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INSPIRATION – Regional Perspective of INSPIRE Implementation

Christian Ansorge, Fritz Kroiss, Ivica Skender INSPIRE Conference 2013, Florence 27th June, 2013

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

INSPIRATION – Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Western Balkans

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

I N S P I R AT I O N – S p a t i a l D a t a I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e W e s t e r n B a l k a n s

INSPIRATION Project

• Multicountry project funded by the European Union

• Support the development of a sustainable SDI towards INSPIRE

• Consortium with a lot of experience in a wide range of fields

• Implementation duration from 01 01 2012 till 31 12 2013.

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

I N S P I R AT I O N – S p a t i a l D a t a I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e W e s t e r n B a l k a n s

Participating countries

• Croatia • Serbia • Bosnia - Herzegovina • Montenegro • FYROM • Albania • Kosovo* *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ advisory opinion

on the Kosovo declaration of independence

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

I N S P I R AT I O N – S p a t i a l D a t a I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e W e s t e r n B a l k a n s

Project target groups

• Main beneficiaries – National Mapping and Cadastre Authorities (NMCA’s)

• Secondary beneficiaries

– Universities – Ministries of Environment

• Tertiary beneficiaries

– Further NSDI stakeholders (e.g. other governmental institutions, private surveying, Geospatial commercial sector, Research organisations, etc.)

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

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Success factors of NSDIs

• Make spatial data and metadata available and accessible: this is the essence of SDI

• Build a consensus process - build on common interests and create a common vision

• Establish the institutional and policy framework

• Create political support via an SDI council • User awareness

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

I N S P I R AT I O N – S p a t i a l D a t a I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e W e s t e r n B a l k a n s

INSPIRATION structure

Activity 1 Policy, institutional and legislative framework

analyses

Activity 2

Capacity building and knowledge transfer

Activity 3

Awareness raising and communication

Regional SDI Legislation Framework Analysis

Individual SDI Legislation Recommendation Report

Regional SDI & Land Administration Capacity

and Education Study

14 National workshops 3 INSPIRE trainings

SDI awarness measures (e.g. 7 INSPIRE Open

days, ideas competition)

Regional Public Awareness Study

A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

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Cooperation

Cooperation needed?

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A multi-country project funded by the European Union and implemented by

I N S P I R AT I O N – S p a t i a l D a t a I n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n t h e W e s t e r n B a l k a n s

Contact details

Umweltbundesamt Christian Ansorge Fritz Kroiss

GDi GIS-Data Ivica Skender www.inspiration-westernbalkans.eu