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PCC in the EU
Plenary Meeting under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU
29 November 2012 – Pafos - Cyprus
EUROGI
The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
Unlocking the Power of Geographic Information
Catharina Bamps
Secretary-General EUROGI
ww.eurogi.eu
EUROGI
The Organisation
Membership & Governance
Vision und Mission
Current Activities
European focused influencing activities
Conferences/workshops
EU-Projects
EUROGI – the Organisation
Foundation (“Stichting”) under Dutch Law (NGO)
established in 1994 at the suggestion of the EC; First 2
years : EC funding, since then own funding
(membership)
Continuously collaborating and in dialogue with EU/EC
and other GI Associations EuroGeographics, EuroSDR,
PCC, AGILE, CEN/TC287 GI, OGC, ISOCARP ...
Ensure that the views of the GI-users and
enterprises/SMEs are fully represented at European
level
EUROGI – the Organisation
Example: ELS: European Location Strategy (EUROGI
Newsletter Juli-August 2012)
10/07/2012: Meeting of the Presidents of European geoinformation associations
Purpose of the meeting:
- Continuation of the development of closer cooperation
between the organizations and a common strategy:
European Location Strategy;
- More clarity in our communication with the European
policy and legislation and better coordination of our
activities;
EUROGI - Membership & Governance
Membership
‘Afiliated‘ Organisations A, B and C
A-members: National GI Associations
B-members: Corporate Members (Autodesk, ESRI, Intergraph &
SMEs coming in…)
C-members: other associations/networks (European Association of
Remote Sensing Companies, GI Norden (Nordic Countries),
Centre for Knowledge Transfer (CEKTRA))
http://eurogi.org/eurogi-members.html
EUROGI – Membership & Governance
A-members (16)
AESIG, Spain
AFIGEO, France
AGEO, Austria
AM/FM GIS Italia, Italy
CAGI, Czech Republic
CC Belgium, Belgium
DDGI, Germany
DGT (former IGP), Portugal
ESTGIS, Estonia
GEOFORUM Danmark, Denmark
GEONOVUM, The Netherlands
HUNAGI, Hungary
IRLOGI, Ireland
LISA, Iceland
SOGI, Switzerland
ULI Geoforum, Sweden
B-members (5)
AUTODESK
ESRI
Geospace consulting
INTERGRAPH
ISPiK
C-Members (3)
CEKTRA, Slovenia
EARSC
GI NORDEN
National GI Associations
EUROGI - Membership & Governance
Governance
General Board – all members / sets overall policy / 2x meet annually
Executive Committee – policy implementation / up to 9 members
President – Mr Bruce McCormack
2 year term / overall management of EUROGI / represents EUROGI in
public / chairs Board and Excom meetings
Vice President – Mr François Salgé
deputise for President when necessary
Treasurer – Mr Mauro Salvemini
management of finances / preparation of annual budget
Secretariat - day to day running / Secretary General & legal/admin
officer
EUROGI - Vision and Mission
Vision
Geographic Information with all its aspects should become a
fully integrated component of the European knowledge-based
society
Mission
In order to ensure good governance, economic and social
development, environmental protection and sustainability, and
informed public participation, the mission is to maximise the
availability, effective use and exploitation of GI throughout
Europe
This requires EUROGI to stimulate, encourage and support the
development and effective use of GI and relevant technologies,
and to act as channel of the voice for the European GI
community, private and public sectors alike.
EUROGI - Vision und Mission
(Strategic Framework 2013 – 2015 – draft by SG)
Basis: SWOT analysis (Strengths Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats)
Proposal updated mission - 4 strategic objectives
(operational objectives - work plan) currently being
discussed: (membership, influencing, projects,
knowledge-sharing network)
EUROGI – current Activities
European focused influencing activities
Contributions to EU policy development as it relates to
GI/ SDI matters (awareness activities, position papers,
publications ...)
http://eurogi.org/downloads/category/11-eurogi-position-papers.html
- GMES funding
- Digital Agenda & GI: result! GI is back in the draft work programme
of DG-CONNECT for 2013
- Common Strategic Framework for EU research and innovation
funding (Research Green Paper)
- Implementation of INSPIRE and Open Data: access to biological
monitoring data and metadata (with the support of CITES / UNEP,
UNEP-WCMC)
EUROGI – current Activities
European focused influencing activities
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Maintaining strong links with the Commission DGs: DG
CONNECT e.g. regular meetings, GMES office,
Eurostat, (GISCO meetings), JRC .... other DGs;
Establish links with the European Parliament (INSPIRE,
GMES..)
EUROGI – current Activities
European focused influencing activities
• EULF : European Union Location Framework: aims to improve
the integration of geo-location in the various processes:
government-to-government (G2G), government-to-business
(G2B) and government-to-citizen (G2C) ;
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EUROGI is a member of the expert group to assess the results
of the EULF work-program;
EUROGI - current Activities
Conferences/workshops
Representation at various conferences / workshops such as
INSPIRE Conference (presentations);
Endorsement of events, activities e.g. Geospace 2012
Conference, Geospatial World Forum 2013, AGILE 2013 ...;
EUROGI - current Activities
Conferences/workshops
EUROGI/eSDI-Net subnational SDIs Best Practices Awards
(2009, 2011): database online available;
http://eurogi.org/esdinet-assessment/sdi-best-practice-database.html
Next edition: 2013
Benefits e.g. French winner 2011: the award facilitated to
receive local subsidies
EUROGI - current Activities
Conferences/workshops
15/11/2012 - EUROGI EM-GI workshop (Lisbon):
Chances for GMES in the Geo-information market - results of the
GRAAL* Earth Monitoring-Geographic Information survey
53 replies from GI service providers
*GRAAL: GMES for Regions: awareness and Access Link
(FP7 project)
AUSTRIA
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
PORTUGAL
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SWEDEN
UKRAINE
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EUROGI - current Activities
Conferences/workshops
16/11/2012 - EUROGI Extra Members’ Meeting
(Lisbon):
The future of the data-economy: business strategies and models
for spatial data
Individual presentations (DG CONNECT, JRC, SMEs,
EUROGI members) and panel discussions
EUROGI - current Activities
EUROGI Conference 2013: 7 & 8 March 2013 – Dublin Convention
Centre (Ireland):
unlocking the Power of Geographic Information Today and
Tomorrow…: imaGIne opportunities everywhere
Day 1 (March 7): Opportunities today: how to use existing geospatial
data, services and technologies to help solve significant European to
local economic, governance, social and environmental problems and
map current opportunities for job creation, business opportunities,
social inclusion, more efficient energy usage and climate change.
Day 2 (March 8): trends affecting the future of GI / GIS / SDI: key
challenges such as job creation / economic growth, environmental
sustainability and social cohesion.
EUROGI - current Activities
Conference week! 4 to 8 March 2013 - Convention Centre Dublin
(CCD - Ireland)
EUROGI & IRLOGI have facilitated and are supporting partners
- First EYE on Earth User Conference: 4, 5, 6 March 2013 - European
Environment Agency
- ENVIROFI Conference Day and demonstrations: 6 March 2013 JRC
- Irish Presidency related event (from 1 January to 30 June 2013
Ireland hosts the Presidency of the Council of the European Union)
- IRLOGI Organizational Support
EUROGI - current Activities
Conference week! 4 to 8 March 2013 - Convention Centre Dublin
(CCD - Ireland)
EUROGI - current Activities
EU-Projects
GRAAL (FP7): GMES for Regions: Awareness and Access
Link: EUROGI is in the Advisory Board + EM GI survey /
workshop
EUROGI / eSDI-Net Award for regional and local spatial data
infrastructures;
+ Solution available for all EUROGI members, working with
Afigéo Online-Database with advanced website/functionalities
for the successful implementation of the 2013 Awards
EUROGI - current Activities
EU-Projects
LAPSI 2.0: Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information
ICT-PSP-CIP1 - thematic network - open data and open access to scientific information - c)
Legal aspects of public sector information)
EUROGI: Stakeholder in the network
UPSIDE DOWN PROTECT (about geospatial metadata
underground utility services)
(HOME/2011/CIPS/AG - Prevention, preparedness and consequence management of
management of terrorism and other security related risks - Action Grants 2011)
EUROGI participates as a partner
EUROGI - current Activities
EU-Projects
 Apps4EU: Apps for Europe - Turning Data into Business
(CIP-ICT-PSP - thematic network - Organising competitions for using open data)
EUROGI is a support partner
ATTRACT-SEE: South-Eastern Europe program. Policymaking
capacity in SEE
Partnership 19 partners - Geodetic Institute Slovenia is the
leading institute.
EUROGI is a supporting partner
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Plan4business: a service platform for aggregation, processing
and analysis of urban and regional planning Data
EUROGI is a member of the Stakeholder Forum
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EUROGI - current Activities
Global Developments
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GSDI Association: EUROGI is a founding member, President
EUROGI is a member of the board
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EUROGI supports the UN Global Geospatial Information
Management Initiative (GGIM)
EUROGI – Becoming a member
Interested in EUROGI membership?
Key benefits (see this presentation)
Fees, application form:
http://eurogi.org/downloads/category/63-eurogi-membership.html
Or contact Secretary-General
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thank you!