The INSPIRE Directive & Floods Directive Hugo.DE-GROOF@ec.europa.eu Directorate-General Environment – Chief Scientist, Research and Innovation Unit European Commission INSPIRE TEAM Eurostat – DG Environment – Joint Research Centre

Why INSPIRE ? Needs Situation in Europe Better information needed to support policies Improvement of existing information flows Differentiation across regions to be considered Revision of approach to reporting and monitoring, moving to concept of sharing of information Situation in Europe Data policy restrictions pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy Lack of co-ordination across boarders and between levels of government Lack of standards incompatible information and information systems Existing data not re-usable fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate EU has islands of data of different standards and quality...

INSPIRE principles Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively Combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources and share it between many users and applications (the concept of interoperability) Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use

Bringing data together through a Spatial Data Infrastructure Data easily discoverable and accessible to users Easier development of new applications and services Like a road infrastructure makes it possible to connect different sites, a spatial data infrastructure makes it possible to connect data located at different sources Components Institutional framework Data Services Fundamental data sets Technical standards

INSPIRE Directive General Provisions INSPIRE lays down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE to be based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States. INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data

INSPIRE Fundamental Data Sets Spatial data held by or on behalf of a public authority operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes

INSPIRE Data Scope (1) Annex I Coordinate reference systems Geographical grid systems Geographical names Administrative units Addresses Cadastral parcels Transport networks Hydrography Protected sites Annex II Elevation Land cover Ortho-imagery Geology

INSPIRE Data Scope (2) Annex III Statistical units Buildings Soil Land use Human health and safety Utility and governmental services Environmental monitoring facilities Production and industrial facilities Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Population distribution – demography Area management/restriction /regulation zones & reporting units Natural risk zones Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Species distribution Energy Resources Mineral resources

Directive on the Assessment and Management of Floods A preliminary flood risk assessment Including art.4 a-f (e) Likelihood of future floods and projected impact of climate change and land use trends Prepare flood risk maps by 2013 – with 6 yearly updates Flood risk management plans by 2015

Source: GMES BICEPS Report Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Data & Information Requirements Source: GMES BICEPS Report

Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Data & Information Requirements Hydrography I- 2 Elevation III – 7 Environmental Monitoring Facilities III - 12 Natural Risk Zones III – 14 Meteorological geographical features III – 13 Atmospheric conditions III – 3 Soils III – 4 Land-use II – 2 Landcover III – 18 Habitats and biotopes III – 19 Species distribution III-10 Population distribution — demography III- 6 - Utility and governmental services Etc. Source: GMES BICEPS Report

2009 UK Location Strategy “Location information is increasingly being used to ensure emergency services arrive at incidents in time, to support the formulation of policies to mitigate the impact of climate change, to ensure that services are better targeted to citizens needs and to empower citizens and communities to manage their localities more effectively.” However ….

2009 UK Location Strategy “But despite the wide range of beneficial applications of location information, the true value of this asset to the public, government and the private sectors is not being realised. As Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom identified, many location based datasets are duplicated, too few can be found and it is difficult to re-use and integrate the information in collaborative projects.”

INSPIRE - Data Sharing in force since 15 May 2009 Member States shall adopt measures for the sharing of data and services between public authorities for public tasks relating to the environment without restrictions occurring at the point of use. Public authorities may charge, license each other and Community institutions provided this does not create an obstacle to sharing.

INSPIRE is a Framework Directive INSPIRE - Technical INSPIRE is a Framework Directive “Implementing Rules” for: Metadata Interoperability of spatial data sets and services Network services (discovery, view, download, transform, invoke) - European geo-portal Data and Service sharing EU / MS Coordination and measures for monitoring & reporting “Implementing Rules” to adopt according to directive “roadmap” “Implementing Rules” bottom-up development with stakeholders

INSPIRE - Architecture DT NS INSPIRE - Architecture Application and Geoportals Service Bus GeoRM layers Service Layer Registry Service Discovery Service View Service Download Service Transf. Service InvokeSD Service DT MD DT DS Data Sources Registers Service Metadata Data Set Metadata Spatial Data Set TWG TWG TWG Thematic DS Framework for harmonized DS

Participatory approach 22-06-2005 01-06-2007 22-04-2009 Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) 139 201 (+45%) 301 (+117%) Legally Mandate Organisations (LMOs) 89 116 (+30%) 173 (+94%) Proposed Experts 193 210 (+9%) 284 (+47%) Referenced Materials 96 144 (+50%) 354 (+296%) Identified Projects 94 112 (+19%) 122 (+30%) Proposals testing Annex I data specifications 78

Progress Preparatory phase (2004-2006) Co-decision procedure Start of preparation of Implementing Rules Transposition phase (2007-2009) Directive entered into force 15 May 2007 Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules Transposition into national legislation 15 May 2009 Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology Regulation Metadata 14/5/2008 – in force Regulation Network Services – part 1 19/12/2008 – in force Decision Monitoring & reporting – 19/12/2008 – in force 15/5/2009 DATA SHARING ENTERS INTO FORCE Regulation Network Services – part 2 15/12/2010 …. Regulation interoperability of spatial data sets and services part 1- 14/12/2010 + Codelists January 2011 Regulation interoperability of spatial data sets and services part 2- 14/12/2010 …… roadmap ….. Implementation phase (2010-2013) Implementation and monitoring of measures

Interoperability of spatial data sets and services Annex II, III Principles of process: Open, participatory and transparent process Involvement of stakeholders and relevant thematic experts and communities at all steps Call for manifestation of interest was launched on 05/11/2009 on Closing date for nominating experts 14/12/2009 For submitting reference materials – OPEN Prior registration as SDIC required

Results from the Call 311 experts proposed by 50 LMO and 51 SDICs 23 countries Setting up 19 Thematic Working Groups, some themes grouped under the same TWG Potentially 30 Facilitators and Editors in-kind contribution and 167 domain experts at present Excellent results showing the continued commitment and dedication of stakeholders

TWG-NZ Natural Risk Zones Surname Name Landslides Floods Forest Fires Volcanic activity Earthquakes Droughts Avalanches IT Bojilov Venco x Cerba Otakar Canet Castella Raquel Exadaktylos George Giovando Cristiano Harrison Matthew Isidro Llorente Miguel Pfeiffer Manuela Thomas Florian Tomas Robert 21

Grouping of Themes Annex II Elevation Land cover Ortho-imagery Geology 21. Mineral resources (Annex III) Annex III Statistical units 10. Population distribution – demography Buildings Soil Land use Human health and safety Utility and governmental services Environmental monitoring facilities Production and industrial facilities Agricultural and aquaculture facilities Area management/restriction /regulation zones & reporting units Natural risk zones Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Oceanographic geographical features Sea regions Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Species distribution Energy Resources

TWG-NZ Natural Risk Zones 23

The Balance Challenge Which level of interoperability is “just right”? Simple Complex Too simple: identified requirements can not be supported insufficient harmonisation Few benefits Too complex: difficult to implement identified substantial benefits available only to few users high costs

Planning February 2010 Set-up of Thematic Working Groups March 2010 Workshop with National Contact Points present the composition of TWGs discuss proposal for Working Group on Data Interoperability & Harmonisation: implementation and maintenance Kick-off with Facilitators and Editors Autumn 2010 Data Specifications v1.0 Spring 2011 Data Specifications v2.0 Summer 2011 Stakeholder consultation and testing on v2.0 End 2011 2012 Data Specifications V3.0 Drafting IR for Annex II and III themes

Conclusion Floods reporting = INSPIRE priority use-case Challenges: PFRA GIS guidance <-> INSPIRE (relevant) data models and specifications co-ordination ! ‘Governance’: Who adopts/approves what and when. Transparency and participation: Register to INSPIRE as SPATIAL DATA INTEREST COMMUNITY Provide ‘reference material’ Participate to the ‘review phases’ and ‘testing’ Implement in INSPIRE in your organisation

EU Treaty CIVIL PROTECTION Article 196 “The Union shall encourage cooperation between Member States in order to improve the effectiveness of systems for preventing and protecting against natural or man-made disasters.” http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/