1. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters - building communities to support INSPIRE implementation
Robert Tomas
INSPIRE Thematic clusters coordinator
MIWP Action
INSPIRE MIG-T Workshop, Ispra; of October 2017

2. Share – Find – Propose - Discuss
Since
INSPIRE Thematic Clusters - What ?
On-line INSPIRE users collaborative platform .. to share
User’s implementation “knowledge base” .. to find
Incubator for change/addition proposals .. to propose (e.g. 1st set of corrigenda published end of 2016)
Discussion forum for e.g. links with other
environmental policies .. to discuss
Share – Find – Propose - Discuss

3. INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters
Since
INSPIRE Knowledge base – Thematic Clusters

4. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters – How?
Coordinated by JRC with the help of 9 Facilitators and MIG Liaisons
Defined in the endorsed INSPIRE MIG Working Plans:
MIWP : Action MIWP14
MIWP : Action : Theme specific issues of data specifications & exchange of implementation experiences in thematic domain

5. INSPIRE Thematic cluster Statistics on use
835 Registered members
50  Groups (groups + sub-groups)
608 Discussion topics
1591  Responses
222  Files uploaded
187  Issue/topic dedicated pages created
151 News
Note: No need to register to read/use
(e.g. download) any information!!
Visits: from until : 17957
Pageviews:  from until  : 50891
129 98
195
140 93 90
191
115 members
141

6. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Content statistics..

7. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Upcoming events
European Forum for Geography and Statistics 2017 – 02/11 Dublin
UNECE Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Standards – 06/11 Stockholm
Land use/land cover products: challenges and opportunities workshop – 15/11 Brussels
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service: Corinne Land Cover+ Technical Workshop – 16/11 Brussels
Implementation of INSPIRE Coverage Webinar –
06/ :30-12:00

8. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters recent activity
Facilitator structured reports on Inspire Conference activities e.g. Meetings with cluster members, dedicated Worksop etc. - MIG collaborative platform
Facilitator first-cut technical/expert evaluation of the IR change proposals
New system for documenting, status monitoring of changes/additions proposed by TC facilitators / MIG-T liaisons.

9. System for documenting & status monitoring of changes/additions
INSPIRE Thematic Clusters TC Issue tracker
System for documenting & status monitoring of changes/additions
Process steps: 1) Registration of a proposal by TC facilitators – new issue Status
2) Evaluation by members of MIWP 14 subgroup (MIG-T liaisons,
facilitators, EC) – working in progress Status (if accepted)
3) Presentation of selected proposals to MIG-T by authors during face to face or virtual meetings
4) MIG-T decision and agreed follow-ups (e.g. ad- hoc expert group)  

10. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters near future
Face to face meeting MIWP 14 - Jan/Feb (Ispra?) to:
Evaluate 3 years of INSPIRE TC activity & discuss (agree) EC possible requests for changes in TC facilitators operation/tasks
New contracts from 6/2018 including the Earth Science TC, Utilities (?)
Continue integration of TC content with INSPIRE in Practice under INSPIRE Knowledge base
Continue internal discussion on integrated Helpdesk function

11. INSPIRE Thematic Clusters Common issues
Fear to publish an issue, question, even a best practice on the EC managed platform.
Interoperability is better achieved
…sharing solutions in a collaborative way
Full encouragement to publish imperfect solutions

12. Thank you for your attention. robert.tomas@ec.europa.eu