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E- Government Working Group for „Environmental Information“ in Austria - Moving towards SEIS

E- Government Working Group for „Environmental Information“ in Austria - Moving towards SEIS. "Information is the currency of democracy" (Thomas Jefferson). Coordination Centre for Environmental Information EnviroInfo 2008 Lüneburg, 10.-12. September 2008 Hans Jörg Krammer Rudolf Legat

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E- Government Working Group for „Environmental Information“ in Austria - Moving towards SEIS

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  1. E- Government Working Group for „Environmental Information“ in Austria - Moving towards SEIS "Information is the currency of democracy" (Thomas Jefferson) Coordination Centre for Environmental Information EnviroInfo 2008 Lüneburg, 10.-12. September 2008 Hans Jörg Krammer Rudolf Legat Katharina Schleidt Michael Nagy Johannes Mayer

  2. SEIS, 2008 Directive INSPIRE, 2007 e-EnvironmentEnvironmental Information - History Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information, 2003 Directive on Reuse of Public Sector Information, 2003 6th Community Environment Action Programme, 2002 Time Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, 1998 Declaration of the UN Rio Conference on Environment and Development, 1992 Source: Thom Pick Declaration of the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, 1972

  3. e-EnvironmentEnvironmental Information - Austria INSPIRE Act, 2009 Environmental Information Act, 2005 , Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Ratification in 2005 Time Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information, 2003 Environmental Information Act, 1993 Directive on Access to Environmental Information 90/313/EEC ,

  4. Environmental Information as an Element of Democracy Timely and innovative EI is the basis for raising environmental awareness, for active involvement of citizens in environmental measures and thus an element of democracy. The basic idea that access to EI improves environmental standards is based on the following considerations (Röger, Rz 4 zu § 1; van Schwanenflügel, DÖV 1993/2, 95): • The right of access to relevant data increases transparency and enhances public participation in decisions taken by the public authorities. Access to EI is thus a step towards participation and democratisation of environmental law. (participation effect). (Büchele/Ennöckl, UIG Kommentar, nwv, Graz 2005

  5. Coordination Centre for Environmental Information – EIA section 10 Umweltbundesamt is the leader of a coordination centre whose task consists in supporting the information exchange between information providing bodies and in proposing suitable measures to facilitate access to environmental information, as well as in ensuring the high quality of environmental information. http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/umweltinformation/koordinierungsstelle

  6. The Coordination Centre for Environmental Information at Umweltbundesamt Aim  ensure easy access to environmental information for everybody by • Providing a list of information providing bodies („informationspflichtigen Stellen“) • Ensuring exchange of information between them • supporting • active dissemination of information (Internet-portals) • Ensure high quality of information • high comparability

  7. The Coordination Centre (KUI) provides information • KUI informs the public about its activities on the Internet at http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/koordinierungsstelle/. • KUI also provides information on the Environmental Information Act (EIA 2004, UIG 2004) at HELP.gv.at http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/166/Seite.1660000.html • The platform of the working group Environmental Information (UW-UI) on the Reference Server at http://reference.e-government.gv.at/UW-UI_Umweltinformation.1024.0.html

  8. Structured access to information via thematic classification • Directive 2003/4/EC uses thematic and functional categories to describe environmental information. This theme classification should: • provide quick and easy access for the lay user to the relevant theme, • Be easy to adopt to the requirements of users (obtaining information) and information providers (structuring the information provided), and • Be guided by the term “environmental information” as defined in Directive 2003/4/EG and by the criteria for providing EI set out therein.

  9. Thematic Categories(beispielhafte Auswahl)

  10. Functional Categories

  11. eGov BLSG Working Group UI „Erste Tagung der E-Government Bund Länder Arbeitsgruppe Umweltinformation“ 25.-26. April 2007, BMLFUW, Stubenring 12, 1010 Wien „Erste Arbeitsgruppensitzung“ 28. Juni 2007, Umweltbundesamt, 1090 Wien „Zweite Arbeitsgruppensitzung“ 25. Oktober 2007, Umweltbundesamt, 1090 Wien „Dritte Arbeitsgruppensitzung“ 7. Februar 2008, Umweltbundesamt, 1090 Wien „Vierte Arbeitsgruppensitzung“ 29. April 2008, Bundeskanzleramt, 1010 Wien „Fünfte Arbeitsgruppensitzung“ 1. Juli 2008, Universität Salzburg

  12. WG-UI: 1st Meeting April 2007 fears & expectations I • dual work – white spots on the EI landscape • lack of resources • optimise costs • area of conflict UIG – DSG – electronic data registers– special administrative laws • varying speed of implementation • create awareness within one's own organisation • seek for a joint procedure • for the federal gov – federal provinces – municipalities • and other information points (“iS”)

  13. WG-UI: 1st Meeting April 2007 fears & expectations II • joint solution for the federal provinces • based on the organisation model of www.geoland.at • no central database, but central access • no separate structures for information from the delegated federal administration provincial administration • Make this portal solution usable for a wider circle  One-Stop-Shop • eGovernment compatibility must be granted • barrier free access (WAI – Standards) • Further development of recommendations for the thematic and functional classification of EI

  14. Conference of Ministers for the Environment of the Federal Provinces on 23.3.2007 Political requirements of LURK on WG UI: • Assessment of the current state of basic structures and databases? • Which basic structures and costs are additionally necessary? • Which IT- options can be used to reduce costs? • Is it necessary to collect or combine further data in order to comply with the obligation to provide information?

  15. WG UI: Further procedure / activities • Working group UI • Develop a recommendation for active dissemination of EI • Analyse IT options, clarify the need of recourses, formulate the recommendation • … a joint influence on laws and ordinances from the viewpoint of active dissemination of EI • produce activity reports for the conference of environment ministers from the federal provinces (LURK) and federal ministers (& governors) • submit materials to the Commission to comply with the reporting obligations • involve federal ministries, province authorities, cities and municipalities • step-by-step implementation – create practical solutions

  16. Central Access to Env Information General Conditions I The aim of the software development is to create central access to environmental information. To achieve this, the following general conditions must be considered: • The available environmental information tends to be widely spread across different public authorities and agencies. • Technically, information and data is managed very heterogeneously in different systems. • The presentation of the information varies widely - e.g. on static web pages, via user interfaces of database systems etc. • It is not possible to conduct one standard Internet search that includes all information sources.

  17. Central Access to Env Information General Conditions II • Often it is difficult for the citizen to find out which authority/agency keeps what environmental information, especially if such information cannot be accessed via the Internet. (no meta info available) • The average citizen does not always know which authority/agency is responsible for the environmental information in which he/she is interested. (metadata) • Although users of web portals for different authorities/agencies are sometimes provided with complex information (e.g. geographic data) it is often not possible to combine this information to create a significant whole. • A lot of data which exists in the databases of authorities/agencies is not made available on the Internet for financial or technical reasons.

  18. Central Access to Env InformationApplication Requirements I The application has to be designed as portal software. It should have an appealing interface and has to meet the following requirements: • There is one search which includes all data sources (including databases) from all data providers (authorities/agencies). The results are presented together. • Information available on the Internet is integrated via a search engine. • For data providers a module is provided through which information kept in databases can be made available for the web portal. • Different open interfaces are provided through which further data sources can be linked with the portal. These interfaces correspond to the current standards.

  19. Central Access to Env InformationApplication Requirements II • A meta data component (UDK, environmental data catalogue) is integrated which enables the user to find out where / by whom / what environmental information is kept. These meta data can be managed by the data providers via the Internet. • A space and time reference search and a semantic search are added to the full text search. • With the search mechanisms provided users can find, represent and analyse geographic data. With the mapviewer the different maps can be combined. • Accesses are provided to the topics named in the Directive as well as to pages with measured values and to service pages. This information extends over all relevent authorities/agencies.

  20. Central Access to Env InformationDecentralised Software Application I The software must be suitable for decentralisedapplication. It can thus be used at different levels of the administrative structure: • At the top of the structure in Austria there is the Austrian environment portal. • At the level of the federal provinces (or Länder) environment portals can be set up that bring together information from the different authorities/agencies of the federal provinces (Länder) in a centralised provincial (“Länder”) portal. The information sources of such provincial environment (“Länder”) portals can also be used by the Austrian environment portal.

  21. Central Access to Env InformationDecentralised Software Application II • For larger municipalities/communities it is possible to develop local (municipal/communal) portals with the software. This makes sense if there are different information sources (e.g. databases) which need to be combined in a centralised portal at the level of a municipality/community. These information sources can also be used by the provincial (“Länder”) portals or by the Austrian environment portal. Regardless of the level, all information sources can be released for any other existing portal and thus be used as information sources. In this way, the principle of data management without redundancy is applied even at the level of indexation. A System where the public authorities are the providers but also the main end-users and beneficiaries

  22. Source: Eurobarometer, March 2008

  23. Commission CommunicationTowards a Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS) “Better decisions from local to European level need better and more timely information, based on more efficient monitoring and reporting systems” S Dimas, Feb 2008

  24. SEIS – Shared Environmental Information System Good decisions need the right information at the right time Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission (Group of 4) zur Verbesserung und Straffung des europäischen Systems für die Sammlung, Auswertung und Meldung von Umweltdaten (Pressemitteilung vom 5. Februar 2008) Allgemeines Ziel ist es, Qualität und Verfügbarkeit der für die Umweltpolitik erforderlichen Informationen entsprechend dem Ziel der besseren Rechtsetzung zu erhalten und zu verbessern und gleichzeitig den damit verbundenen Verwaltungsaufwand zu minimieren. Stavros Dimas: „Auch unsere Bürger haben das Recht zu wissen, wie die Luft und Wassserqualität an ihrem Wohnort beschaffen ist oder ob ihr Eigentum und ihre Lebensgrundlage durch Überschwemmungen, Dürre oder Umweltverschmutzungen gefährdet sind.“

  25. SEIS - Mitteilung der Kommission • Die Notwendigkeit gemeinsamer Umweltdaten • Öffentliche Behörden erheben EU-weit große Datenmengen, diese werden jedoch nicht effizient und zeitnah genutzt (70 reportingobligations der MS) • Nutzung des technologischen Fortschritts • Die gegenwärtigen, zentralisierten Berichterstattungssysteme werden durch Systeme ersetzt, die auf Datenzugang, Datenaustausch und Interoperabilität basieren • Bessere Informationen über die Umwelt für wirksamere Maßnahmen • Von der Vision zur Realität (Detailplan im Laufe 2008) • Aufbau auf bisherige europäische integrierte Informationssysteme WISE, EIONET, GMES, INSPIRE • SEIS soll die integrierende Plattform sein • Hin zu einem gemeinsamen Umweltinformationssystem • http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seis/index.htm

  26. Because EU Policy makers at all levels (local to European) are convinced that better decisions need better and more timely information • Because EU Member States deserves a modern, efficient and user friendly e-Reporting System to fulfil their reporting obligations related to European Union environmental policies and legislation, avoiding duplication of efforts, overlapping and redundancies Why is SEIS needed?Source: M. Paneli, EC, DG Env Once a Shared Environmental Information System exists all players can efficiently share information via shared areas The current fragmented reporting system

  27. SEIS baut auf die folgenden Initiativen auf (1) • INSPIRE Direktive: Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community, Richtlinie des europäischen Parlaments und des europäischen Rats zur Verfügbarmachung von räumlichen Informationen. • Vereinheitlichung von Berichten: Richtlinie 91/692/EWG des Rates vom 23. Dezember 1991 zur Vereinheitlichung und zweckmäßigen Gestaltung der Berichte über die Durchführung bestimmter Umweltschutzrichtlinien. Diese Richtlinie wird ab 2008 im Sinne von SEIS überarbeitet. • EEA und Eionet: Schaffung der Europäischen Umweltagentur und des „European Environment Information and Observation Network“ (EIONET), in dem das Umweltbundesamt National Focal Point (NFP) und National Reference Center (NRC) für zahlreiche Umweltthemen ist.

  28. SEIS baut auf die folgenden Initiativen auf (2) • GMES: „Global Monitoring for Environment and Security“. Mitteilung der Kommission an den Rat und das Europäische Parlament - Globale Überwachung von Umwelt und Sicherheit (GMES) : Vom Konzept zur Wirklichkeit. • i2010 / Single European Information Space for Environmental Management:Mitteilung der Kommission an den Rat, das Europäische Parlament, den Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss und den Ausschuss der Regionen - „i2010 – Eine europäische Informationsgesellschaft für Wachstum und Beschäftigung“. • Zugang zu Umweltinformationen: Richtlinie 2003/4/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 28. Januar 2003 über den Zugang der Öffentlichkeit zu Umweltinformationen.

  29. SEIS baut auf die folgenden Initiativen auf (3) • Aarhus Konvention: Übereinkommen über den Zugang zu Informationen, die Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung an Entscheidungsverfahren und den Zugang zu Gerichten in Umweltangelegenheiten. • Weiterverwendung von Informationen des öffentlichen Sektors: Richtlinie 2003/98/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 17. November 2003 über die Weiterverwendung von Informationen des öffentlichen Sektors.

  30. Shared Environmental Information Systems – Peeling the Onion Quelle: Thomas Pick Single European Information Space SEIS SISE Single Information Space 4 the Env. SEIS DG ENV Shared Env. Information Space INSPIRE GEOSS GMES After Guy Weets, 2007

  31. Understanding the context Source: EEA Inspire GMES SEIS

  32. Different focus ? Source: EEA

  33. EU bodies (EEA, DG-ENV Estat, JRC,...) Member States (Eionet,...) International organisations (Conventions,...) Others (Research, NGO,...) SEIS – Struktur

  34. SEIS Grundsätze (1)  Allgemeine Prinzipien für Datenhaltung und Informationsmanagement: • Informationen werden möglichst direkt an ihrer Quelle gehalten und bearbeitet; • Informationen werden nureinmal abgelegt und für unterschiedlichste Zwecke verfügbar gemacht; • Informationen werden für Behörden und die öffentliche Hand zur Erfüllung von Berichtspflichten leicht verfügbar gemacht;

  35. SEIS Grundsätze (2) • Informationen werden für Endanwender leicht zugänglich gemacht, vorrangig Behörden auf allen Ebenen von lokal bis europäisch, um die Wirksamkeit von bestehenden Richtlinien und Gesetze zu beurteilen bzw. um neue zu erstellen; • Informationen werden verfügbar gemacht, um Endanwendern, sowohl öffentlichen Behörden wie auch Bürgern, die Möglichkeit zu geben selber Vergleiche auf verschiedensten räumlichen Maßstäben (z.B. Länder, Städte, Flusseinzugsgebiete) anzustellen;

  36. SEIS Grundsätze (3) • Informationen werden der allgemeinen Öffentlichkeitauf nationaler Ebene in der (den) jeweiligen Landessprache(n) vollständig zur Verfügung gestellt, sofern dies keine Verletzungen des Datenschutzes verursacht; • Der Informationsaustausch und die weitere Verarbeitung soll durch frei verfügbare Open Source Software Tools unterstützt werden; • A System where the public authorities are the providers but also the main end-users and beneficiaries

  37. Content Infrastructure and services Organisation In other words, SEIS is about... Source: EEA 1. Sharing • Organisation (political commitment) • Partnership (bi-directional) • Networking (connecting) 2. Environmental Information • Content (horizontal integration) • Local to global (vertical integration) • Real time • Quality assurance 3. System • ICT Infrastructure • e-Services

  38. Road map for stepwise implementation EC Communication SEIS 2008 Political commitment SEIS 2009 SEIS implementation plan 2010 Revised EC standardised reporting directive 2011 First Inspire data services SourceEEA 2012 Online e-reporting systems 2013 GMES space infrastructure

  39. EEA SEIS Country Visit 2008 • 29. April 2008: “EEA SEIS Country Visit” together with 4th meeting of WG Env. Inf., at the Austrian Federal Chancellery • Presentations: • Online air quality data on www.umweltbundesamt.at (Johannes Mayer, U) • EEA near-to-Real-time Ozone Data Information (Stefan Jensen, EEA) • WISE - Data Service Bathing Water (Stefan Jensen, EEA) • INSPIRE (Maximilian Pock, BMLFUW) • GEOLAND (Thomas Zalka, BGLD) • LUIS Steiermark (Franz Pichler-Semmelrock, Stmk) • Wiener Umweltinformationssystem (Johann Mittheisz, Wien) • WISA (Stefan Nemetz, U

  40. Building blocks SEIS Examples of existing national, regional and local initiatives

  41. NESIS A contribution to SEIS the Thematic Network NESIS A Network to enhance a European Environmental Shared and Interoperable Information System Competitiveness and Innovation framework Programme (CIP) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Policy Support Programme (PSP) ICI PSP Grant Agreement No.225062 May 2008 – October 2010 EC Funding 417.500€ http://www.nesis.eu http://www.nesis.eu/kick-off/

  42. NESIS - the initial partnership • 16 partners • 14 Countries • 12 EIONET NFPs • EEA & JRC in the AdvisoryBoard Source: G. Saio)

  43. NESIS – Partnerschaft • The NESIS consortium is composed of 16 partners representative of 14 EU and Associated Countries. • The project co-ordinator, GISIG - Geographical Information Systems International Group - is a European Association, promoter of networking projects and Thematic Networks in geo-information. • Most of the partners (12 upon 16) are EIONET National Focal Points (NFPs). Their participation guarantees a real involvement and commitment of the main actors which will be involved in the development and application of SEIS, with a strong connection to the diverse groups of target users and stakeholders in the different European countries. • NESIS is an open network intended to group the EIONET Community and the diverse stakeholders in Environmental Data Management at a European level.

  44. Conclusion Timely and innovative environmental information is the basis for • raising environmental awareness, • active involvement of citizen in environmental processes • and thus an element of political democracy Umweltbundesamt • acting as coordination centre for environmental information • which also has to comply as an information point (“iS”) with reporting obligations will provide its contribution.

  45. UIG Kommentar Büchele / Ennöckl UIG Umweltinformationsgesetz Kommentar NWV Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien – Graz 2005 ISBN 3-7083-0280-X

  46. The KUI-Team Hans Jörg Krammer Umweltbundesamt, Siriusstrasse 3, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria email: hans-joerg.krammer@umweltbundesamt.at Internet: www.umweltbundesamt.at T: +43-(0)463-341 50/20 F: +43-(0)463-341 50/10 Rudolf Legat Umweltbundesamt, Spittelauer Lände 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria email: rudolf.legat@umweltbundesamt.at Internet: www.umweltbundesamt.at T: +43-(0)1-313 04/5364 F: +43-(0)1-313 04/5400

  47. Thank you We are happy to answer any questions. Thank you for your attention !

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