inspire/ginie workshop objectives
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INSPIRE/GINIE Workshop Objectives. To discuss directions for the construction of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) Share the current State of Play of member and invited nations on SDI Provide basis for recommendations and obligations in legislation that support ESDI. JRC - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INSPIRE/GINIE Workshop Objectives
To discuss directions for the construction of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI)
Share the current State of Play of member and invited nations on SDI
Provide basis for recommendations and obligations in legislation that support ESDI
Workshop Participants
JRC OpenGIS Europe ESRI US FGDC/GSDI AGI EUROGI Euro Geographics Norway United Kingdom Greece Luxembourg
Italy Belgium (Vlaanderen) Spain (Catalonia) Sweden Switzerland Germany France Czech Republic Netherlands Austria Poland
WG1: Coordination & Organisation
Lessons form existing SDIs shows that:– Strong multi-sector coordination is important– Legislation is often helpful to build momentum– Must be sustained over time to overcome agency’s silos
mentality– Must provide technical support as well as leadership– Must nurture sustained political support– Must help make the SDI relevant to other stakeholders,
demonstrate benefits, help with seed funding– Must disseminate and enforce common standards.
For a European SDI……
There is a need for a coordinating body at the European level to make it happen
The Coordinating body does not need to be big (~12-15 staff)
But also need for a broader reference group Authoritative in the professional communities and
national constituencies. Own budget for coordination and implementation
assistance
Who should be in it?
EC and other EU institutions Private Sector Member States NSDIs and relevant pan-European orgs. Citizen organisations (e.g. NGOs, Friends of
the Earth, etc. ) Relevant thematic applications and priorities,
with strong link to e-government
WG2: Financial and political sustainability
Politicians must be involved to provide leadership and participate in committees
Financial support for ESDI should come from the government initially and that such investment is an integral part of modernization and e-government initiatives
Involvement of private industry, utilities, and non-governmental participation expected but is a newer concept
Legal Framework
Need legal framework to provide both an incentive and sustainability, requirement to understand how law applies to GI
Requirement for research into existing and future data access policies within a potential ESDI
Investigate and describe innovative models for financing the ESDI
WG3: Selling the benefits
Wide adoption of ESDI requires cultural change – decentralized, peer-to-peer
Need a communication strategy to address authorities and stakeholders at different administrative levels
Candidate use cases to drive pilot integration that relate to top priorities
Use cases need to be developed to reflect political, operational, cultural, and technical considerations
Use Case Candidates
Disaster response: Rhine flood, Toulouse explosion
Agricultural applications, fertilizer runoff Water: Water Framework Directive, NatureGIS Transport and Environment: pollution, traffic
management IMAGE 2000 and Land Cover 2000
WG4: Phased Implementation
Refine vision, definition, and technical terms of participation in ESDI
Define baseline services of initial ESDI within an architecture
Define European data content standards and encoding for reference layers
Integration of ESDI will require both horizontal and vertical considerations
WG4 Recommendations
ESDI principles to be followed in EU-funded projects
Identify candidate services and capabilities to construct a baseline ESDI
Establish core technical committee early to provide coordination of ESDI, as part of larger coordinating body
Driving applications should be identified and developed for early wins
Recommendations, continued
National and subnational obligation to construct baseline ESDI
Specifications for data content and encoding for reference and other layers
Focus on SME and application providers Set up multilingual GeoPortal and measure the
success of ESDI development to support e-government and related initiatives