Implementation of open public information on environmental protection

¹ National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, 33028 Rivne, Ukraine
² Vinnytsia Institute of Economics, West Ukrainian National University, 21000 Vinnytsia, Ukraine
³ State Organization “Institute of Market and Economic & Ecological Researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, 65000 Odesa, Ukraine

^* Corresponding author: n.m.poznyakovska@nuwm.edu.ua

Abstract

The study analyses the state of the open data ecosystem development in the area of environmental safety and protection in Ukraine and worldwide. It provided an essential characterisation of the new category of “open data maturity” and the possibilities and parameters of its assessment. The requirements of Ukrainian and EU legislation for open environmental data are compared. The processes and current challenges affecting the transparency and excellence of environmental datasets are considered. The roles of data managers (governmental institutions) and intermediaries in data disclosure and creation of accessible services that accumulate, reorganise, structure and format these data are systematised. Scenarios for using public open data services in the environmental sphere are identified. The role of open data in exposing corruption and damage to the environment is noted. The problems of limiting free access to various data sets during the war emphasize the need to create, update and maintain public access to open environmental data that is important and socially significant for the public and the expert community. The most critical areas of work to support the maturity of an open data ecosystem in environmental safety and protection are identified and opportunities for using digital tools and technologies to address current problems and challenges.