1. 1 LORIS/ISSS 2005 INSPIRE and e-Government Eva Pauknerova Senior Researcher European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability

2. 2 LORIS/ISSS 2005 INSPIRE lays down general rules for the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe to support: –environmental policies and –policies that affect the environment This infrastructure shall be based on infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States. Proposal INSPIRE Framework Directive General Provisions According to the INSPIRE proposal the infrastructure includes: metadata, spatial data sets and services; network services; agreements on sharing, access and use; coordination and monitoring mechanisms, processes and procedures.

3. 3 LORIS/ISSS 2005 The Process ( long one…) but needed ! Bottom-up Stakeholder Involvement –Building consensus in expert groups Orientation and Position papers of experts Establishing the state-of-play –Preparing the proposal -> A Framework Directive Scoping policy measures with expert advice Assessing the political and socio-economic impact A public review of the proposed measures –Adoption of the Framework Directive by the Commission –The proposal on the political agenda of the EU Presidency –Co-Decision Procedure by Council and Parliament –Adoption of the Framework Directive –Transposing the Framework Directive –Implementing the Framework Directive 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004-6 2007-8 2009-13

4. 4 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Next steps From Commission proposal to Community Directive implementation - 3 phases: –Preparatory phase (2004-2006) Co-decision procedure Preparation of Implementing Rules –Transposition phase (2007-2008) Directive enters into force Transposition into national legislation INSPIRE Committee starts its activities Adoption of Implementation Rules by Committology –Implementation phase (2009-2013) implementation and monitoring of measures

5. 5 LORIS/ISSS 2005 INSPIRE Implementing Rules INSPIRE will require the Member States to implement various measures. Some of these measures shall be transposed by the Member States, while others require more detail which will be provided in ‘Implementing Rules’ How to implement INSPIRE ? –Transposition of the Directive into national legislation –Committology To adopt Implementing Rules

6. 6 LORIS/ISSS 2005 INSPIRE Implementing Rules At the technical level, Implementing Rules: –for the creation and up-dating of the metadata –for harmonised data specifications –on the arrangements for the exchange of spatial data –for network services At an organisational level, Implementing Rules: –laying down obligations on third parties (non-public sector) which may want to publish data –governing access and rights of use to spatial data sets and services for Community institutions and bodies –to increase the potential of re-use of spatial data sets and services by third parties (non-public sector)

7. 7 LORIS/ISSS 2005 http://inspire.jrc.it/

8. 8 LORIS/ISSS 2005 The broader context The implementation of INSPIRE needs to consider the broader context of existing initiatives which could contribute to ESDI The INSPIRE Work Programme should interface with those partnerships and initiatives where relevant and establish synergy SDIC bundle the human expertise of users, producers and transformers of spatial information, technical competence, financial resources and policies concept of Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDIC)

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10. 10 LORIS/ISSS 2005 eGovernment defined in COM (2003) 567 „ The Role of eGovernment for Europe´s Future“ : „ the use of information and communication technologies in public administrations combined with organisational change and new skills in order to improve public services and democratic processes and strengthen support to public policies“

11. 11 LORIS/ISSS 2005 INSPIRE and eGovernment GI standardization interoperable spatial services could be achieved adopting common standards and/or common specifications in the form of Implementing Rules –more the software industry supports these standards in its products, the easier is the implementation In addition to the generic ICT standardisation efforts, there are currently specific GI standards –ISO/TC211, CEN/TC287, OpenGeospatial Consortium (OGC) –their value is recognized by INSPIRE involvement of CEN, ISO, OGC wgs in the drafting can be direct or indirect by way of SDICs, LMOs, and projects

12. 12 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Cross-references technical IRs for: Metadata / Spatial data specifications and harmonisation / Network services and interoperability Standards –Open IT and geospatial standards from W3C, WS-I, OMG, OGC, ISO, OASIS, CEN Specific initiatives/wgs –Dublin Core, CEN/TC287 WG 5 “SDI”, ISO/TC211, JAG OGC-ISO, … –National data standardisation, modelling and data re- engineering initiatives –Other European related programmes (GMES, eEurope, eGovernment, eContentPlus,..) –International initiatives (GSDI, USNSDI, GeoConnection, …)

13. 13 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice An example using data from the Czech Republic Natura 2000 sites approved by the Czech government in December 2004 Example of a Natura 2000 site with several 1 st priority habitats and species as Austropotamobius torrentium) Map display of this 1)Information on Nature Protection Týřov - Oupořský potok

14. 14 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice 2) Information available through INSPIRE enable linking Nature Protection with the everyday practice a) Finding relevant information as on site management or administration via Internet b) Addressing owners or managers To be continued…

15. 15 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Comparing the shape and manage- ment measures concerning the site of interest with forestry or regional plans (public access) Forest typology Bio-centers and bio-corridors Different categories of site protection Týřov - Oupořský potok CZ0214011

16. 16 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Týřov - Oupořský potok CZ0214011 Publishing information related to the EC Policies via INSPIRE will inform the planners, managers, owners and authorities on all levels in an efficient way Natura 2000 site compared with the bio-centre approved in the spatial plan of “Rakovnicko” in the Central- Bohemian Region

17. 17 LORIS/ISSS 2005 a) Monitoring trends and EC Policy impacts; b) Controlling land-use and management; c) Detection of damages Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice 3) Information available through INSPIRE can be compared with independent information sources as remote sensing data and used for: Image 2000

18. 18 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Nature 2000 and INSPIRE in practice Image 2000 Natura 2000 Czech Republic Corine Landcover CZ0214011 Spatial plan and other planning or management tools

19. 19 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Conclusions INSPIRE is a framework Directive with implementing rules to be defined in incoming years Highest involvement of key stakeholders through the SDIC concept is needed –A call for expression of interest of SDIC published –Deadline for Experts registration: 16 April 2005 Openness and transparency in drafting implementing measures will be followed –including formal public consultation Pilots and Projects could play a key role to define and validate the implementing rules INSPIRE and e-Government overlap in some extent and can support each other

20. 20 LORIS/ISSS 2005 Note: INSPIRE   eGovernment EC JRC workshop, co-organised with the Czech Ministry of Informatics, will be held in Prague on 28-29 April 2005 Thanks for your attention Eva.Pauknerova@jrc.it http://inspire.jrc.it/