Ramos Tomás B, Alves Inês, Subtil Rui, Joanaz de Melo João
Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of the Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-117 Faro, Portugal.
J Environ Manage. 2007 Mar;82(4):410-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.12.020. Epub 2006 Mar 30.
The development of environmental performance policy indicators for public services, and in particular for the defence sector, is an emerging issue. Despite a number of recent initiatives there has been little work done in this area, since the other sectors usually focused on are agriculture, transport, industry, tourism and energy. This type of tool can be an important component for environmental performance evaluation at policy level, when integrated in the general performance assessment system of public missions and activities. The main objective of this research was to develop environmental performance policy indicators for the public sector, specifically applied to the defence sector. Previous research included an assessment of the environmental profile, through the evaluation of how environmental management practices have been adopted in this sector and an assessment of environmental aspects and impacts. This paper builds upon that previous research, developing an indicator framework--SEPI--supported by the selection and construction of environmental performance indicators. Another aim is to discuss how the current environmental indicator framework can be integrated into overall performance management. The Portuguese defence sector is presented and the usefulness of this methodology demonstrated. Feasibility and relevancy criteria are applied to evaluate the set of indicators proposed, allowing indicators to be scored and indicators for the policy level to be obtained.
公共服务领域，尤其是国防部门环境绩效政策指标的制定是一个新出现的问题。尽管最近有一些举措，但该领域的工作仍很少，因为通常关注的其他部门是农业、交通、工业、旅游和能源。当这种工具集成到公共任务和活动的总体绩效评估系统中时，它可以成为政策层面环境绩效评估的重要组成部分。本研究的主要目标是为公共部门制定环境绩效政策指标，特别是应用于国防部门。先前的研究包括通过评估该部门如何采用环境管理实践来评估环境概况，以及对环境方面和影响的评估。本文基于先前的研究，通过环境绩效指标的选择和构建，开发了一个指标框架——SEPI。另一个目的是讨论当前的环境指标框架如何能够融入整体绩效管理。介绍了葡萄牙国防部门，并展示了该方法的实用性。应用可行性和相关性标准来评估所提出的指标集，从而对指标进行评分并获得政策层面的指标。
