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partners address 23 projects from the current work programme, including ETC Marine
and Coastal Environment MW6-7, which is conducted under the leadership of ENEA,
Italy.
This ETC will convene “an inter-regional Forum to facilitate exchange and
possible integration of existing data and information produced by regional and
international organisations/conventions ... to improve working complementarities and
task-sharing.” (EEA Newsletter 9) It will also develop a range of data and data
products provided by national sources that can be used as indicators of the state of the
coastal environment and pressures on the environment.
A major output of the EEA’s activities is the forthcoming “Dobris+3 Report”, the
EEA’s second Pan-European State of the Environment report, first available in
September 1997, as input to the next Conference of European Environment
Ministers to be held in Denmark, June 1998. The Conference is being prepared by an
Ad Hoc Working Group of the UN’s Economic Council for Europe (ECE) Committee
on Environmental Policy (CEP). There is a main chapter on “Marine and Coastal
Environment” in the report now in preparation. Those members of the marine and
CZM research community engaged primarily in environmental monitoring and/or
climate change should be aware of this important document and be prepared to
comment on the early drafts.
In May 1997, the EEA also released its official position statement on Public
Access to Environmental Information that should be of interest to most of the research
community. (Hallo 1997) This document is important input to the larger debate now
taking place in regard to public access to GI collected by public agencies, and the
Commission’s own Green Paper on Access to Public Information. These issues are of
importance to all members of the research community.
Databases for the seven Topic ETCs (excluding the ETC “Catalogue of Data
Sources”) are available from the EEA’s Web server at URL http://www.eea.eu.int/.
Full annual work programme details, general information and newsletters can also be
found at this site, and information is also available on request from eea@eea.eu.int.
Initiatives from Non-EU Institutions
There are many initiatives sponsored by international organisations such as the UN or
international associations of research institutions. In this chapter, only certain
initiatives that focus primarily on pan-European marine or coastal areas will be
presented. A second chapter by the same author, also presented at this symposium,
will look at the more global programmes which include pan-European marine GI
coverage, but which do not focus exclusively on a European area.
R.A. Longhorn
partners address 23 projects from the current work programme, including ETC Marine
and Coastal Environment MW6-7, which is conducted under the leadership of ENEA,
Italy.
This ETC will convene “an inter-regional Forum to facilitate exchange and
possible integration of existing data and information produced by regional and
international organisations/conventions ... to improve working complementarities and
task-sharing.” (EEA Newsletter 9) It will also develop a range of data and data
products provided by national sources that can be used as indicators of the state of the
coastal environment and pressures on the environment.
A major output of the EEA’s activities is the forthcoming “Dobris+3 Report”, the
EEA’s second Pan-European State of the Environment report, first available in
September 1997, as input to the next Conference of European Environment
Ministers to be held in Denmark, June 1998. The Conference is being prepared by an
Ad Hoc Working Group of the UN’s Economic Council for Europe (ECE) Committee
on Environmental Policy (CEP). There is a main chapter on “Marine and Coastal
Environment” in the report now in preparation. Those members of the marine and
CZM research community engaged primarily in environmental monitoring and/or
climate change should be aware of this important document and be prepared to
comment on the early drafts.
In May 1997, the EEA also released its official position statement on Public
Access to Environmental Information that should be of interest to most of the research
community. (Hallo 1997) This document is important input to the larger debate now
taking place in regard to public access to GI collected by public agencies, and the
Commission’s own Green Paper on Access to Public Information. These issues are of
importance to all members of the research community.
Databases for the seven Topic ETCs (excluding the ETC “Catalogue of Data
Sources”) are available from the EEA’s Web server at URL http://www.eea.eu.int/.
Full annual work programme details, general information and newsletters can also be
found at this site, and information is also available on request from eea@eea.eu.int.
Initiatives from Non-EU Institutions
There are many initiatives sponsored by international organisations such as the UN or
international associations of research institutions. In this chapter, only certain
initiatives that focus primarily on pan-European marine or coastal areas will be
presented. A second chapter by the same author, also presented at this symposium,
will look at the more global programmes which include pan-European marine GI
coverage, but which do not focus exclusively on a European area.