[Evaluation theme indicators.]

Abstract niet beschikbaarSince 1991 the Dutch government annually publishes environmental policy performance indicators for 6 of the 8 themes of the Dutch environmental policy, in the Environmental Program. As a follow up of the production of these theme-indicators in 1993, carried out by the Environmental Forecasting Bureau of the National Insitute of Public Health and Environmental Protection (RIVM), the indicators were evaluated. Main issues were the methodology, the need for data for the indicators and the update process. This report describes the results of this evaluation. A distinction is made between recommendations which will be implemented before the production proces in 1994 and future options. The future options will be subject to examination in 1994, as part of the process to develop indicators for the Environmental Outlook and the annual environmental evaluation, that will be published by RIVM for the first time in 1995 to support the publication of the Environmental program. The ultimate result must be a consensus between RIVM and the Directorate-General for Environmental Protection about the integration of the environmental policy performance indicators in the annual evaluation in 1995.DGM/SP DGM/DI