EUROSTAT
Directorate E: Agriculture and environment statistics; Statistical cooperation
Unit E3: Environment statistics /
Doc. ENV/ACC/WG/01 (2007)
Original in EN
Point 1 of the agenda
Draft Agenda – point 1 of the agenda
Eurostat – Unit E3
Working Group "Environmental Accounts"
Joint Eurostat/EFTA group
Meeting of 7 and 8 May 2007
BECHBuilding – Room Quetelet
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Draft agenda7-8 May 2007
Monday7 May2007Chairman: Rainer MUTHMANN / BECH building – Room Quetelet
Begin: 10:00
10.00 – 12.30
1 / Welcome address and adoption of the agenda
The country representatives and the participants from the UN Statistical Division, the OECD, the DG Environment and the European Environmental Agency will be welcomed.The agenda will be adopted. / ENV/ACC/WG/01 (2007)
2 / Minutes of last Environmental Accounting meetings / ENV/ACC/WG/02 (2007)
3 / Introductory remarks from other institutions
- DG ENV & EEA
- UN & OECD
Coffee break
4 / Environmental Accounting at Eurostat
4.1 Working Strategy on Environmental Accounting at Eurostat
How to cooperate with other partners on Environmental Accounting with a view on future priorities, method development, data dissemination, guidance manuals and MS trainings
For discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/03 (2007)
4.2"Environmental Accounts - state of play of recent work"
Preliminary results on the above mentioned study and an inventory of the activities on Environmental Accounts in the European Countries.
For information / Presentation
5 / Report from the TF on the European Strategy on Environmental Accounting (ESEA) 15-16 March 2007
Recommendations and mandate for approval by the WG
For information and discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/04 (2007) (draft minutes
and mandate)
6 / Report from the TF on Environmental Impact (EnvImp)
20 April 2007
Recommendations and mandate for approval by the WG
For information and discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/05 (2007) (draft minutes
and mandate)
Lunch 12.30 – 14.15
14.15 – 17.15
7 / Report from the London Group (LG) meeting on Environmental Accounts in Pretoria, South Africa 26-30 March 2007
The Working Group will be informed about the discussion on the revision of the SEEA-2003 handbook in order to upgrade it to a UN international statistical standard.
For information / Presentation
8 / Communicating and using Environmental Accounts
EU-broader use of environmental accounts, more efficient and effective use for policy preparatory work, communicate better
8.1 Presentation of the Eurostat website on Environmental Accounting
Eurostat has developed a website on Environmental Accounting containing information on meetings, publications, methods, data, news, guidance manuals and country reports.
For information and discussion / Presentation
8.2International experience
Partner institutions(UNSD, DG ENV, EEA and OECD) are asked to present their experiences/problems with and recommendation for promoting the Environmental Accounts.
For discussion / Leaflet
8.3 Environmental Accounts and Indicators
The environmental accounts' contribution to environmental indicators, but falls short of a complete list of indicators or a recommended set. Expected contributions with illustrations from countries. Discussion of a more coherent treatment of indicators.
For discussion / Presentation
Coffee break
9 / Data Centres on Natural Resources and Products (Integrated Product Policy - IPP)
Presentation of the status quo of the running pre-study on Environmental Data Centres.
For information / Presentation
10 / Water Accounts
Cooperation between Eurostat, DG ENV & EEA on water Accounts and Statistics.
For information and discussion / Presentation
11 / Forests Accounts
A questionnaire via Eurostat standard tables for Integrated Environmental Accounting for Forests (IEEAF) will be sent to countries in 2007.
For information / Presentation
End of 1st day 17:15
Tuesday 8 May 2007
Chairman: Rainer MUTHMANN / BECH building – Room Quetelet
Begin: 09:30
09.30 – 12.30
12 / Material Flow Accounts
12.1 Work from the MFA Task Force
For information / ENV/ACC/WG/06 (2007) (minutes)
12.2 Presentation of the MFA questionnaire and the accompanying guide for beginners
The questionnaire will be sent out after approval of the WG and contains these parts of MFA standard tables which enable a satisfyingrate of return
For information and discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/07 (2007)
12.3 ESTAT MFA Work programme 2007
- Meetings / TF / Trainings
- Questionnaires
- Data sets in ENVSTAT/New Cronos,
- Co-operation with OECD
- Other International Cooperation: SEEA, London Group, UNCEEA
- Grants and Contracts
For information and discussion / Presentation
12.4 Joint publication with OECD
For information and discussion / Presentation
Coffee break
13 / NAMEA Air emissions
13.1Presentation of first results from the questionnaire 2006 and estimation methods
For information and discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/08 (2007)
13.2 Publications
SIF and reports
For information and discussion
13.3 Dissemination
Presentation of data available on New Cronos
For information / Presentation
Lunch 12.30 – 14.15
14.15 – 17.00
13.4 Quality improvement
Discussion on the different approaches for compiling the air emission accounts
For information and discussion / ENV/ACC/WG/09 (2007)
13.5 NAMEA compilation guide
For information
13.6Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts
for Tradeable Carbon Dioxide Emission Permits
How to account for the Emission Permits in the National Accounts and the Environmental Accounts. Countries are asked to contribute their opinion on the issues in light of the recent developments in the revision of the SNA and the discussions in the London Group.
For information and discussion / Presentation
Coffee break
14 / Outlook on the WG on Environmental Protection Expenditures 22-23 May 2007
Final draft of the handbook on Government and specialised producers - data collection JQ 2006 on Environmental Protection Expenditure and Revenues - Presentation of proposed standard tables on Environmental industry and a draft compilation guide - Presentation of data collection 2006 Environmental taxes – allocated to industries
The points will be presented to the WG on Environmental Protection Expenditures for final discussions and approval.
For information / Presentation
15 / Grants 2007
For information / Presentation
16 / Any other business
End of 2nd day 17:00