task force on access to information 2 nd meeting the aarhus clearinghouse – overview of its use...
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Task Force on Access to information2nd meeting
The Aarhus Clearinghouse – overview of its use and recent activities Agenda item 4
Geneva17 December 2013
Aarhus Convention secretariathttp://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/
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Objective of the presentation
• Present basic statistics and usage patterns of Aarhus Clearinghouse
• Inform on current activities to increase use of Aarhus Clearinghouse
• Present ways to engage Parties and stakeholders in keeping Aarhus
Clearinghouse a living resource
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ACH has some 6.600 views annually, mainly from English speaking countries
Views by number and by country
6.612
Number of views (Nov 2012 – Nov 2013)
675
Number of views (11 Nov – 11 Dec 2013)
Up 7% from 1 year earlier
Up 18% from the same month 1 year earlier
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Note: Statistics on visitors per country are based on annual data (Nov 2012-Nov 2013).
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Views are to a great extent correlated with posting of News and Resources on ACH
Events driving the viewsPeriod displayed: 12 Oct – 12 Dec 2013Total number of views: 1225
News: U.N.'s Ban urges Russian leniency with Greenpeace activists
News: HS2 Bill is 'the worst Christmas present ever‘ (UK)
News: Basics statistics on usage of Aarhus Clearinghouse
News: Environment, forestry ministries snub press questions on third bridge (Turkey)
Resource: Aarhus video library
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Keeping the ACH a living resource requires continous engagement
Activities by the secretariat to increase use of ACH
• Providing administrative access to Parties and stakeholders
• Coordinating next upgrade of ACH
Linking ACH with social media
Regular posting of news & resources Maintenance of ACH
• Tweeting news & resources posted on ACH
• Using UNECE account (follow us on Twitter #AarhusConvention#PRTRProtocol)
• Actively looking for updates on news & resources…
• ...and posting them on ACH
Using modern communication tools – e.g. infographics
• Preparing infographics on ACH
• …driving viewership by linking them with social media
31 4
168
News posted in 2013 (vs 56 in 2012)
57
Resources posted in 2013 (vs 36 in 2012)
2
Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Finland, Armenia
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To increase ACH views, we strongly encourage Parties and stakeholders to subscribe to RSS feeds…
Subscribing to RSS feeds – applies for News and Resources
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…however, we need to do more than just increase the number of views
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Going forward, we would like to maintain ACH to be built in the ‘public participation’ spirit
Crowdsourcing – collaborative posting of News & Resources
Crowdsourcing - a way to keep the ACH alive and a truly collaborative tool
• ACH as the platform for information and resources related to public participation in environmental matters• Open for contributions from Parties and stakeholders•Crowdsourcing as a way to keep the ACH up to date and to strengthen the Aarhus Community•At present cca 95% of all contributions come the secretariat
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Contact details
Contact us to get know more on how to start contributing to ACH
public [email protected]
http://www.unece.org/env/pp/welcome.html
Aarhus Convention secretariatUN Economic Commission for EuropePalais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/