Database of Natural Resources (UA0079)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Ukraine Action Plan 2018-2020
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Agro Policy State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources State Agency of Water Resources
Support Institution(s): Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Ecology, Open Environment Project of Open Society Foundation, USAID and UK aid-funded Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services Program/TAPAS, other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent)
Policy Areas
Access to Information, Anti-Corruption, E-Government, Environment and Climate, Extractive Industries, Open Data, Public Service DeliveryIRM Review
IRM Report: Ukraine Design Report 2018-2020
Starred: Pending IRM Review
Early Results: Pending IRM Review
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information , Technology
Implementation i
Completion: Pending IRM Review
Description
Updating the state registers/databases of natural resources, improving efficiency of their operation and use to create favourable conditions for running economic activities Nowadays, there is a plentiful of non-systematized materials and data on natural resources that are stored in hard copies. They should be stock checked, structured and digitized. This problem complicates publication of data in open data format and prevents data interaction and exchange between state environment registers and other state information resources. Actions Responsible Timeframe Partners Indicator 1. Stock checking of state registers of natural resources for digitizing Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Agro Policy State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources State Agency of Water Resources October – December 2018 – June 2018 Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Ecology, Open Environment Project of Open Society Foundation, USAID and UK aid-funded Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services Program/TAPAS, other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent) Report on stock checking and assessment of information registers of natural resources produced 2. Digitizing of information registers of natural resources Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Agro Policy State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources State Agency of Water Resources January 2019 – December 2020 Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Ecology, Open Environment Project of Open Society Foundation, USAID and UK aid-funded Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services Program/TAPAS, other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent) Information registers of natural resources digitized 3. Publishing state information registers of natural resources in open data format Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Agro Policy State Service of Geology January 2019 – December 2020 Reform Support Team at the Ministry of Ecology, Open Environment Project of Open Society Foundation, State information registers of natural resources are published in open data format; their consistency and integration to the system of e- 18 and Mineral Resources State Agency of Water Resources USAID and UK aid-funded Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services Program/TAPAS, other CSOs and international organizations (upon their consent) interaction of state e-information resources ensured Expected results of this activity are creating favourable conditions for economic activities through using and online access to state registers/databases of natural resources in open data format.
IRM Midterm Status Summary
10. Update the state registers of natural resources
Language of the commitment as it appears in the action plan: [86] Updating the state registers/databases of natural resources, improving efficiency of their operation and use to create favourable conditions for running economic activities
Nowadays, there is a plentiful of non-systematized materials and data on natural resources that are stored in hard copies. They should be stock checked, structured and digitized. This problem complicates publication of data in open data format and prevents data interaction and exchange between state environment registers and other state information resources.
Milestones:
- Stock checking of state registers of natural resources for digitizing
- Digitizing of information registers of natural resources
- Publishing state information registers of natural resources in open data format
Start Date: December 2018
End Date: December 2020
Context and objectives
Non-systematized materials and data on natural resources in Ukraine are mainly stored in hard copies, [87] or are not published in an open data format, which prevents exchange of information between state environment registers and other state information resources. According to an interviewed civil society representative, some agricultural and industrial actors pollute rivers and soil with chemicals, information about such pollution is limited, and the amount and quality of publicly available ecological data at each responsible agency is unknown. [88] Furthermore, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) employee [89] highlighted a current lack of technical capacity and financial resources to systematize and digitize the available information on the environment.
This commitment aims to update state registers and databases on natural resources and improve the efficiency of their operation. Each activity has indicators, which make this commitment verifiable. The disclosure of ecological data in digital format also makes this commitment relevant to the values of access to information and technology and innovation.
This commitment lays the foundation for Commitment 9 from this action plan, which aims to introduce the Open Environment System, by consolidating the available ecological registries and databases into a single database. As an interviewed representative from the Open Society Foundation Ukraine stated, current ecological databases include data only on specific projects with allocated funding and they are not updated after the projects are finished. [90] Indeed, as of July 2019, the latest open dataset of the MENR website is dated 14 July 2017, [91] and there are a total of 31 datasets. [92] Given the above-mentioned problems, this commitment could have significant economic potential, [93] with agribusiness for example being more aware about the quality of land and thereby able to make better data-driven decisions about profitable locations for obtaining licenses and investing funds in agricultural enterprise. Therefore, this commitment can be assigned a moderate level of potential impact.
Next steps
For this commitment to be successfully implemented, the MENR needs to apply a unified open data format for digitization of datasets. The data should be published in the Five Star Open Data standard to be re-usable. [94]
- MENR needs to take measures to actively communicate published datasets to end-users, such as ecological CSOs and agribusiness companies.
- To ensure interoperability, the registers need to feed into the Open Environment portal, from the linked commitment in this plan.
For the next action plan, MENR could aim for staff training for sustainable collection, processing, and publishing of these registries and databases. It is important to ensure that responsible officials understand open data and have the capacity to maintain datasets.
Commitments
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Infrastructure Data Portal
UA0070, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Open Standard for e-System
UA0071, 2018, E-Government
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Ensuring Openness and Transparency of Selling Public Assets and Property
UA0072, 2018, E-Government
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Transparency in Public Procurement (Prozorro)
UA0073, 2018, Access to Information
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Awarenss Raising About Social and Economic Development
UA0074, 2018, Aid
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e-Calls for Proposals to Support CSOs
UA0075, 2018, Civic Space
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Beneficial Ownership Registry
UA0076, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Anti-Corruption Training
UA0077, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Publishing Environmental Information
UA0078, 2018, E-Government
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Database of Natural Resources
UA0079, 2018, Access to Information
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Interactive Map of Mines
UA0080, 2018, E-Government
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Priority Electronic Services
UA0081, 2018, Citizenship & Immigration
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Online Platform for Executive Bodies and CSOs
UA0082, 2018, Civic Space
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EITI Online Data
UA0083, 2018, Access to Information
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Electronic Resources for Education
UA0084, 2018, Access to Information
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Online Verification of Education Certificates
UA0085, 2018, E-Government
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Free Access to National Repository for Academic Texts
UA0086, 2018, E-Government
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Administrative Service Decentrilisation and Improvement
UA0057, 2016, Capacity Building
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United State Portal Extension; Electronic Government Information Services Unification; Modern Tools for Electronic Identification
UA0058, 2016, Capacity Building
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System for Entities Performing Government Functions
UA0059, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Free Urban Planning Documentation
UA0060, 2016, E-Government
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Beneficial Ownership Verification System
UA0061, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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CoST Beneficial Ownership Standards
UA0062, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Transpartent Budget System
UA0063, 2016,
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Open Public Procurement
UA0064, 2016, Access to Information
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0065, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Environmental Public Monitoring
UA0066, 2016, Access to Information
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Community Policing System
UA0067, 2016, Education
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Draft Law on Public Consultations
UA0068, 2016, Legislation & Regulation
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Development of E-Democracy.
UA0069, 2016, E-petitions
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Improve Government Rules on CSO Involvement
UA0031, 2014, E-Government
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Financing of Charities
UA0032, 2014, Civic Space
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Not-For-Profit Status for CSOs
UA0033, 2014, Civic Space
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Public Participation Law
UA0034, 2014, E-Government
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Establishing Rules on Processing Official Information
UA0035, 2014, Access to Information
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Access to Urban Planning Documents
UA0036, 2014, E-Government
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Access to Communist-Era Archives
UA0037, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Open Data
UA0038, 2014, Access to Information
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Supervisory Mechanism for the Right to Information
UA0039, 2014, Access to Information
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Compliance with EITI
UA0040, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Monitoring of Infrastructure Projects
UA0041, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Adopt Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0042, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology
UA0043, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Asset Disclosure on a Single Web Portal
UA0044, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Law on Administrative Procedure
UA0045, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Law on Streamlining Payment of Administrative Fees
UA0046, 2014, E-Government
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Administrative Services Portal
UA0047, 2014, Access to Information
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Draft Law on Decentralisation of Administrative Services
UA0048, 2014, Legislation & Regulation
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Draft Law on Social Services
UA0049, 2014, E-Government
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e-Government Laws
UA0050, 2014, E-Government
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Electronic Readiness Assessment
UA0051, 2014, E-Government
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Government Regulations on Open Data
UA0052, 2014, Access to Information
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Electronic Democracy Development Roadmap
UA0053, 2014, E-Government
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Open Budget Initiatives
UA0054, 2014, Access to Information
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e-Petitions
UA0055, 2014, Dispute Resolution & Legal Assistance
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e-Governance Training for Local Government
UA0056, 2014, Capacity Building
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Laws on Public Participation
UA0001, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to the Law on Community Associations
UA0002, 2012, Civic Space
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Amendments to Resolutions on Collaboration with Civil Society
UA0003, 2012, E-Government
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Training for Public Servants on Consultations
UA0004, 2012, Capacity Building
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Harmonisation of Access to Information Laws
UA0005, 2012, Access to Information
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By-Laws on Access to Information
UA0006, 2012, Access to Information
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Guidelines for Classifying Data
UA0007, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Information Recording Systems
UA0008, 2012,
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Law on Public Broadcasting
UA0009, 2012, Civic Space
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Public Access to Information in State Registers
UA0010, 2012, E-Government
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
UA0011, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Law for Controlling Declarations of Public Servants
UA0012, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Public Declarations of Officials’ Assets
UA0013, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest
UA0014, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Updated Anti-Corruption Laws
UA0015, 2012, E-Government
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Regional Anti-Corruption Programmes
UA0016, 2012, E-Government
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Law on Competitive e-Government Procurement
UA0017, 2012, Anti-Corruption
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Administrative Services Reforms
UA0018, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Access to Administrative Services
UA0019, 2012, E-Government
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Governmental Web Portal of Administrative Services
UA0020, 2012, E-Government
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Administrative Services in a Digital Format
UA0021, 2012,
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Regional Administrative Service Centres
UA0022, 2012,
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Programme for Promotion of e-Government
UA0023, 2012, E-Government
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Electronic Collaboration Between Executive Agencies
UA0024, 2012,
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Web-Based Petitions System
UA0025, 2012, E-petitions
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One Stop Shop for e-Reporting
UA0026, 2012, E-Government
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e-Region Pilot Project
UA0027, 2012, E-Government
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Network of e-Government Practitioners
UA0028, 2012, Public Participation
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Public Libraries as Bridges Towards e-Governance
UA0029, 2012, E-Government
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e-Government Knowledge Management Portal
UA0030, 2012,