DIKE TSG Workshop 4 July 2013

1. DIKE TSG Workshop4 July 2013 EEA regular dataflows: WISE-SoEReporting on Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters Constança Belchior - EEA

2. Objectives...paving way for Art 19.3 DIKE TSG Workshop: To reflecton the different elements needed for developing an appropriate data fact sheet, which describes the required information on observations and the data exchange mechanism(s) This presentation: To presentthe EEA WISE SoEregular dataflow, the governance around itand its use, as well as reflectionson this process

3. EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow The core objective of the EEA is to produce European, pan-European and regional thematic and integrated assessments. Eionet Timely, nationally validated, high-quality data & expertise

4. EEA regular dataflow: Eionet and the WISE SoE dataflow With WFD (2008/09), EEA´s Eionet-Water annual dataflow WISE ‘State of the Environment’ (SoE) dataflow WISE SoE information on the state of water resources in Europe - rivers, lakes, groundwater and transitional, coastal and marine waters – and on water quantity & emissions to water Datasets used to produce indicators upon which EEA assessment reports are based.

5. WISE SoE annual dataflow: reporting process and tools Reporting Process Data reporting (Reportnet) Data handling Data Dissemination Reports ETC/ ICM EEA National Datasets Eionet Countries EU Dataset Indicators Waterbase Reportnet Tools

6. WISE SoE TCM (Transitional, Coastal and Marine Waters) reporting process Data reporting (Reportnet) Data handling Data Dissemination Countries Directly Reports ETC/ ICM -ICES EEA Data reporting (ICES) Indicators Waterbase RSC

7. WISE SoE TCM dataset & EEA TCM indicators CSI021 - Nutrients in transitional, coastal and marine waters http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal-and/nutrients-in-transitional-coastal-and-4 CSI023 – Chlorophyll in transitional, coastal and marine waters http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and/chlorophyll-in-transitional-coastal-and-3 MAR001 – Hazardous substances in marine organisms http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/hazardous-substances-in-marine-organisms/hazardous-substances-in-marine-organisms-3

8. EEA indicators - definition Versioned Specifications and Assessments Specification version 1 Specification version 2 2007 2010 2008 2011 2009

9. EEA indicators - specification EEA indicator specification template

10. EEA indicators - assessment EEA indicator assessment template

11. Reflections on WISE SoE TCM reporting process and its use • Heavy QA and validation by ETC/ICM - harmonised reporting specifications & tools • but not enough to cope with diversity in countries (data governance, data • availability, mismatch timelines, data definitions…) • 2 data reporting pathways – Direct Eionet & RSC: additional complexity • and challenge to the QA and validation (duplicates, traceability…) • Data request revised every year – QA, policy developments, indicator methodology... • Building a representative EU dataset – scaling up from national to EU & making • regionally comparable indicator assessments • Impact data & indicator quality - time for corrections and improvements • (Eionet & EEA) between publication and preparation of next data call • getting shorter and shorter