additional information from other information systems Maps Links to information systems for data providers Links to other information sources www.keskkonnainfo.ee
Estonian Environment Information Centre Mustamäe tee 33 10616 Tallinn ESTONIA Phone +372 673 7577 Fax +372 673 7599 www.keskkonnainfo.ee info@ic.envir.ee