INSPIRE and e-Government

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INSPIRE and e-Government

• Eva Pauknerova
• Senior Researcher
• European Commission
• Joint Research Centre
• Institute for Environment and Sustainability

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Proposal INSPIRE Framework Directive General
Provisions

• INSPIRE lays down general rules for the
  establishment of an infrastructure for spatial
  information in Europe to support
• environmental policies and
• policies that affect the environment
• This infrastructure shall be based on
  infrastructures for spatial information
  established and operated by the Member States.

According to the INSPIRE proposal the
infrastructure includes metadata, spatial data
sets and services network services agreements
on sharing, access and use coordination and
monitoring mechanisms, processes and procedures.
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The Process ( long one) but needed !Bottom-up
Stakeholder Involvement
2001
2002
2003
2004
2004-6
2007-8
2009-13

• Building consensus in expert groups
• Orientation and Position papers of experts
• Establishing the state-of-play
• Preparing the proposal -gt A Framework Directive
• Scoping policy measures with expert advice
• Assessing the political and socio-economic impact
• A public review of the proposed measures
• Adoption of the Framework Directive by the
  Commission
• The proposal on the political agenda of the EU
  Presidency
• Co-Decision Procedure by Council and Parliament
• Adoption of the Framework Directive
• Transposing the Framework Directive
• Implementing the Framework Directive

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Next steps

• From Commission proposal to Community Directive
  implementation - 3 phases
• Preparatory phase (2004-2006)
• Co-decision procedure
• Preparation of Implementing Rules
• Transposition phase (2007-2008)
• Directive enters into force
• Transposition into national legislation
• INSPIRE Committee starts its activities
• Adoption of Implementation Rules by Committology
• Implementation phase (2009-2013)
• implementation and monitoring of measures

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INSPIRE Implementing Rules

• INSPIRE will require the Member States to
  implement various measures. Some of these
  measures shall be transposed by the Member
  States, while others require more detail which
  will be provided in Implementing Rules
• How to implement INSPIRE ?
• Transposition of the Directive into national
  legislation
• Committology
• To adopt Implementing Rules

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INSPIRE Implementing Rules

• At the technical level, Implementing Rules
• for the creation and up-dating of the metadata
• for harmonised data specifications
• on the arrangements for the exchange of spatial
  data
• for network services
• At an organisational level, Implementing Rules
• laying down obligations on third parties
  (non-public sector) which may want to publish
  data
• governing access and rights of use to spatial
  data sets and services for Community institutions
  and bodies
• to increase the potential of re-use of spatial
  data sets and services by third parties
  (non-public sector)

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The broader context

• The implementation of INSPIRE needs to consider
  the broader context of existing initiatives which
  could contribute to ESDI
• The INSPIRE Work Programme should interface with
  those partnerships and initiatives where relevant
  and establish synergy
• SDIC bundle the human expertise of users,
  producers and transformers of spatial
  information, technical competence, financial
  resources and policies

concept of Spatial Data Interest Communities
(SDIC)
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eGovernment defined in COM (2003) 567 The Role
of eGovernment for Europes Future

• the use of information and communication
  technologies in public administrations combined
  with organisational change and new skills in
  order to improve public services and democratic
  processes and strengthen support to public
  policies

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INSPIRE and eGovernmentGI standardization

• interoperable spatial services could be achieved
  adopting common standards and/or common
  specifications in the form of Implementing Rules
• more the software industry supports these
  standards in its products, the easier is the
  implementation
• In addition to the generic ICT standardisation
  efforts, there are currently specific GI
  standards
• ISO/TC211, CEN/TC287, OpenGeospatial Consortium
  (OGC)
• their value is recognized by INSPIRE
• involvement of CEN, ISO, OGC wgs in the drafting
  can be direct or indirect by way of SDICs, LMOs,
  and projects

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Cross-referencestechnical IRs for Metadata /
Spatial data specifications and harmonisation /
Network services and interoperability

• Standards
• Open IT and geospatial standards from W3C, WS-I,
  OMG, OGC, ISO, OASIS, CEN
• Specific initiatives/wgs
• Dublin Core, CEN/TC287 WG 5 SDI, ISO/TC211, JAG
  OGC-ISO,
• National data standardisation, modelling and data
  re-engineering initiatives
• Other European related programmes (GMES, eEurope,
  eGovernment, eContentPlus, ..)
• International initiatives (GSDI, USNSDI,
  GeoConnection, )

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Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practiceAn example
using data from the Czech Republic
Example of a Natura 2000 site with several 1st
priority habitats and species as Austropotamobius
torrentium)

• Information on
• Nature Protection

Map display of this
Natura 2000 sites approved by the Czech
government in December 2004
Týrov - Ouporský potok
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Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice
2) Information available through INSPIRE enable
linking Nature Protection with the everyday
practice

• a) Finding relevant information as on site
  management or administration via Internet

b) Addressing owners or managers
To be continued
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Comparing the shape and manage-ment measures
concerning the site of interest with forestry or
regional plans (public access)
Týrov - Ouporský potok CZ0214011
Different categories of site protection
Forest typology
Bio-centers and bio-corridors
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Týrov - Ouporský potok CZ0214011
Publishing information related to the EC
Policies via INSPIRE will inform the planners,
managers, owners and authorities on all levels in
an efficient way
Natura 2000 site compared with the bio-centre
approved in the spatial plan of Rakovnicko
in the Central-Bohemian Region
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Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice
3) Information available through INSPIRE can be
compared with independent information sources as
remote sensing data and used for

• a) Monitoring trends
• and EC Policy impacts
• b) Controlling land-use and management
• c) Detection of damages

Image 2000
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Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice
Natura 2000 Czech Republic
Image 2000
CZ0214011
Spatial plan and other planning or management
tools
Corine Landcover
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Conclusions

• INSPIRE is a framework Directive with
  implementing rules to be defined in incoming
  years
• Highest involvement of key stakeholders through
  the SDIC concept is needed
• A call for expression of interest of SDIC
  published
• Deadline for Experts registration 16 April 2005
• Openness and transparency in drafting
  implementing measures will be followed
• including formal public consultation
• Pilots and Projects could play a key role to
  define and validate the implementing rules
• INSPIRE and e-Government overlap in some extent
  and can support each other

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NoteINSPIRE ? ? eGovernment EC JRC workshop,
co-organised with the Czech Ministry of
Informatics, will be held in Prague on 28-29
April 2005

• Thanks for your attention
• Eva.Pauknerova_at_jrc.it
• http//inspire.jrc.it/