Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

GRID-Arendal Outlook 2001

Our geographic focus will continue to be the Polar and Baltic Regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, but increased focus will be given to support UNEP's global activities.

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Highlights in the 2001 work programme include:

Technical support to UNEP's new global environmental in- formation portal UNEP.net; Coordination of inputs to UNEP.net from Polar and Baltic regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Expand the Cities Environment Report On the Internet (CEROI) programme to more cities; Prepare the Polar chapter for UNEP's new global state of the environment report - GEO 3; Expand UNEP's electronic bookshop Earthprint.com; Prepare an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy for UNEP within the framework of UNEP- net/Mercure; Encourage harmonisation of tools, methods and capacity building in support to the UNEP/DEWA program; Continue our programme on better understanding of the impact of information on decision-making in co-operation with major user groups; Test new indicators to measure performance vis-a-vis our mission and increase management focus on staff develop- ment and team building.

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Our 2001 work programme is the second stepping stone in our 2000-2005 strategic plan. We are going to continue our support to UNEP within our three core competencies:

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• Environmental Information • Communications • Capacity Building and Tools

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Our geographic focus will continue to be the Polar and Baltic Regions, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, but increased focus will be given to support UNEP's global activities.

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Svein Tveitdal , Managing Director