English Abstract Since 1991 the Dutch government annually publishes
environmental policy performance indicators for 6 of the 8 themes of the
Dutch environmental policy, in the Environmental Program. As a follow up of
the production of these theme-indicators in 1993, carried out by the
Environmental Forecasting Bureau of the National Insitute of Public Health
and Environmental Protection (RIVM), the indicators were evaluated. Main
issues were the methodology, the need for data for the indicators and the
update process. This report describes the results of this evaluation. A
distinction is made between recommendations which will be implemented before
the production proces in 1994 and future options. The future options will
be subject to examination in 1994, as part of the process to develop
indicators for the Environmental Outlook and the annual environmental
evaluation, that will be published by RIVM for the first time in 1995 to
support the publication of the Environmental program. The ultimate result
must be a consensus between RIVM and the Directorate-General for
Environmental Protection about the integration of the environmental policy
performance indicators in the annual evaluation in 1995.
