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Improving Access to Environmental Information - the CEROI Programme
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2000
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Metropolis
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal in Norway has for several years been assisting countries in the creation of national State of Environment reports. Sustainable development in cities is of crucial importance for the development for the global environment. Cities Environmental Information on the Internet — the CEROI Programme was created in this context.
The CEROI Programme has been developed within the framework of Local Agenda 21. A sustainable local environment policy requires knowledge and easily accessible environmental information for politicians, administrators and the citizens. The CEROI Programme provides city authorities with an efficient tool to produce and present a report on the urban environment on the Internet.
It includes a template with standard indicators and tailor-made software for easy presentation of advanced maps, graphs, text and images on the Internet. The main objective of the CEROI Programme is to bring together a network of cities that want to make information about their environment available on the Internet in an easy-to-understand, well-structured and internationally comparable format. Through the CEROI network, cities can share their experience in the field of urban environmental management and compare information about the management of similar environmental problems around the world.
The SoE report should be used as a tool for steering development in cities in a sustainable direction. The city SoE template designed for the CEROI Programme recommends structure, priority issues and indicators. Additionally, a CEROI secretariat has been established at UNEP/GRID-Arendal to promote, develop and facilitate the network of CEROI cities.