Annex 1: Key milestones in the environment
information management process
1986 1996
Ministry of Environment Protection was formed Publication of the second edition of the National State of the
Environment Report
1987
Idea to establish an environment information centre began 1996–2000
7 districts chosen to pilot the vertical environment information
1989 network
Users needs assessment to discern information and capacity
needs required for the establishment of a national environment 1997
information centre Local Governments Act giving mandate for environment man-
agement including environment information to districts
1989
Establishment of the National Environment Information Cen- 1997–1998
tre (NEIC) NEMA supports 39 districts to produce DSOERs
August 1990 1998
Cabinet decision formalising the formation of the NEIC Publication of the third edition of the National State of the En-
vironment Report
1991–1993
Production of 4 pilot District Environment Profiles 2000
NEMA appointed a UNEP GEO Collaborating Centre
1992
Start of the National Environment Action Plan (NEAP) process 2000
Publication of the fourth edition of the National State of the
1993 Environment Report
Passing of the Decentralisation statute
2001
1994 Vertical environment information network expanded to 27 dis-
The Environment Management Policy was published tricts (including the original 7)
1994 2002
Production of the first State of the Environment Report for Uganda Publication of the fifth edition of the National State of the Envi-
ronment Report
1995
Passing of the Environment Act Cap 153 which gave the right of 2004
access to environment information 56 districts trained and supported to produce DSOERs
1995 2004
Promulgation of a new constitution which recognised access to Publication of the sixth edition of the National State of the En-
information as a basic right vironment Report
April 1995 2005
Review to redefine the role of the NEIC Passing of the Access to Information Act
July 1995 2006
Incorporation of the NEIC into NEMA’s Division of Informa- Publication of the seventh edition of the National State of the
tion and Monitoring Environment Report
December 1995 2007
Installation and use of the UNEP metadata tool at NEMA and NEMA coordinates the production of the IGAD Environment
EIN institutions Outlook
December 1995 July 2008
Establishment of NEMA completed Process to produce the eighth National State of the Environ-
ment Report began
March 1996
First national workshop on environment information network- August 2008
ing in Uganda NEMA management agreed to expand the Resource Centre
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