Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

Figure 11.16. 
EEA 
member countries and 
cooperating countries

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ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION, DEVELOPMENT:  THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN
In February 2008, the European Commission proposed to 
establish a European Shared Environ mental Information System 
(SEIS)  –  a  web-based  system  where  public  information  providers 
share environ mental data and information. SEIS will bring together 
existing  data  flows  and  information  related  to  EU  environ mental 
policies and legislation and make it easily accessible to both policy-
makers and citizens. A major challenge will be to develop SEIS as a 
platform for two-way communication, enabling users to upload and 
share information.
Over the coming years, EEA and Eionet will work together with 
the European Commission and other stakeholders to implement SEIS. 
It will be done by building on existing reporting systems and tools 
(Reportnet), initiatives related to e-Government, the Infrastructure 
for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE), Global Monitoring for 
Environ ment and Security (GMES) and the Global Earth Observation 
System of Systems (GEOSS).
The  EEA  Management  Board  consists  of  one  representative  of 
each of the member countries, two representatives from DG Environ-
ment and DG Research of the European Commission and two scientific 
experts designated by the European Parliament. Among its tasks, the 
Management  Board  adopts  the  EEA’s  work  programmes,  appoints 
the Executive Director and designates the members of the Scientific 
Committee. The Committee is the advisory body on scientific matters 
to the Management Board and the Executive Director.
The Executive Director is responsible to the Manage ment Board 
for implementing the work programmes and for the day-to-day 
running of the EEA.
The  EEA  organises  its  activities  in  yearly  work  programmes, 
overarched  by  a  five-year  strategy  and  multiannual  work 
programme. The current strategy covers the period 2009-2013.
The information provided by the EEA comes from a wide range 
of sources. A network of national environ mental bodies was set up 
to work with the EEA – the European environ mental information 
and  observation  network  (Eionet)  –  which  involves  over  300 
institutions across Europe. The EEA is responsible for developing the 
network and coordinating its activities. To do this, EEA work closely 
with national focal points (NFPs) – typically national environ ment 
agencies or environ ment ministries in member countries. They 
are responsible for coordinating the activities of Eionet at national 
level. The main tasks for the national focal points are to develop 
and maintain the national network, identify national information 
sources, capture and channel data and information from monitoring 
and other activities, help the EEA analyse the information collected 
and  assist  in  communicating  EEA  information  to  end-users  in 
member countries.

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Other important partners and sources of information for the 
EEA  are  European  and  international  organisations,  such  as  the 
Statistical  Office  (Eurostat)  and  the  Joint  Research  Centre  (JRC) 
of the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Environ ment 
Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 
and  the  World  Health  Organization  (WHO).  The  EEA  cooperates 
closely with these organisations in producing information and 
assessments for its clients and target groups.