T. Steenberghen A. Willekens D. Vandenbroucke Main results of the one-day seminar on the Candidate Countries Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 T. Steenberghen A. Willekens D. Vandenbroucke

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Overview Objectives Preparation Agenda Main conclusions Recommendations Decisions Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Objectives of the workshop Prepare the accession countries for their integration in the ESS To share experience between the NSI/NMA and EUROSTAT Increase collaboration between the NSI and NMA and between CC (Gilles Decand) 10 Candidate / Phare Countries Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Workshop preparation Questionnaire on use of GI and GIS in NSI and NMA of CC Report Missions to Poland and Romania for in depth study Report Stimulate active participation of the NMA and NSI X Reports Organisation of the workshop Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Agenda Workshop Objectives of the workshop Presentation activities of GISCO and explanation of EUROSTAT’s requirements for transmission of GI (CONC/MODA) Presentation of the results of replies to questionnaires and the two missions 13 Papers and 15 presentations from 9 candidate countries Conclusions, recommendations and decisions Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Response to the Questionnaires Country NSI NMA Response Response Bulgaria  - Czech R.   Estonia   Hungary   Latvia   Lithuania   Poland   Romania  visit Slovak republic   Slovenia   Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Results of the workshop Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Use of GI/GIS Extent and intensity of GI/GIS use: ALL NSI and NMA use GI/GIS (also BG, the only country not attending the workshop) Several small and large GI/GIS projects, in NMA ánd NSI Differences in the complexity/intensity of use between countries and between NMA/NSI Some very good practices of more advanced GIS use in NSI (e.g. HU, SI) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 GIS Expertise The evaluation is based on the following information: Number of years of GIS use; Utilisation of GIS in the organisation (ex. SDE more sophisticated than desktop mapping) ; Formal collaboration between institutes; Number of data sets Property rights; (Number of GIS licences) The number and complexity of GIS projects was not asked for ... Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Number of years of GIS use NSI: 1990: 2 1994: 5 1995: 6 1996: 7 1997: 9 2000: 10 NMA: 1990: 1 1991: 2 1995: 3 1996: 4 1997: 5 1998: 6 2000: 8 Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Comparison of GIS Expertise in NSI and NMA Average: NSI = 2.2 NMA = 3.9 More GI and GIS experience in NMA: 7 equal GI and GIS experience in NSI and NMA: 2 More variation between countries than between NSI and NMA Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Comparison of GIS Expertise in NSI and NMA 3 4 5 2 5 Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Comparison of GIS Expertise in NSI and NMA Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Collaboration NSI - NMA No co-opertion agreement NSI - NMA BU, RO , LT Informal co-operation (or different response NSI -NMA) PL , SL Formal agreement CZ, EE , HU , LV, SK Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Collaboration NSI / NMA Important in several countries Mostly exchange of geo-data Uni-directional NMA > NSI (except SI, HU) General recognition of importance of systematic collaboration The workshop improved or started collaboration (e.g. RO) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

International Collaboration ABDS project Administrative Boundary Data Service (HU and others) EuroGeographics SABE dataset GlobalMap MapBSR Data set for Baltic Sea catchment region EUROSTAT Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Technical aspects Use of more advanced technology Most of the Institutes want to upgrade their software and hardware to be in line with new technology There is some expertise and interest to use geo-server technolgy More and more use of complex RDBMS systems like Oracle A lot of simple and more complicated Intranet initiatives Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Important data issues Nomenclature updates The process and frequency of changes in nomenclature varies between countries: more analysis required The process and frequency of data updates varies between countries and topics Projection systems, datum and scales vary widely between countries Metadata: 6 Institutes use CEN TC287 or IOS TC211, 8 use other metadata Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Data Access Restrictions From easiest to most difficult access: 1. Free public access 2. Commercial public access 3. Commercial restricted access 4. Internal restricted access 5. Not owner of the data Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Data Access Restrictions Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Conclusions NMA Base digital maps at large scale (1/10.000 - 1/25.000) and even larger Widespread use of ortophoto’s Several NMA use GI/GIS for cadastrial inventories and mapping (EE) / LIS Management Land Reform not mentioned often (most of them finished? - see SI) Traditional production of maps or towards digital DB (RO) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Conclusions NMA Regionalisation of data capture (EE) Good examples of handling census data (CZ, EE) Arangements with Ministries and companies for updating specific layers Internet/Intranet map services (SI) Interesting example of vertical topological integration of data layers: ZABAGED (CZ) ... Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Conclusions NSI Thematic mapping on regional and communal levels Census data (population and agriculture): presentation of results (map form) and analysis with GIS is mentioned by many countries (e.g. PL) Building and enterprise registers used as base for transforming statistical data old-new territorial breakdown (LV) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Conclusions NSI Territorial subdivision including future NUTS Remote Sensing for urban statistics, land use, vineyard census (HU, SI) Agriculture applications using land use and land cover Distribution of data via Internet, e.g. election results (SK) ... Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Results of the workshop Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Recommendations Lack of human and financial resources CC want to use GI/GIS in a more advanced way and need to upgrade infrastructure Need for additional resources and expertise Good examples of Phare projects related to GI/GIS (PL, SI) CC are encouraged to stimulate joint project development and explore EU funding possibilities (e.g. Phare programme) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Recommendations Acquirement of data sets by EUROSTAT For two remaining countries not yet in SABE (RO, BG) Population Census collection for 1990/91 and 2001 Input for the SIRE database Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Decisions CONC/MODA First concrete co-operation EUROSTAT - NSI (NMA) = Collection of information according agreed format Countries need to set up appropriate structures in order to submit reports according to format (only involves NSI or may require closer collaboration NSI/NMA) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Decisions Boundary study Inventory and update processes of local units used in CC Similar to BOUndary study for the MS To be funded as Phare project, starting 2002 Implies visit to all CC Publication of papers presented by CC (will be investigated by EUROSTAT) Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 Overall conclusion Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001

Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001 THANK YOU! Remarks? Questions? Workshop Phare Countries, Luxembourg, 24/10/2001