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A non-financial cost-benefit analysis of INSPIRE

Opportunities for SMEs within a fast changing business scenario

Giuseppe Conti

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World Geospatial Forum – Rotterdam- May 2013

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The genesis: monitoring activities, due this year

Opportunity to analyze the state of development of INSPIRE


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KEYWORDS

• Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

• Return on Investment (RoI)


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The leading role of JRC

1992

CBR = 1:3.8

SDI program in Australia


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1993 CBR = 1:2.7

US hydrographic SDI


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CBR = 1:2


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2004 SDI programme in the Netherlands

CBR = 1:10

INSPIRE in the Netherlands

2009

CBR = 1:8


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2007

SDI in Catalonia

CBR = 1:4.4 – 8.9

CBR = 1:5.4 – 12.4 2003

INSPIRE


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2004

(yearly average over a 10 yrs period)

Cost = € 92 – 138 mil. Benefits = € 770 – 1,150

2003 INSPIRE


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General Agreement:

(regardless of the methodology adopted)


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«it is worth it»

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(relatively) easy to calculate

(very) difficult to assess

CBAs assess benefits in economic terms

It is difficult enough to assess costs of the repercussions of INSPIRE at EU, national,

regional and local level


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it is virtual impossible to calculate the economic extent of its benefits

Then, how much is it all worth it?

Tangible opportunities and advantages for SMEs beyond the

mere concept of return on investment


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(Practically?)

Don’t monetise GI, maximise impact (Prof Robert Barr)


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YET MORE


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FURTHER


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YES, MORE


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need for clear communication campaigns


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My 2 cents…

benefits are extremely difficult to

assess in economical terms, yet these

will profoundly improve PAs creating

a positive feedback mechanism that

will produce further significant

benefits for SMEs in the future beyond

and independently from INSPIRE.

A final note…


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a non-financial cost-benefit analysis of inspire

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netherlands cbr

significant benefits

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sdi programme

economic terms

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tangible opportunities

economic extent