Long abstract
Assessing Environmental Health Problems in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS : The Role of Data and Indicators
In May 1997, OECD and WHO?s European Centre for Environment and Health (ECEH, Bilthoven, Netherlands) organised a Workshop on Environmental and Environmental Health Information to Support NEAPs and NEHAPs: Using Data and Indicators. The meeting brought together environment and health experts from ministries and agencies in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS). It resulted in strengthened co-operation between health and environment policy-makers and between officials on information systems and those working on policy development. This document presents the key papers discussed at the workshop. The papers presented follow the four main themes of the workshop: using information to set NEAP and NEHAP priorities; using indicators to monitor NEAP and NEHAP progress; using economic data and valuation techniques; and improving environmental and environmental health information systems. |
