2. OBJECTIVES AND FOCUS OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM |
The aim of the Monitoring System is to provide high quality background data for decision making of the national and local authorities in the fields of health care policy, health risks management and control and environmental protection. These data will be relied upon in the specification of legislative measures, establishment and adjustment of pollutant limits and informing the interested public. The major objectives of the Monitoring System are to study and to assess time series of the selected indicators of the environmental component quality and population health status, particularly to assess levels of population exposure to pollutants and subsequent health risks to population. Thanks to its comprehensiveness, the data are available also as a information source for other countries as regards the Czech population health status and risks from environmental pollution in the Czech Republic.
The Monitoring System is consistent with the general principles of any monitoring. This means that:
In 2000, the Monitoring System involved the following eight subsystems (projects):
With the progressive development of the Monitoring System, so-called specialized studies were formulated at the close of 1999 in agreement with Resolution No. 369/1991 of the Government of the Czech Republic. These studies extend the existing monitoring results and deal with issues lying beyond the framework of the basic tasks of the Monitoring System. Their solution is necessary for the monitoring activities to continue. The results will be published progressively in particular reports and will be available to the interested public.