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GSDI6 - Budapest
INSPIRE
INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/geo/index.htm
Marc Vanderhaegen
DG ENV.B3
[email protected]
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European Commission - DG ENV
Environmental policy and GI
• Environmental policy triggers renewed
focus on need for RSDI in Europe
• Important role of Water Framework Directive
• We realise quickly we need to work:
• together across different sectors
• within a broad international context
 INSPIRE initiative
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European Commission - DG ENV
INSPIRE Characteristics
• User driven
• Legal initiative to support EU policies and for citizens
• Framework : long term vision, step by step implementation
• Multi-sectoral and multi-level
• ESDI comprises:
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spatial information services,
data policy,
spatial information requirements and implementation timetable,
organisational/institutional issues.
European Commission - DG ENV
INSPIRE: process
characteristics
• Transparency
Follow the process from the very beginning through the
INSPIRE Website - includes intermediate documents and
summaries of meetings!
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/geo/index.htm
• Openness
INSPIRE Expert group with participation of broad range
of stakeholders including at international level (e.g. UN,
WPLA)
Discussion at international fora
Internet consultation planned
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European Commission - DG ENV
COGI
INSPIRE Expert Group
Chair: ESTAT
Chair : DG ENV & ESTAT
Phase 1:
Environmental
Sector
Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat
JRC Ispra - Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Common Reference
Data & Metadata
Chair : ESTAT
Architecture
& Standards
Inter-sectoral
co-ordination
Chair: ESTAT
Environmental
thematic
co-ordination
Chair: EEA
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marine
biodiversity
noise
soils
forest
air
water
Environmental
components
Chair : JRC Ispra
Agricultural
thematic
co-ordination
Legal Aspects
& Data Policy
Chair : UK
Chair:
Funding &
Implementation
structures
Transport
thematic
co-ordination
Chair : SE
Chair:
Impact
Analysis
Other
thematic
co-ordination
Chair : NL
Horizontal
Components
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INSPIRE
Chair:
Agricultural
components
Transport
components
Other
components
European
Commission
- DG
ENV
Further phases:
other
themes
INSPIRE Key provisions
• Require MS to provide access to spatial information
through harmonised MS information services:
• Find, view, access, query, trade spatial information
• Require MS to provide harmonised spatial data:
• on environmental themes
• on common issues
• on other sectors
• Require MS to implement access policy to maximise the
benefits from information use, e.g.
• view and query of metadata
• view of information by the public
• Set up necessary co-ordinating and implementing
mechanisms
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European Commission - DG ENV
INSPIRE Outlook
• 2002-2003: State of play project
• September 2002: final position papers of WG’s
• November 2002-December 2002: Internet consultation
• 2nd quarter 2003?: Adoption of proposal by Commission
• 2005?: Adoption of INSPIRE Framework legislation
• 2005+: Implementation of framework
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European Commission - DG ENV
Beyond the EU
• Inspiration from Europe’s approach
• Environmental policy gains momentum at the
global scale
• WSSD Johannesburg: EU launches two Strategic
partnerships on Water (EU-Africa and EU-Eastern
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia)
• Joint platform and action plans,
• Increasing the knowledge base,
• River basin management
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European Commission - DG ENV