1. Review plan of the nature reporting – update 7
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 17 October 2017
Review plan of the nature reporting –
update 7

2. Review plan, principal deadlines
Delivery Art. 12: 31 July 2019 (cut-off: 31 October 2019)
2. Delivery Art. 17: 30 April (cut-off date: 30 August 2019)
3. IT tools: mid 2018
4. CDR ready end 2018
5. Final Guidelines ready: 2nd quarter 2017
6. Near final Guidelines: end 2016 (section on FRVs to be finalised in 2017)
7. Formats approved by the Committees: November 2016
8. Addressing issues, drafting and discussing proposals: st Q 2017

3. Report formats and Guidelines
Report formats – finalised in November 2016
Informal approval by NADEG
November 2016
Formal approval by Habitats Committee
May 2017
Explanatory notes and guidelines – finalised in May 2017
Final draft guidelines presented to EG reporting
March 2017
Informal approval by NADEG
May 2017

4. Worked examples, reference portals, helpdesk
Further worked examples
Discussion on procedure with EG
October 2017
Will be available on the Reference portals
spring 2018
Reference portals
Portals for the Art 12 and Art 17 launched
May 2017
Nature reporting helpdesk
Helpdesk available
summer 2017
FAQ updated
as needed

5. Checklists Article 12 and Article 17 checklists
Revised Art 17 checklist
May 2017
Revised Art 12 checklist
July 2017
Consultation of the reporting checklists with the EG
summer 2017
Revised checklists
spring 2018
Further changes possible but ideally before
end 2018

6. Pressures and threats, measures and other codelists
Lists of pressures and threats and of conservation measures
Written comments by NADEG and EG reporting
May 2017
Final list (final codelist plus draft definition)
July 2017
Revised lists with revised descriptions
October 2017
Definitions (and crosswalks) finalised
end 2017
Other codelists
Draft Art 17 codelists available on EEA webpage
summer 2017
Draft Art 12 codelists available on EEA webpage
October 2017
All codelists finalised
coming month

7. Technical specifications and IT tools
Technical documents related to reporting datasets
XML schemas
January 2018
Delivery manuals for tabular and GIS data
February 2018
Data validation (QAQC) rules
end 2018
IT tools and Central Data Repository (CDR)
Reporting tools (1st version) available for testing
autumn 2017
Version of tools for preparing the reports
spring 2018
Range tool
to be specified
CDR available for testing
end 2018

8. Reference material on reference portals Good practice examples
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 17 October 2017
Reference material on reference portals
Good practice examples
IT tools for Reporting

9. Reference portals and nature reporting helpdesk (1)
Reference portal for reporting under Article 12 of the Birds Directive:
Reference portal for reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive:
Nature reporting helpdesk

10. Reference portals and nature reporting helpdesk (2)

11. Reference portals and nature reporting helpdesk (2)

12. Reference portals and nature reporting helpdesk (2)

13. Checklists of habitat and species (1)
Revised Article 17 checklists
- comments from the members of EG during summer 2016; outcomes from later discussions with the EG reporting, recommended population units
Revised Article 12 checklists
- comments from the members of EG during summer 2016; outcomes from later discussions with the EG reporting; taxonomical/nomenclatural changes in volume 2 HBW–BirdLife checklist; results of preliminary checking of the listing of Annex I and Annex II/A and II/B species during non-breeding seasons

14. Checklists of habitat and species (2)
consultation over summer 2017
Article 12: check and complete listing of Annex I and Annex II
Article 17: complete population units; review use of occurrence categories
Article 12 comments: AT, BG, CZ, DE, ES, HU, IT, NL, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK, UK, Birdlife
(in summer 2016: AT, BG, EE, ES, FR, HR, IE, NL, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK)
Article 17 comments: AT, BG, CZ, DE, ES, HR, IT, NL, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK, UK
(in summer 2016: AT, BE, BG, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, HR, IE, IT, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, SI, SK, UK )
Next steps:
revised checklists will be available on the portals in 1st quarter of 2018;
further modifications possible, but the aim is to finalise the checklists prior to submission of reports, ideally by the end of 2018.
documents related to checklists will be updated as needed

15. Pressures and threats conservation measures
Final codelists of pressures and threats and of conservation measures from July 2017
- outcomes of discussions with EG reporting and with restricted group in March 2017 and
- outcomes of written consultation with NADEG and EG reporting in June 2017
Revised version from October 2017
revised descriptions of both pressures/threats and conservation measures
Next steps:
finalise the work on description and crosswalks by the end of 2018

16. Pressures and threats conservation measures

17. Pressures and threats conservation measures
Final codelists of pressures and threats and of conservation measures from July 2017
- outcomes of discussions with EG reporting and with restricted group in March 2017 and
- outcomes of written consultation with NADEG and EG reporting in June 2017
Revised version from October 2017
revised descriptions of both pressures/threats and conservation measures
Next steps:
Finalise the work on definitions and crosswalks by the end of 2018

18. List of population units
Summer 2017 consultation of the codelist
MS were requested to propose additions to the list of units
Proposed additions:
wintering individuals; number of map 2x2 km grids; relative units: abundance (number of individuals per unit of distance or area), density (number of individuals per unit of area or volume; catch per unit effort (CPUE)) , biomass (mass of individuals per unit of area) ooccurrence (proportion of sample plots with proven presence of the species)
Next steps:
Finalise the codelist in October 2017

19. Reference material on reference portals Good practice examples
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 17 October 2017
Reference material on reference portals
Good practice examples
IT tools for Reporting

20. Good practice examples
ETC is developing examples
DRAFT examples available on portals
FINAL examples published on portals
(pressures & threats, measures, habitat for species, FRV, population size )
MS are encouraged to contribute with the worked examples
Comments / suggestions by the EG reporting
1st check and comments by ETC
codelists
FAQs
(pressures & threats, measures, habitat for species, FRV, population size, structure and functions… )

21. Good practice examples
ETC is developing examples
DRAFT examples available on portals
FINAL examples published on portals
(pressures & threats, measures, habitat for species, FRV, population size )
MS are encouraged to contribute with the worked examples
comments suggestions by the EG Reporting
1st check and comments by ETC
codelists
FAQs
(pressures & threats, measures, habitat for species, FRV, population size, structure and functions… )
end 2017
early 2018
spring 2018

22. Reference material on reference portals Good practice examples
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 17 October 2017
Reference material on reference portals
Good practice examples
IT tools for Reporting

23. Reporting tool (1)
The work on the reporting tool is ongoing and the 1st test versions are expected in October 2017
The tool from the previous reporting will be re-used and adapted as needed.
Edit checklist
Add new report
Edit report
Compare reports
Import reports
Edit notes
Validate report

24. Reporting tool (2)
Tools used for the previous reporting will be adapted to match new formats
- adding new fields/section
updating fields and labels in the reporting - tool
- updating look-up tables
- upgrading MS Access tool to MS Office 2010 format (so the MS Access reporting tools will be functional with MS Windows 8- and 10)
- updating data validation (QAQC) rules

25. Reporting tool (3)
Some new or improved functionalities are foreseen (depending on timing and resources):
Enable importing data from the previous reporting round
Enable duplicating a report (full report or a region)
Improving filtering and orientation options (e.g. filter by unfinished reports, filter / order by species codes or taxonomical group, bring cursor back to last position )
Replace interactive QAQC with a user triggered
Extend function to compare two reports (highlighting differences),
Provide DOC/PDF export features for Access reports
Extend notes function (images, links) or statistics function

26. Codelists – look up tables (1)
The draft codelists for Article 17 report formats
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The draft codelists for Article 12 report formats
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Next steps:
Finalise the codelists in October 2017

27. Codelists – look up tables (2)
List of codes (codelist) to be used for reporting short and long-term trends in the Article 17 dataset
code
trend label from the Article 17 report format D
- Decreasing I
+ Increasing S
= Stable U
u Uncertain
Unk
x Unknown

28. Range tool
EEA plans to establish a service for the creation of range maps
range tool used for the previous reporting period is still functional

29. Delivery manuals and other technical documents
XML schemas will be available in January 2018
delivery manuals for both, descriptive and GIS data in February 2018
Central Data Repository (CDR) will be ready for testing in the last quarter of 2018
data validation rules (QAQC rules) will be available in the last quarter of 2018

30. Thank you for your attention!
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 17 October 2017
Thank you for your attention!