1. Environmental Information System in Hungary
GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Environmental Information System in Hungary
BOZÓ Pál Director, GRID Budapest

2. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Hungary at a glance
Area of the country, km ,030
Number of population, thousands (2004) ,102
GDP growth (2003), 2002=100 % ,4
Per capita income at current prices (2003), EUR/ year ,231
Contribution to GDP (2002), %
agriculture
industry and construction
trade, tourism, transport
other services

3. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Public Administration of Environment
Deputy State Secretary
for Environmental Protection,
for Nature Conservation,
for Water
for Law and Administration
for Economical regulations and Budget
12 Environmental Inspectorate, „green” authority
12 Water Directorate
10 National Park
VITUKI
OMSZ

4. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Environmental Information System
what is it good for? It helps to formulate environmental policy, Gives background for legislation Helps to enforce legal acts and orders
Ensures public access to the information

5. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
What was the situation at the beginning ?
out of date legal regulation not harmonized data-collection separate databases

6. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Answers for the challenges:
Legal
Organizational
Methodological

7. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Answer 1: new legal framework Act
on the General Rules of Environmental Protection (1995)
on Nature Conservation (1996)
on Regional Development & Regional Planning (1996)
on Housing and Construction (1997)
on Waste Management (2002)
National Environment Program (1997, 2003)
National Concept of Regional Policy (1997)
National Regional Development Program (2003)

8. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
MoEW Information Centre, (GRID-Budapest) - NFP
Institutes belonging to the MoEW
Other ministries & institutes
International co-operation (EEA, OECD, UNEP)

9. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Working together:
Governmental institutions>>>>>>by law
Private companies>>>>>>>>>>>>by contract
What kind of data we have?
KIKERES (Meta-database of Hungarian government)
GEMET (Thesaurus of EEA)

10. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Decision makers, public
EuroStat
EuroStat EC EC
EEA
EEA
OECD
OECD
UNEP
UNEP DG DG
ETC
ETC DG DG
NRC
NRC
NFP and National Authorities

11. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Decision makers, public
EuroStat EC
EEA
OECD
UNEP DG
ETC DG
EIONET
Server
NRC
NFP and National Authorities

12. National reference centers Other institutions
GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
European environment information and observation network (EIONET)
About 300 national institutions
National focal points
European topic
centers
National reference centers
Other institutions

13. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water

14. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Answer 3: Standardized identification system
KTJ = Object number
KÜJ = Customer number

15. Connection between KTJ and KÜJ
GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Connection between KTJ and KÜJ
KTJ
KÜJ
attributes
attributes
type
type
Parent objects
predecessors
Status sign

16. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
The ”Soul” of NEIS: Environmental Basic Registry (EBS)
Its Aim:
The main goal of EBS is to ensure a common basis and background to the storage of data which are required and used by many sub-systems.
Thus it can fulfill the following tasks:
Uniformly registers common core data, which are independent of sub-systems
Integrates the data on client, object and material of the sub-systems into a single data base. It identifies them nationally, independently of sub-systems. (KTJ, KÜJ,)
Provides a variety of usage of data collections, which are with differing objectives and effective environmental protection management
Ensures the possibility of an effective cooperation between different sub- systems
The sub-systems get the basic data from here

17. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
The Current Sub-Systems of NEIS
Groundwater Registry System (FAVI)
Information System for Remediation (KÁRINFO)
Water Quality Damage Prevention Information System (VIKÁR)
Communal Solid Waste Depo Registry System (LANDFILL)
Clean Air Protection Data Sheet Registry Information System (LAIR)
Official Decisions Registry System (HNYR)
Registry System (IR)
Waste Management Information System (HIR)
Under development: IPPC Information System

18. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Web server
Internet Map Server
Map query
Result
result
SQL query
Database Server

19. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Status of GRID Budapest:
Incorporated in the Ministry’s Dept. of Informatics
Advantage: financial security
Disadvantage: no flexibility

20. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water

21. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Main Activity of GRID Budapest in :
SoE report on mini CD
Host the KEO kick-off meeting
Exhibition at the Ministerial Conference

22. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
Main Activity of GRID Budapest in :
Participation in the launch of CLC 2000
Launch „geo”website for the MoEW
Preparation of new website for GRID Budapest

23. GRID Budapest Ministry of Environment and Water
“A future feature will or should be integration where the so far partial solutions, activities will become interconnected without harming the necessary professional depth of each detail. In the same way, integration relates to the gradual connection of possibilities which are offered by informatics. Thus, a gradual shift should be made from registry via analysis towards the support of decision making.”
(Ministry of Environment and Regional Policy,
Information Strategy, 1993)