PROMOTE targeted users

PROMOTE services provide information to 2 major groups of users

1) quantitative data are provided to public authorities and other institutions to help them to fulfil their reporting duties, to enable them to provide information to the public and to analyse the state of the atmosphere or the tools currently in use for its assessment.

2) Easily understandable information is provided to European citizens to inform them on the state of the atmosphere, to enable them to adjust their daily behaviour to the actual atmospheric conditions (e.g. avoid heavy pollution episodes or quarters) and thus to assist in raising public awareness and understanding for atmosphere/climate issues and necessary counter-measures. On behalf of the “man on the street” local environment and health agencies act as intermediates in some cases supervising the PROMOTE services in other cases disseminating or even operating the services within their internet portals.

The PROMOTE users can be structured by the level of their responsibility: local, regional, national, European, global. Following groups of users have signed Service Level Agreements for current PROMOTE services or are negotiating to do so:

  • environmental agencies (EEA, national, regional and/or local in 12 countries)
  • regional environmental ministries
  • city / district authorities (managing traffic, health, and environment)
  • health institutions (e.g. hospitals, dermatologists association, pollen patients association)
  • weather services (ECMWF, national)
  • European and international organisations (WMO, EMEP, volcanic ash advisory centers)
  • private organisations (e.g. to evaluate future use for emission trading or for tourism)
  • scientific organisations (e.g. to evaluate climate modelling accuracy)

    • These users evaluate the PROMOTE services and contribute significantly to their improvement with their specific feedback. Through the demonstration of the added value of the services they play a major role in promoting the services to further similar users – accordingly both the number and the variety of users have both increased from stage 1 (consolidation) to stage 2 (up-scaling) and are still further expanding.


    Current Core Users

    Environmental agencies

    Landesamt für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
    Landesumweltamt Nordrheinwestfalen
    Environmental protection agency of Ireland (EPA)
    National Institute for Public Health and the Environment(RIVM)
    Agencia Regionale per la protezione ambientale della Lombardia (ARPA-L)
    Agencia Regionale per la protezione ambientale della Piemonte (ARPA-P)
    Agencia Regionale per la protezione ambientale della Sicilia (ARPA-S)
    Agencia Regionale per la protezione ambientale della Toscana (ARPA-T)
    Office de l'Environnement de la Corse (OEC)
    Foundation for the sustainable development of the balearic islands (Balears Sostenible)
    Landesumweltamt Nordrhein-Westfalen (LUA)
    Eidgenössische Materialprüfungsanstalt, Laboratory for Air Pollution and Environmental Technology (EMPA)
    Umweltbundesamt-Austria (UBA-A)
    SYKE
    Intergewestelijke Cel voor het Leefmilieu - Cellule Interrégionale de l'Environnement (IRCEL/CELINE)
    European Environment Agency (EEA)

    Regional environmental ministries

    Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz

    City / district authorities

    Helsinki City Council
    London Borough of Brent Environmental Health
    London Borough of Camden Environmental Health Team
    London Borough of Croydon Specialist Pollution Team
    London Borough of Ealing, Housing and Environmental Health Division
    London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
    London Borough of Hillingdon Environment & Consumer Protection Group
    London Borough of Hounslow Environmental Strategy
    London Borough of Islington Public Protection Division
    London Borough of Merton
    London Borough of Newham Public Protection
    London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Director of Environment
    London Borough of Southwark Environment & Leisure Department
    London Borough of Sutton
    London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Environmental Health
    City of London Environmental Services
    City of Westminster Community Protection Department
    Slough Borough Council Green and Built Environment
    The Environment Agency Thames Regional Strategy Unit
    City of Budapest
    City of Rome

    Health institutions

    Berufsverband der Deutschen Dermatologen (BVDD)
    European pollen information Ltd
    Italian national Institute of occupational Safety and Prevention
    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Nice

    Weather services

    European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF)
    Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut(KNMI)
    Instituto de Meteorologia I. P.
    Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
    Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) (Climate Monitoring SAF)
    Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INM)
    Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)

    European and international organisations

    World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
    London Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC)
    Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC)
    University of Manchester on behalf of WMO UV science advisory group

    Private organisations

    Outdoor Concepts
    FastOpt GbR

    Scientific organisations

    University of Turku
    Stratospheric processes and research on climate (SPARC)- Climate Circulation Model Validation
    Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) on behalf of EMEP
    Evora university geophysics center
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    ADEME
    AirParif
    Groupe International d'Etudes des Forêts Sud-européennes (GIEFS)
    Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Laboratory of Aquatic Photobiology and Plankton Ecology


    last modified: April 2007