Palestinian Environmental Information System November, 2013
Historical Background Steps in developing the PEIS PEIS and ENPI SEIS Achievements What is Next? And When Challenges & System Sustainability Contents
2004 establishment the steering committee for the development of environment and natural resources statistics 2008 – restructure of the SC into the national team for the development of environmental and natural resources statistics – Joining ENPI SEIS project 2011– Rename the national team into the national team for developing the Palestinian Environmental Information System – Start preparation for the PEIS Historical Background
PEIS and ENPI SEIS National PEIS Internation al ENPI SEIS ContentInfrastructure Institutional Cooperation
Content -6 thematic Workgroups - List of indicators - Factsheets Factsheets -Data assessment (availability and coverage) - 6 indicators -3 Levels (National, Hydrological Basin & Coastal Cities Infrastructure Organize databases and services Reportnet tool Institutional Cooperation - Establishment of a national team -MoU -Creation of statistical units in ministries -Training of ministries -EEA -UNEP MAP -Plan Bleu ….. Others Steps in developing the PEIS
Development of PEIS and relation to ENPI SEIS Governmental bodies (PCBS, EQA,PWA, MoH, MoA, MoLG,MoT, MoNE, MoP). NGO’s (ARIJ, MAS, PHG). Universities and private sector. Members To Establish and develop PEIS Task Thematic Workgroups The National Team of PEIS Water & wastewater Solid Waste Air Quality Land Use Climate & Energy
indicatorsMinistryYear Annual Meteorological TablesMinistry of Transport2009 Local Community SurveyMinistry of Local Governance2010 SOER, SD reportEnvironmental Quality Authority2012 Environmental survey for education sector Ministry of Education2008 Environmental survey for health care centers Ministry of Health2008 Annual water tablesPalestinian Water Authority2011 MoU
Thematic groups within the national team Populating the environmental indicators Data assessment (availability and coverage) Factsheet for each indicator Develop common content
ServicesData Bases Department of Users ServicesAccelerated Data program (ADP) v4/index.php/catalog Statistics via PCBS website 507/default.aspx Public Use File t.aspx t.aspx Annual User Producer DialoguePALINFO CENSUSINFO Data sharing – Data Bases and services
EQA : Environmental Monitoring IS PWA: Water Information System Data sharing – Data Bases and services
ENPI SEIS projects was introduced in suitable time and performed as a booster for the efforts for the National Team of Development of PEIS. Two National workshops where held under ENPI SEIS activities (may 2011 and April 2013). Participating in a regional training workshop on PRTR. The third workshop to be held soon (PRTR Pilot). ENPI SEIS Activities in Palestine
As a result of the ENPI SEIS activities: Selection of a set of chosen indicators according to the national priorities to be as a pilot in the PEIS factsheet for each indicator factsheet for each indicator Populating the environmental indicators Tools for sharing and dissemination Requested Data Submitted to ENPI SEIS project in time. Achievements
Outlook
1st Stage: 1 st half 2014 Defining the environmental indicators to be included. Data collection by manual methods. Formatting the data with PEIS required format. The output of this stage is a pilot PEIS using Palinfo System. 2 nd stage: 2 nd half 2014 Data flow automation. Data specifications of exchanged data. Specifying roles of Authorities. Data exchange procedures and manuals. What is Next? And When
Data exchange tools/modules to be developed Coordination Agreement about the system hosting Procedures, and manuals (who do what) The requirements
Challenges & System Sustainability Challenges: Data exchange tools/modules to be developed : Help may be needed here. Coordination Agreement about the system hosting. Procedures, and manuals (who do what). Timeliness of data delivery by partners. Data availability. System Sustainability: The National team agreed to include the plans of System updating and maintenance within their annual plans.
Useful links websiteMinistry central Bureau of Statistics ex.php?p=home Environment Quality Authority Water Authority do Palestinian Meteorological
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