Information Society Technologies
and the Environment in
Central and Eastern Europe
Related Activities
LEAPs
Many IST projects target local, regional and national authorities. Meanwhile, why not check out our summary table of local and regional government structure in the ten EU accession countries?Public Participation
Information Society Technologies help improve electronic access to environmental information, the latter called for under the recently signed and soon to be ratified "Aarhus" ' Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.' The Convention was signed in Denmark, June 1998 at the environmental ministerial conference. The Convention's implementation was reviewed during 6-7 December, 1999 at a workshop in Newcastle, UK and has also been examined by the REC's quarterly magazine, The Bulletin. Recent articles include:
- The Public Participation Convention and You (March 1998)
- Convention Opens Door to Public (January 1999)
- Access to Information - Czech Republic, Albania and Slovakia (January 1999)
- Implementing Aarhus (August 1999)
- New legislation on Public Access to Information - Bulgaria (August 1999), Estonia and Latvia (October 1999)
Bulletin
The REC's Bulletin has taken a close look at the impact of Telematics in Central and Eastern Europe in light of the above activities. One article has examined those applications that could have played a key role in recent summers flooding of the CEE region. In the Autumn-Winter 98 issue, it carried a feature on the CAPE project, and most recently in October 1999 examined the status of the environmental information society. These and other articles are referenced below:
- Telewhat? (Summer '98)
- Tele-predicting the floods (Summer '98)
- Enlarging the environmental information society
(Autumn-Winter '98)- Local environmental sources online (Autumn-Winter '98)
- Local information funds (Spring 1999)
- Information Becoming a Basic Green Right, (October 1999)
Any other questions concerning Information Society Technologies or requests for further information should be directed to:
Jerome Simpson |
Jean-Jacques Lauture
Telematics Environment - Liaison Office European Commission, DGXIII 29, Av. de Bealieu B-1160 Brussels, Belgium Tel: (32 2) 296-3591 Fax: (32 2) 296-2391 E-mail: Jean-Jacques.LAUTURE@cec.eu.int http://www2.echo.lu/telematics |
