PRTR operation - Data dissemination and access
Data should be made available to the public as it is a core element of a PRTR system; stakeholders will need access to PRTR data in order to use and benefit from the information contained in a PRTR system.
In approaching ways to disseminate data to the public, it is useful to think of:
- Products: Ways to present PRTR data, and
- Mechanisms: How PRTR data and information are conveyed to stakeholders.
For a cost-effective management scheme, you may wish to implement the next sub-element (Products) or choose another element from the Management scheme elements list.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- OECD: Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs): A Tool for Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development - Guidance Manual for Governments (1996)
- OECD: Recommendation of the Council on Implementing Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers1996 (2003)
- OECD: Guidance on Elements of a PRTR: Part I (2014)
- OECD: Guidance on Elements of a PRTR: Part 2 (Not Yet Available)
- UNITAR and IOMC: Implementing a National PRTR Design Project: A Guidance Document (1997)
- UNITAR and IOMC: Designing the Key Features of a National PRTR System, UNITAR Guidance Series for Implementing a National PRTR Design Project, Supplement 2 (1997)
- OECD: Presentation and Dissemination of PRTR Data: Practices and Experiences - Getting the Words and Numbers Out (2000)
- OECD: Uses of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Data and Tools for their Presentation: A Reference Manual (2005)
- OECD: Application, Use and Presentation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) Data (2013)
- UNITAR, UNEP, and GEF: Final Meeting of the Steering Committee for the GEF Medium-sized project on “POPs Monitoring, Reporting and Information Dissemination using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)” (2012)