Task Force on Access to Information
Electronic information tools: case studies
The Task Force on Access to Information is interested to collect case studies on electronic information tools to share relevant information, experiences and good practices. The template for the submission of case studies is available here. Please send the case studies to the Aarhus Convention secretariat (public.participation[at]un.org).
Please note that Electronic Information Tools (EIT) Case Studies are being migrated to the Aarhus Clearinghouse in the course of 2024-early 2025. This migration will improve case studies searchability and integration with other resources.
| Party & stakeholder | Electronic Information Tools | Brief description | Case Study | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-GOVERNMENT AND OPEN DATA INITIATIVES | ||||
| Austria | Electronic Data Management (EDM) Environment Austria |
eGovernment application EDM standardizing and simplifying cooperation between companies and the authorities with regard to the implementation of legal obligations in the field of environmental protection |
PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Austria | Data.gv.at | The central Austrian OGD-metadata catalogue, providing the „single point of contact“ to the European Data Portal (http://www.europeandataportal.eu/) | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Bulgaria | Open Data Portal of Bulgaria | Open Data portal containing at least 335 environmental data sets in open, machine-readable format, appropriate for re-use | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Greece | Diavgeia | e-Government and Open Government Data portal | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Slovakia | Environmental Metainformation system | 2nd generation of Information System aimed at ensuring the availability of all necessary information and to support activities for the establsihment, operation and further development of e-Government within the Ministry of Environment | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| ELECTRONIC PUBLIC RECORDS | ||||
| Norway | Electronic Public Records - EInnsyn | A joint publishing system which allows public bodies and the municipality of Oslo to publish public records online | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| SPECIALIZED ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION PORTALS | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish Region) | Environment Report Flanders | Portal with a web-based description, analysis and assessment of the environment in the Flemish region | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Belgium (Walloon Region) | Portal on the state of the environment in the Walloon Region | Portal presenting more than 150 socio-economic and environmental indicators regularly updated. They provide an overview of the state and evolution of the environment in the Walloon region: air, water and soil quality, biodiversity, environmental pressures and impacts for several key issues. | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| France | Portal "Tout sur l’environnement" | Portal providing a centralized and organized access to environmental information | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Ireland | Ireland's Environment web resource | Website providing the public and decision-makers with regularly updated information on key environmental indicators | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Slovakia | Enviroportal | Portal providing a centralized and organized access to environmental information | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | ||||
| European Environment Agency | Reportnet 3.0 | The modern reporting tool for national data submission towards the European Union climate and environment legislation | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| REPORTS ON THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT | ||||
| France | Report on the state of the environment | Web-based report on the state of the environment in France with data, figures and maps | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Kazakhstan | Report on the state of the environment | Online interactive version of the 2016 and 2017 edition of the national report on the state of the environment in Kazakhstan | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | App of the “Environmental Profile of Spain report” | The Environmental Profile of Spain 2014, indicator based report prepared by the National Focal Point of the European Environment Agency in Spain | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| CLIMATE CHANGE and AIR QUALITY RELATED INFORMATION | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish region) | Climate Portal | Portal with all scientific information on the main issues regarding climate change in in the Flemish region: heat stress, flooding, sea level rise, draught and the overall state of the climate. The portal provides interactive maps, statistical downscaling of climate scenarios in the Flemish region, thematic information, climate policy plans and adaptation instruments | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Belgium (Walloon Region) | Air&Climate Portal | Portal provides public access to information about legislation, media and tools linked to air quality and climatic matters |
PDF (E) |
2019 |
| Belgium (Walloon Region) | Air Quality and Air Quality Wallonie Portals | Portals provide access to public access to information about atmospheric pollutants: (i) Measurements of concentrations of atmospheric pollutants; (ii) Index of air quality over Wallonia (hourly update); (iii) Follow-up to pollution peaks: information and alerts in case of excessive particles or ozone; (iv) Brief explanation about pollutants and networks of measurements; (v) documentation | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Georgia | Air Quality Portal | Portal providing live information from air quality monitoring stations, data of indicative measurements, daily, monthly and annual reports, information about emissions and sources of pollutants, Tbilisi state program on air protection, health recommendations related to air quality, general recommendations on air protection, main legislative acts, implemented activities, information about the monitoring network. | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| North Macedonia | National Air Quality Portal - Air Quality Viewer | Improved air quality data management and reporting system | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | Climate Change Scenarios Viewer | As part of the AdapteCCa platform (https://www.adaptecca.es/), a visualization tool for climate change scenarios for Spain , has been developed. This viewer allows to visualize and download data of the last generation of regional climate change projections for Spain |
PDF (E) |
2019 |
| Spain | Air Quality Viewer | This viewer, integrated into the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of the MAGRAMA, allows to consult the air quality information for the health protection at national level of certain pollutants | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| WATER INFORMATION SYSTEM | ||||
| Austria | Water Information System Austria (WISA) | Portal providing the collection and provision of the Water Management data using the already existing databases and establishment of an additional databases | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Belgium (Flemish region) | Water Portal | Interactive web-application, including geoportal. The Portal provides available and official geographical and temporal water information in the Flemish region. It comprises real time observations and forecasts of hydrological information (rainfall, river flow, water levels, etc.) of all major watercourses in the region, flood hazard and flood risk maps and all derived maps from the Flemish Hydrographic Atlas. | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | National Flood Zone Mapping System | The main goal of the national flood zone mapping system (SNCZI) is the cartographic viewer of flood zones, which allows all those interested to visualize the studies of delimitation of the Public Hydraulic Domain (DPH) and the studies flood mapping zones | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| SOIL AND GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS | ||||
| Austria | BORIS | Soil Information System, providing a webtool for data selection, download and a webGIS solution for data visualization about soil quality, profile description and analytical values combined with soil related maps |
PDF (E)
|
2016 |
| Belgium (Flemish region) | Soil and Subsurface Database (DOV) | Portal through which regional administrations of Flanders deliver (INSPIRE-compliant) Open Data, available for re-use, concerning geology, natural resources, soil, hydrogeology, geotechnical characteristics, groundwater and groundwater licenses. Geographical data is directly accessible through OGC webservices (WMS, WFS of WCS) and documented via metadata reachable via a catalog service (CSW) | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Poland | Central Geological Database | Collection of digital geological data linked to spatial data | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Poland | MIDAS | System of management and protection of mineral resources (deposits, mining areas, concessions, mineral resources management) | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH INFORMATION | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish Region) | Environmental and health information on transmitting antennas for mobile telephony, WIFI | Portal with integrated information on: radiation and health issues; standards and regulations on electromagnetic radiation in the Flemmish region; interactive map (GIS) with all existing transmitting antennas, including official attests; possibility to ask official radiation measure by the government | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| NATURE CONSERVATION, BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL PROTECTION INFORMATION | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish region) | Nature outlook 2050 | Nature Outlook 2050 is based on four different visions of the future regarding nature, which were previously developed for Europe, adapted to the Flemish context, with the help of a broad group of stakleholders | PDF (E) | |
| Belgium (Wallon region) | Portal on animals well-being | Portal on public services related to animals well-being | PDF (F) | 2019 |
| Poland | Central Register of Nature Protection Forms | Centralized unified reference source of information about protected objects and areas in Poland linked to geospatial data | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| Spain | Portal on natural heritage and biodiversity | Applications portal for the exchange of standardized information among Spanish public administrations in the field of natural heritage and biodiversity and access to non-sensitive information through the Ministry website for the public and other stakeholders. | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | Mailbox on issues related to the sustainability of the coast and the sea | Mailbox to which citizens can direct their queries on issues related to the sustainability of the coast and the sea | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT RELEASES AND TRANSFERS OF POLLUTANTS | ||||
| Canada | NPRI | Canada’s public inventory of releases, disposals and transfers | PDF (E) PDF (F) |
2020 |
| Kazakhstan | Pilot PRTR | Pilot online PRTR reporting system that displays a map of Kazakhstan with all entities that reported on pollutant releases and transfers | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | PRTR - ESPANA | Spanish register of emissions and pollutant sources | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| SPATIAL METADATA REGISTRY | ||||
| Slovakia | Spatial Data Registry | Information system providing the access and management of the metadata for the spatial data, dataset series and services for the whole Slovakia in the context of INSPIRE with outlook for synergies for eGovernment and Open Data activities and provision of the national discovery service | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL | ACCOUNTING | |||
| Austria | Environmental accounting | Website with information about methods, structure, legal basis, scope and applications of environmental accounts |
PDF (E) |
2016 |
| GOOD PRACTICE INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES ON BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | ||||
| Belgium (Walloon Region) | Portal dedicated to the waste reduction | Portal of the Walloon region aiming to raise awareness about waste reduction (to inform; to share good practices; to relay communication campaigns; to interact with the target audience; to connect (share useful links). | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Belgium (Wallon Region) | Agriculture Wallonie | The purpose of the site is to inform farmers and citizens about agriculture and the environment | PDF (F) | 2019 |
| Italy | GELSO - Local Management for Sustainablity | Project aiming at the dissemination of good practices for sustainability implemented at local level in Italy | PDF (E) | 2016 |
| ENVIRONMENT-RELATED INFORMATION ON PRODUCTS AND ACTIVITIES | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish Region) | Real Estate Passport | Building passport: an online consolidation of all available information about real estate by homeowners and appointed representatives, focusing on building permits, energy certificates, soil conditions, with specific suggested measures for more sustainable energy use and consumption (solar panels, etc.), insulation measurements for buildings, sustainable water management measures for buildings, removing asbestos, etc. | PDF (E) | |
| DECISION-MAKING RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT | ||||
| Belgium (Flemish Region) | Environmental permitting | Interactive information and web counter for public consultations, decisions and appeals regarding environmental permits | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Slovakia | Environmental Impact Assessment information system | Information system providing online access to EIA and SEA documentation | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| Spain | Procedures for the export of waste from Spain to third countries | Electronic procedures to apply for the shipment of waste from Spain to third countries | PDF (E) | 2019 |
| PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING THE PREPARATION OF EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION | ||||
| Armenia | Ecolex | Web-based e-participation portal to enable public participation in the process of elaboration of draft legal acts related to the environment | PDF (E) | 2016 |