Data summarizing monitoring and evaluation for three European environmental policies in 9 cases across Europe
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Kerry A. Waylen, Kirsty L. Blackstock, Freddy J. van Hulst, Carmen Damian, Ferenc Horváth, Richard K. Johnson, Robert Kanka, Mart Külvik, Christopher J.A. Macleod, Kristian Meissner, Mihaela M. Oprina-Pavelescu, Joan Pino, Eeva Primmer, Geta Rîșnoveanu, Barbora Šatalová, Jari Silander, Jana Špulerová, Monika Suškevičs, Jan Van Uytvanck. Data summarizing monitoring and evaluation for three European environmental policies in 9 cases across Europe. Data in Brief 23 (2019), 103785, ISSN 2352-3409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103785
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| Title: | Data summarizing monitoring and evaluation for three European environmental policies in 9 cases across Europe |
| Author: | Waylen, Kerry; Blackstock, Kirsty; van Hulst, Freddy; Damian, Carmen; Horváth, Ferenc; Johnson, Richard; Kanka, Robert; Külvik, Mart; Macleod, Christopher J.A.; Meissner, Kristian; Oprina-Pavelescu, Mihaela M.; Pino, Joan; Primmer, Eeva; Rîșnoveanu, Geta; Šatalová, Barbora; Silander, Jari; Špulerová, Jana; Suškevičs, Monika; van Uytvanck, Jan |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Language: | en |
| Belongs to series: | Data in Brief 23 (2019), 103785 |
| ISSN: | 2352-3409 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103785 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/340695 |
| Abstract: | The data presented in this DiB article provide an overview of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) carried out for 3 European environmental policies (the Water Framework Directive, the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, and Agri-Environment Schemes implemented under the Common Agricultural Policy), as implemented in 9 cases (Catalonia (Spain), Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Scotland (UK), Sweden). These data are derived from reports and documents about monitoring programs that were publicly-available online in 2017. The literature on M&E to support adaptive management structured the issues that have been extracted and summarized. The data is related to the research article entitled “Policy-driven monitoring and evaluation: does it support adaptive management of socio-ecological systems?” [Stem et al., 2005]. The information provides a first overview of monitoring and evaluation that has been implemented in response to key European environmental policies. It provides a structured overview that permits a comparison of cases and policies and can assist other scholars and practitioners working on monitoring and evaluation. |
| Description: | Subject area: Environmental policy.
More specific subject area: Monitoring; evaluation; European Policy; Water Framework Directive; Natura 2000; Agri-Environment Schemes.
Type of data: Tables and text.
How data was acquired: Review and analysis of any publicly-available information on monitoring programs.
Data format: Summarized, analyzed.
Experimental factors: In 2017 the authors searched for publicly available about monitoring programs associated with 3 policy areas: the Water Framework Directive, Natura 2000 and Agri-Environment Schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy. Authors from each organization searched for information about monitoring in the country or region of the organization where they are based: Catalonia (Spain), Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Scotland (UK), Sweden. Internet searches of grey and academic literature were used: some authors also contacted policy contacts for advice about where this information could be found, but did not use any information that was not already publicly available.
Experimental features: Bibliographic information on the information sources was recorded (see reference list below), and each author team searched for and summarized information about monitoring and evaluation according to a standard template (see below).
Data source location: Catalonia (Spain), Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Scotland (UK), Sweden.
Data accessibility: All of the data are within this article.
Related research article: Companion paper to:
Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; van Hulst. F.; Damian, C.; Horváth, F.; Johnson, R.; Kanka, R.; Külvik, M.; Macleod, C.; Meissner, C.; Oprina-Pavelescu, M.; Pino, J.; Primmer, E.; Rîșnoveanu, G.; Šatalová, B.; Silander, J.; Špulerová, J.; Suškevičs, M.; Van Uytvanck, J. 2019. Policy-driven monitoring and evaluation: does it support adaptive management of socio-ecological systems? Science of the Total Environment, 662: 373–384 [2]. Value of the data • The data provide the first overview of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practices carried out by a selection European member states and regions, under 3 European environmental policies (the Water Framework Directive, the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, and Agri-Environment Schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy). • The data permit comparison across cases as well as across policies, and so provide a baseline for comparative studies. • The source of information used to describe monitoring in each case are provided, thus providing a baseline for researchers seeking more in-depth analyses. |
| Subject: |
environmental policy
Europe monitoring evaluation data policy supervision water protection water policy environmental effects environmental responsibility state of the environment environmental protection Water Framework Directive Natura 2000 networks Agri-Environment Schemes Common Agricultural Policy tracking Catalonia Spain Estonia Finland Flanders Belgium Hungary Romania Slovakia Scotland United Kingdom Sweden European European environmental policies |
| Subject (ysa): |
ympäristöpolitiikka
politiikka ympäristö Eurooppa monitorointi data arviointi valvonta seuranta vesiensuojelu vesipolitiikka ympäristövaikutukset ympäristövastuu ympäristön tila ympäristönsuojelu vesidirektiivi verkostot Katalonia Espanja Viro Suomi Flanderi Belgia Unkari Skotlanti Iso-Britannia Ruotsi eurooppalainen eurooppalainen ympäristöpolitiikka |
| Rights: | CC BY 4.0 |
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