1. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE Mauro SALVEMINI Sapienza University of Rome LABSITA www.labsita.org

2. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 2 ICT European certification programs The characteristics. Analysis based on the labor market demands Jointly developed by teams of experts (3 nations) Different levels of certification (basic user, professional, specialized) Standard system : - Syllabus (requested competences) - Question and Test Base (tests)

3. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 3 ECDL Core level The test is competency focused and sustain the “driving license” metaphor for the generic computer user It consists of 7 tests Concepts of Information Technology Using the Computer and Managing Files Word Processing Spreadsheets Information and Communication Presentation Database 2.700 Test Centers 850.000 registered students 350.000 certificated In Italy

4. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 4 ECDL Core level Skills Card ECDL Certificate

5. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 5 Syllabus

6. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 6 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland ECDL Certifications in Europe GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE ECDL GIS

7. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 7 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE AWERENESS AND CAPACITY BUILDING GIS Advanced Certification is an end-user qualification for GIS professionals and support staff who has ability of using GIS and GI. GIS Advanced Certification certifies that a candidate: Understands ………. Can use …………….. Understands and can interpret ……………..

8. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 8 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland Who should be interested ? those who wish to have officially recognised national and international certification of their skills in INSPIRE compliant SDIs; schools and study programmes that want to provide an additional professional and technical skill and a recognised advanced professional qualification which can help job-seekers; public bodies and agencies that require an objective certification of the basic knowledge and practical skills of their employees working, at different levels (with different qualifications) and on different tasks, with SDIs being in charge of insuring INSPIRE compliance for the European Spatial Data Infrastructure. Private companies working in a range of sectors from GIS to IT networks and services, etc., that intend to employ people based on an objective evaluation of their knowledge and skills. GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

9. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 9 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland GIS Advanced Certification covers the following areas: Part 1: SDI General Concepts Understand the SDI Understand SDI technology Understand Geospatial services framework Part 2: SDI and INSPIRE INSPIRE Directive general concepts Understand the INSPIRE Directive Understand the INSPIRE Directive provisions Players, roles and Road-map of INSPIRE Identify the INSPIRE Directive Players and roles Identify the INSPIRE Directive phases of implementation Understand the INSPIRE GeoPortal Identify the INSPIRE Users Understand the measures that address to SDIs use Part 3: User Skills on geoportals Use the network services Connect to web-services through GIS desktop Use the INSPIRE metadata editor GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

10. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE 10 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland Further developments : the first draft of the programme with the syllabus and the related documents has been realised by an initial Italian WG formed by experts and professional in GIS and experts in ECDL programmes the syllabus will be gone over by European experts and professional in GIS after a signed “NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT” the European WG formed by experts and professional in GIS is open to new nominations all experts and professional in GIS interested to candidate themselves for the aforesaid work must send an email to mauro.salvemini@uniroma1.it GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

11. GIS Advanced certification: SDI & INSPIRE Contacts 11 Mauro Salvemini -- INSPIRE Conference 2010, Kraków, Poland mauro.salveminiuniroma1.it laura.berardi@uniroma1.it www.labsita.org