INSPIRE Thematic Cluster Statistical Cluster Mirosław Migacz – facilitator

Statistical Cluster - overview Statistical Units [SU] Population Distribution (Demography) [PD] Human Health and Safety [HH]

The highlights statistical community very „geo-aware”: pan-european projects interoperable products (e.g. population grid for 31 countries) implementation attempts of all sorts are conducted: European: harmonization of population grids into the INSPIRE data model Table Joining Services national: preparation of national data sets and services links to examples of GMLs encoded according to the data specifications

The community a whole session on INSPIRE: Thematic Clusters presentation national implementation examples ELF project lots and lots of questions implementations under way foreseen changes in the TG -> webinar in December? European Forum for Geography and Statistics Vienna, November 10th 2015

Discussions implementation attempts being performed – questions need for changes in the Technical Guidelines: a minor bug detected in the Statistical Units model a bigger issue with the Population Distribution

Issues all cluster themes are Annex III – Member States aim for 2020 deadline need for a clear message to the community whether or not the changes in the Technical Guidelines are to be processed -> OK the community awaits changes in the Technical Guidelines before finalizing works with Population Distribution need for support from INSPIRE MIG-T to carry out the change proposals

Questions?