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1. Review and provide comprehensive comments on
the AEIN implementation guidelines.
2. Undertake an assessment, using guidelines provided by UNEP, of
the status of Environment information systems and networking
activities in the country, including existing institutional
capacities and identify capacity as well as awareness raising needs.
3. Organize a national start-up workshop involving all the key
stakeholders in environment information management in the country to
get consensus on AEIN implementation at the national level. The
implementation guidelines provided by UNEP will be the key resource
material.
4. Prepare a national AEIN implementation plan and submit it to the
Center for Environment and development for Arab Region & Develop (CEDARE),
the UNEP Collaborating Centre in the region, for peer review.
5. Establish a national implementation structure for AEIN consisting
of a national node (or secretariat) supported by technical
committees and working groups in accordance with the guidelines
provided.
6. Establish and provide a comprehensive database (using Microsoft
Access or similar tools) of national and or international
institutions which collect environmental data in Egypt.
7. Establish a national website for environmental information, with
links to other websites of core environmental data producers and
also ensure that the information in the database mentioned above (6)
is also available on the website.
8. Provide a brief report on the state and process of environmental
assessment and reporting in the country.
9. Produce a National Environment Outlook report.
10. Document the impacts, lessons (positive and negative) learnt at
every stage of AEIN and AEO implementation at the national level.
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1. Undertake to fill the data gaps
(City, sub-national and national) identified during the assessment
done by your institution during the pilot phase of AEIN, of the
status of Environment information systems (EIS); environmental data
and information needs, availability and gaps in Egypt.
2. Further to the above, and using the AEO-Environment Information
System toolkit developed within the AEIN framework, populate the
database with the findings of the assessment and data gaps filled
using format(s) agreed upon by the AEO Data Working Group (AEO-DWG).
3. Collate and aggregate data identified within the AEIN process and
during the national integrated environment assessment and reporting
process and prepare a comprehensive compendium of environmental data
(with clear details of data gaps if any) for Egypt. The compendium
will contain statistics, satellite data, etc.
4. Prepare an inventory and a comprehensive listing on the
environmental data and indicators for integrated environmental
assessment and reporting in Egypt.
5. Strengthen the national implementation structure for AEIN
consisting of a national node (or secretariat) supported by
technical committees and working groups in accordance with the
guidelines provided by UNEP and ensure that national level
environment information network strategy, concepts, and
implementation in Egypt are taken on board and internalized in your
institutional structure to facilitate sustainability and ownership
of the networking concepts.
6. Identify two (2) sites in Egypt where there has been significant
environmental change(s) over the last 20-30 years for inclusion into
the Atlas of Africa's Changing Environment. Egypt will also provide
some ground photos, maps, satellite images if any. Further to this
prepare write-up/narrative/story of 200 words on what and why these
changes are/have taken place.
7. Prepare one (1) national fact sheet (using illustration such as
graphics and the satellite data, etc) on AEIN implementation, major
environmental issues, trends, emerging environmental issues etc in
Egypt, for distribution at strategic meetings, conferences, etc
based on the findings of environmental assessment and reporting
process in Egypt.
8. Link with the Africa Network of Environment Journalists (ANEJ)
focal point in Egypt and working closely with the national chapter
of ANEJ, facilitate the work of ANEJ in Egypt to track major
environmental issues, trends and emerging issues in Egypt and to
prepare two (2) electronic newsletters on major environmental
issues, trends and emerging issues in Egypt.
9. Based on the findings of the integrated environmental assessment
and reporting in Egypt, prepare a country profile for Egypt.
10. Update the national website for environmental information and
publish the electronic versions of, listing of the environmental
data and indicators; the environmental data compendium; fact sheets
and national newsletter on major environmental issues, emerging
environmental issues in Egypt.
11. Collect data and information during AEIN implementation and
prepare a comprehensive report for submission to UNEP on the lessons
learnt, results and impact of both the pilot phase and well as the
AEIN implementation process in Egypt during this period. |
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