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Summary of activities

  1. Strengthen the regular updating and production of high quality comparable environmental indicators, within the framework of SEIS and the UNECE set of environmental indicators, so that the Eastern Partnership countries are better able to respond to international indicator-based reporting obligations, including towards monitoring the SDGs, UN /UNECE conventions, and contribute to the “Environment for Europe” process (9 th Ministerial conference Nov 2021)

  • Biannual state of play the trends of the progress of availability and accessibility online the regional environmental indicators in the six Eastern Partnership countries. Online tool tracks the indicators accessibility with the contribution of the National Focal Points and National Assistants.

  • Template of the environmental indicator was developed to structure and build the environmental indicator according to international standards, incorporating conceptual and structural elements from UN FDES, UNECE Recommendations, EU Environmental Indicator Catalogue including relevant data flows, metadata, etc.

  • Guidance on Catalogue of Environmental Indicators for the Eastern Partnership countries was produced and proposed for national use and support the comparability and compatibility with the international and EU standards (based on the UN FDES and the methodology of the European Environmental indicators Catalogue).

  1. Collaboration with UNECE, UNEP, and other partners, produce and share environmental data and indicators that are compliant with international standards and formats that they agreed upon in the UNECE Working Group on Environmental Monitoring (WGEMA) and Assessments and UNECE Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators (JTF).

  • Review and update of the UNECE environmental indicators streamlining of state-of-the-environment reporting, SDG reporting and the production of the UNECE set of environmental indicators in the Eastern Partnership countries

  • Participation of Eastern Partnership countries in the UNECE events to develop their institutional capacities on environmental reporting (18/19th Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment session and the 13/14/15th Joint Task Force sessions and 4/5 Seminars on SEEA).

  1. Support the regular reporting process on the environment in the Eastern Partnership countries according to international standards, incorporating conceptual and structural elements from the SOER2015 model and available tools of the EEA and Eionet best practices to produce the environmental assessment reports (state-of-the-environment reports, indicator-based assessments and thematic assessments) and contribute to the “Environment for Europe” process (9 th Ministerial conference Nov 2021) in a sustainable way.

  • Biannual state of play the trends of the progress of availability and accessibility online the environmental assessment reports in the six Eastern Partnership countries. Online tool tracks the accessibility of the reports with the contribution of the National Focal Points and National Assistants.

  • Study of the effectiveness and relevance for policymaking and public information of recent environmental assessments in the Eastern Partnership countries. The results are summarised into the six-country and regional synthesis working papers. They are the basis for building road maps and strategies to develop further the environmental reporting process in the region and six eastern countries.

  • Survey “SOER 2020 one-pager” to collect facts and figures on the National State of environment report and additional information from the six eastern countries for analysis of their regularity and periodicity of the SOER production according to their national legislation, regulation and administrative control.

  • Suite of derived analytical products of different natures for the six eastern countries were developed and published such as the Country Briefings on the State of the Environment Report, the regional Brochure on the environment, thematic leaflets for policymaking and awareness-raising.

  1. Methodological support in the production of the environmental assessment reports and indicator-based assessments aligned with the European best practices, methods, and tools. The Guideline and Template for the preparation of governmental reports on the state of the environment have been developed to strengthen the national reporting process at the country level. The guiding report is in digital and interactive formats.

  1. Transfer of EEA and EU know-how on environmental reporting via vocational training with the EEAcademy ENI Summer Schools and Eionet partners in using policy-relevant and knowledge-based analytical tools. Didactic materials for the training have been developed.

  1. Creation of the networks of experts in environmental assessments and accounting. These experts are involved in project activities and their implementation at the country level. They are targeted by vocational training.

  1. Regional events and country visits presenting key findings, good practices, and hand-on data for in-depth training on SOER and indicators to ensure regular production and regularity in environmental reporting.

  1. Visualization and popularisation of project activities on environmental assessments and indicators were published and presented in various communication products and platforms.

  • UNSD News Letter Issue 43, Issue 44, issue 46.

  • EEAcademy Summer School ENI SEIS on Integrated Environmental assessments released a Video produced with support from COM.

  • Participation in the UNECE WGEMA and UNECE JTFEIS events.

  • Dedicated web site page that has a knowledge repository to visualize environmental assessments and indicators activities with continuous updates.

  • These activities were featured in the project’s newsletters and thematic leaflets with the support from the communication officer.