1. Welcome! David Stanners
This presentation is for a large extend inspired on the findings of the EEA's first indicator-based report on transport and environment (Are we moving in the right direction? Indicators on transport and environment integration in the EU - TERM-2000).
TERM-2000 and its executive summary can also be found on
Copies of the executive summary are available for the meeting participants.
David Stanners

2. IEA at the EEA Past developments, future prospects David Stanners
This presentation is for a large extend inspired on the findings of the EEA's first indicator-based report on transport and environment (Are we moving in the right direction? Indicators on transport and environment integration in the EU - TERM-2000).
TERM-2000 and its executive summary can also be found on
Copies of the executive summary are available for the meeting participants.
David Stanners

3. How does the EEA reach its objectives?
By providing a wide range of information and assessments of:
The state of the environment and trends
Pressures on the environment and the driving forces behind them
Policies and their effectiveness
Outlooks and scenarios……

4. EEA & IEA – the journey so far 1986-2006
From co-ordinating environmental data (CORINE ’86-’91) to policy relevant information (EEA)
From inconsistent national views to European pictures
From stand-alone “scientific” reports, to assessments synchronised with the EU policy process
From backward looking to forward thinking
From reliance on comprehensive assessments to increased use of targeted reports and core set of indicators
Towards a shared information system and spatial data infrastructure (INSPIRE compliant) for….
... modelling, natural capital & resource accounting..

5. Integrated assessment - major milestones
1995
1999
2005

6. Progress towards SO2 targets: 1980-2010 EEA (1995)
Progress towards SO2 targets: EEA (1995). Environment in the EU 1995

7. Progress towards municipal waste generation target: 1980-2000 EEA (1995). Environment in the EU 1995

8. The 1995 review on Integrated Environmental Assessment (NERI, RIVM et al)
Set the basis for:
DPSIR
Indicators
Data flows for integrated assessment modelling – DAFIA
EFIEA (European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment: )
EEA’s 1999 five-year SOER

9. Data Flow analysis for 1999 SOER

11. The 1999 Review EFIEA special session Cph, Nov ’99 : some general findings
Opportunities and limitations of EEA’s special (institutional) position and "boundary conditions”
Importance of specifically linking/targeting policy processes
Importance of dealing with uncertainty
Strengthen modelling and scenarios (introduce new approaches)
Distinguish and strengthen peer review and stakeholder invovement (review?)

12. Follow-up to EFIEA session: four studies
Integrated assessment methodology for air pollution and GHG (RIVM, IIASA, NTUA, ETCs AE and AQ)
Participatory integrated assessment methods (with F. Toth)
"Cloudy crystal balls", assessment of recent scenario studies (with ICIS/J. Rotmans et al.)
Scenarios as tools of IEA, identification of scenario building methods (with J. Alcamo)

15. EFIEA Special Session at EEA 31/11 – 1/12/1999
To review EEA's activities on IEA and to recommend future actions
Focus on ”Turn of the Century” report Three papers:
IEA at the EEA (C Gough)
Utilities of the sciece policy interface (M Fergusson)
Methodologies & techniques in IEA (C Hope)
Summary report (M Fergusson):
Form and content of future reporting
Scientific issues (uncertainty, scenario building,..)
Participation and communication
Future perspectives

16. GEA-EEA joint workshop 1-3 March 2001
GEA – analysing assessment experiences (5 years)
”Assessment” – social process linking knowledge and action
An assessments is more effective if:
Credible (Is it true?)
Salient (Is it relevant?)
Legitimate (Is it fair?)
Workshop focused on 3 themes (critical design choices) affecting these qualities:
Participation
Focus
Science-policy interface

17. Some findings from GEA workshop
Relation of institutional context and stage of issue development to policy recomendations....
Role of so-called ”boundary organisations” to improve effectiveness
Iterative processes
Narrowing the focus can be beneficial (not always obvious!)
Dangers in mixing fields with different degrees of maturity
Cultural and national differences in use of assessments
Allocate resources to monitor and assess processes
Need for some simple principles/guidebookfor practioners

18. Some next steps in IEA
Initiate Scenarios Task Force to coordinate activities at European level (with EC, countries, OECD, UNEP )
Organising the 2004 State & Outlook Report (scenarios, participation...)
Data flow analysis: tool for consistency and visualisation of IEA components (with RIVM and WRc) 

19. Data flow analysis for integrated analysis (Dafia)
A tool for exploring the required data flow for consistent IEA and prospective analysis
A tool for storing the (meta)data
A tool for visualising the input, flow and output, and manipulation (models) of data

20. Some conclusions Join forces, build network, build capacity
Target participation of stakeholders
Match rhythm of assessments with relevant policy cycles
Improve methodologies: scenario building, quality assured data, data flow analysis
Communicate/disseminate – spread knowledge & practice of IEA to our practioners and users in EIONET (involve policy ”users”) How?!
EFIEA’s role/responsibility?

21. Future challenges
Supporting the EU SD strategy & integration process - indicators
Science and governance debate changing approaches
Information to help ”operationalise” the precautionary principle, and to hear and respond to early warnings
The three ”Ts”: transport, tourism & territory
Agriculture
The enlargement