1 European Initiatives: INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) and Public Sector Information Directive Proposal J.F.Dallemand European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability Land Management Unit NATURE-GIS Workshop, Prague, 2October 2002

2 Introduction Evolution - Activities Training courses, Workshops, Expert consultations, Pilot Projects, Projects, Enlargement Projects - Terminology Communist, Eastern, PHARE, CEEC, PECO, Pre-Accession, Enlargement Results Med Spatial Data Infrastructures: Flood, Common Agriculture Policy, Environment, Sustainable development SDI in EU & Enlargement countries: Technology transfer or Technical/Scientific cooperation ?

3 Objective of INSPIRE Support good governance through the establishment of integrated spatial information services. The users of INSPIRE are governmental organisations at all administrative levels. Good governance includes informing and interacting with the citizen.

4 Examples of Problems Lack of standards in legislation Lack of coordination Lack of data Data policy restrictions

5 Need for action: INSPIRE Required by 6 th Environment Action Programme Geographic information is increasingly used to support environmental policy –Urban, waste, water, nitrates, thematic strategies, air quality, noise... Explicitly required by Water Framework Directive –Provide river basin characterisation in GIS format Without a co-ordinated framework: problems will persist !

6 INSPIRE vision: 6 common principles 1.Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively 2.it should be possible to combine seamlessly spatial information from different sources across Europe and share it between many users and application 3.it should be possible for information collected at one level to be shared between all the different levels, detailed for detailed investigations, general for strategic purposes

7 INSPIRE vision: 6 common principles 4.geographic information needed for good governance at all levels should be abundant under conditions that do not refrain its extensive use 5.it should be easy to discover which geographic information is available, fits the needs for a particular use and under which conditions it can be acquired and used 6.geographic data should become easy to understand and interpret because it can be visualised within the appropriate context selected in a user-friendly way

8 DG ENV COGI Commission DG’s (AGRI, TREN, REGIO, INFSO, …) INSPIRE Expert Group ESPON, UNEP, ETC, Accession Countries, EFTA Countries, Environmental Ministries, Geographic Information Institutions, GMES stakeholders The INSPIRE driving forces

9 Architecture & Standards Legal Aspects & Data Policy Funding & Implementation structures Reference Data & Metadata Impact Analysis Env thematic coordination Inter-sectoral co-ordination ….. biodiversity soils seveso urban noise forest water Environmental components Horizontal Components Agricultural components Transport components Other components Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat EC inter-service group on GI (COGI) INSPIRE Expert Group Thematic Components E-ESDI Other thematic co-ordination Transport thematic co-ordination Agricultural thematic co-ordination Phase 1: Environmental Sector INSPIRE

10 INSPIRE timeline October 2002 Position papers by Working groups and user requirements (environment) November 2002 Summary paper based on position papers for internet consultation Early 2003 Draft INSPIRE Framework Legislation Early 2003 Proposal for INSPIRE Framework Legislation adopted by Commission 2003 Preparation of daughters 2004 INSPIRE Framework Legislation adopted

11 Architecture & Standards Legal Aspects & Data Policy Funding & Implementation structures Reference Data & Metadata Impact Analysis Env thematic coordination Inter-sectoral co-ordination ….. biodiversity soils seveso urban noise forest water Environmental components Horizontal Components Agricultural components Transport components Other components Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat EC inter-service group on GI (COGI) INSPIRE Expert Group Thematic Components E-ESDI Other thematic co-ordination Transport thematic co-ordination Agricultural thematic co-ordination Phase 1: Environmental Sector INSPIRE

12 Prioritising data needs Preliminary priority list

13 Link to reporting and implementation

14 Architecture & Standards Legal Aspects & Data Policy Funding & Implementation structures Reference Data & Metadata Impact Analysis Env thematic coordination Inter-sectoral co-ordination ….. biodiversity soils seveso urban noise forest water Environmental components Horizontal Components Agricultural components Transport components Other components Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat EC inter-service group on GI (COGI) INSPIRE Expert Group Thematic Components E-ESDI Other thematic co-ordination Transport thematic co-ordination Agricultural thematic co-ordination Phase 1: Environmental Sector INSPIRE

15 AST vision The architecture envisioned by AST deploys interoperable services that will help to produce and publish, find and access, and eventually, use and understand geographic information over the internet across the European Union and Accession Countries at local, national, and European levels.

16 Generic architecture model Clients Middleware Servers Geospatial data Metadata update Catalogs Geo-processing and catalog Services Content Repositories Other data e.g., administrative, statistical, env. reporting Service chaining: search, display, access, e- commerce, …. User applications Direct data access Access to transformed data, pictures, maps, reports, multi-media content Metadata search and retrieval for data and services After the Digital Earth Reference Model

17 AST Position Paper: Getting the process right IND AC INSPIRE standards profiles and guidelines documents INSPIRE CEN Workshop Agreement MS UNI MS ISO OGC EU technical body for INSPIRE CEN: European Standardization Committee AC: Accession Countries MS: Member States IND: Industry UNI: University INSPIRE profile and guidelines INSPIRE CWA: Open to all interested parties

18 Architecture & Standards Chair : JRC Ispra Legal Aspects & Data Policy Chair : UK Funding & Implementation structures Chair : SE Common Reference Data & Metadata Chair : ESTAT Impact Analysis Chair : NL Environmental thematic co-ordination Chair: EEA Inter-sectoral co-ordination Chair: ESTAT ….. biodiversity soils seveso urban noise forest water Environmental components Horizontal Components Agricultural components Transport components Other components Technical Co-ordination & Secretariat JRC Ispra - Institute for Environment and Sustainability COGI Chair: ESTAT INSPIRE Expert Group Chair : DG ENV & ESTAT Thematic Components E-ESDI Other thematic co-ordination Chair: Transport thematic co-ordination Chair: Agricultural thematic co-ordination Chair: Phase 1: Environmental Sector INSPIRE

19 Sharing and Trading INSPIRE Data

20 Sharing and Trading INSPIRE Data

21 The Public Sector Information Directive proposal On 5th June 2002 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on the re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector information.

22 PSI: what is at stake? PSI is prime content resource –more and more cross-border services/mobile Barriers at European level limit exploitation –more and more cross-border services/mobile Competitive disadvantages vis-à-vis the US –PSI important basis for US digital industries –Clear and comprehensive policy on exploitation Some countries move ahead, others do not Follow up to Green Paper on Public Sector Information in the Information Society.

23 The political context: eEurope 2005 Focus on: Modern online public services, particularly e-government, e-learning and e- health A dynamic e-business environment Widespread availability of broadband access at competitive prices A secure information infrastructure

24 The proposal for a Directive (1) Transparency: prices and other conditions for re-use should be pre-established and publicly known Charges –upper limit based on cost-orientation + –no radical move (marginal costs for dissemination) imposed, although analyses show economic potential Non-discrimination

25 The proposal for a Directive (2) Limit exclusive deals –exception: provision of service of public interest (no market interest) Practicalities –online licences –replying times: in line with replying times access regimes –format: availability in all pre-existing formats

26 Current status, next steps Commission Directive Proposal adopted on 5 June 2002 Discussions in Council and Parliament –first presentation, Telecom Council 18 June

27 Conclusions New approach with INSPIRE European Spatial Data Infrastructure one of JRC activities in the Sixth Framework Programme ( ) FAO, ESA, MARS, MERA, PANEL GI... Future: Integrated Projects & Networks of Excellence (DG Research), DG AGRI, DG REGIO