1. 5.b3 Monitoring & Reporting 2019
[PRES7]
5.b3 Monitoring & Reporting 2019
4th INSPIRE MIG-P Meeting
29th June 2016, Brussels
European Commission
Directorate General for Environment
Unit D.4 – Governance, Information & Reporting 1

2. Drivers
Current system is based on Article 21 of the Directive and on the 2009 Reporting Implementing Decision. This system leaves room for improvement and e.g.:
too much textual information)
time consuming
no comparable results across MS
Some recommendations from MIWP-16 still need to be addressed.
Develop and implement an optimized and effective process according to Art. 21 of INSPIRE Directive, in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines (COM(2015)111) and the aims of the Fitness Check on environmental monitoring and reporting
adopt the concepts of Key Performance Indicators, dashboards, country fiches, linking to more extensive reporting resources and reporting service endpoints.

3. Proposed actions Review of current indicators and development of KPI
Development of country fiches for streamlining
Development of forward-looking critical success factors as part of country fiches
Ensure that all elements requested for reporting can be gathered from metadata and complemented by targeted surveys (or similar means)
Review and integrate proposals for updates to the monitoring done by MIWP-16
Propose rationale and ideas for amendment of the 2009 Reporting Decision and corresponding technical guidance
Development of a new, streamlined monitoring and reporting process
Prototyping, testing and implementation of the new monitoring and reporting process

4. MIG sub-group
JRC to take the operational lead on the action, in collaboration with ENV
Actions are carried out in close collaboration with a dedicated temporary MIG sub-group “Monitoring & Reporting 2019”
A small, dedicated sub-group (10-15 MS participants + ENV, JRC and EEA) with a good geographic distribution across Europe.

5. Specific tasks Conceptual [2016] Implementation [2017]
Develop a work plan
Perform a needs analysis (EC, MS) and collect issues raised by MS
Check of legislation and existing technical guidance documents and propose changes as needed and prepare document for discussion at the Art. 22 Committee.
Analyse change impact and functional and technical needs
Implementation [2017]
Proposals for an updated MR decision and corresponding technical guidance documents
Revision of the 2009 Decision (if necessary and or approved)
Develop and test the new process and system (AGILE), including the Country fiche system
Develop guidelines (user documentation)
Transition [2018]
Testing and corrective maintenance.
MS Capacity building (training, support)

6. Next steps
Adoption and initiation of the proposed MIWP action (Annex I, Work Area 2, ).
Timing
Start: Q3 2016, after approval of MIWP.
If necessary by written procedure.
Setup a dedicated MIG temporary sub-group coordinated and supported jointly by ENV and JRC to support.
[DOC9] provides a first draft of ENV requirements as a scene-setter for the activities of the sub-group.

7. MIG-P Feedback on action
History: Work package further discussed and drafted in MIG-T. Send out for MIG consultation. Consolidated proposal in MIWP Annex. MIWP annex shared with MIG-P for consultation.
DE:
The action plan agreed on for the 2016 reporting – so far – was a “one time deliverable”. At the moment Germany would not agree to permanent reporting of an action plan.
What is meant by "forward-looking critical succes factors"
FR: no remark at this stage nor about DOC 9, even if we had no time to analyze the proposed indicators. Thanks for this proposal which shows a pragmatic approach.

8. Country Report template (1/2)
A first draft proposal that will be tested on M&R 2016.
3 parts:
Part 1: Implementation Report – the static part of the country fiche
In future this content will not be requested separately in a report but will be updated by the MS upon changes conform the tri-annual reporting cycle as mandated in the INSPIRE Directive or can be continuously maintained by MS on a voluntary base.
Part 2: Monitoring – the dynamic part of the country fiche delivering Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Part 2 of the Country Fiche builds further on the results of MIWP-16 (Monitoring ) and MIWP-5 (Validation and Conformity ). The main target is to fully automate the gathering and validation of monitoring information based on metadata made available by the Member Statesd through their registered discovery services.

9. Country Report template (2/2)
Part 3: MS Action Plan – Objectives for each MS and the actions to achieve them , aligned with the objectives of the INSPIRE implementation strategy 2016 – 2020 
This part of the Country Fiche contains the forward looking aspect for delivering on INSPIRE implementation objectives. A common set of objectives need to be developed to steer MS INSPIRE implementation towards a common direction/goal.
Where the MIWP is the common INSPIRE Action Plan outlining the EU implementation strategy and EU objectives, the MS Action Plans outline the country-specific operational actions for aligning with EU implementation strategy, EU objectives, national strategy and national objectives. For the Country fiche our focus is on EU-level objectives. Country specific objectives can be used to build a case for national INSPIRE benefits.

10. Draft Country Report template
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

11. Draft Country Report template
Example