National PSI Meeting 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria Spatial Data Infrastructure State of the art in Bulgaria Ulrich BoesRaina Pavlova AGISEETechnical University of SofiaSofia, Bulgaria

2 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 Outline SDI – what is it ? Organisation of SDI study in Bulgaria State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria Best practice INSPIRE in Bulgaria Conclusions

3 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 SDI – what is it ?. for : Geo Spatial Data and : To increase access & availability of geo spatial data To share data To realise & foster services for citizens NOW – via INTERNET What is SDI ?What is SDI …..for ? TechnologyTo acquire StandardsTo process PoliciesTo store Human resourcesTo distribute To improve utilisation

4 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 SDI study in Bulgaria - Organisation Questionnaires’ distribution  s – to more then 70 addresses....  Tel. calls, interviews Targets organisations  State organisations( research institutes, National Statistical Institute, Ministries)  Municipalities  Nature Park Directorates  Private companies Our old studies on SDI ( started 2002)

5 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 What did we get back. Telephone conversations 50, or more ….? Target OrganizationsSent Quest.Received Quest. State organisations33 Municipalities102 Nature Parks Directorates33 Private companies11 TOTAL 179

6 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 What did we speak about ? Some problems, difficult to understand: (mainly with Municipalities)  What is NUTS ?  What is SDI ?  And Spatial Data ? ?  We did not hear about INSPIRE !!!!  Some problems with English Language  and - NO TIME to work on the questionnaire

7 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 Questionnaires filled in by: National level - State organisations:  National Statistical Institute  Soil Resources Agency –Ministry of Agriculture and Foods  Space Research Institute – Bulgarian Academy of Science Local level – Municipalities:  Municipality of Burgas  Municipality of Dobrich Regional level - Nature Parks Directorates : Vitosha Park – Sofia region Bulgarka Park -Gabrovo region Strandja Park – Burgas region Private Companies  GIS-Sofia Ltd

8 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general -1; Data Data owners & providers :  ministries, state agencies, research institutes, municipalities, private companies Data sharing and exchange – nearly nothing Data access  mostly by request ( off-line)  very few on-line ( private companies and some municipalities) Data services – mostly off-line and few on-line (private companies)

9 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general - 2 ; Technology Technology:  ESRI,  ORACLE  AutoCAD ….. Standards  Local (ZEM,…)  Vendor standards ( …)  Open standards - starting phase (in new developments)

10 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general – 3; Legislation Legislation - laws  Law of cadastre and properties register  Law of geodesy and cartography  Law of Black Sea Cost Development  Law of Protected Areas  Law of Spatial Data Access – draft Human resources  State administration - is not well prepared  Companies – experts well prepared  Universities – still we need more

11 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey - 1; SDI SDI was understood as : – map displayed on the screen ( static data)  Topographic maps  Street maps... - GIS for internal use ; data on request  Corporative GIS – in development phase  Funding mechanisms- from government, European and national projects Web services - exist very rarely

12 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey - 2; Data Metadata in municipalities – does not exist in state organisations- very few in nature parks - does not exist in private sector- very few Officials – responsible for geo data in municipalities – Information Departments in state organisations- different departments in nature parks - Information Departments in private sector – special departments

13 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey – best practices National Level Soil Resources Agency  Large Scale Digital State Soil Map Local (Sub-national) SDIs State - Burgas Municipality (  Administrative map, Municipality Real Estate Properties Map, Temporary Traffic Organisation map  GIS – on-line Local Private - Sofia-GIS Ltd  Capital Municipality Inormation System with Cadatral and urban plans and other geographic data

14 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 INSPIRE in Bulgaria Directive 2007/2/ЕС – published in EC OJ on 25 April 2007, in force since 15 May 2007 – INSPIRE DIRECTIVE Bulgarian Actions Resolution of Council of Ministers on 19 April 2007 E-governance Act accepted by the Parliament on 30 May 2007 (S.G. № 46/12 June 2007) Order by the Prime Minister (17 September 2007) to form Inter- ministerial work-group Resolution of Council of Ministers on 31 January 2008 for approval of ACTION PLAN for INSPIRE DIRECTIVE (SPATIAL DATA) implementation Resolution of Council of Ministers on 22 February 2008 – nominates SAITS as an institution responsible for transposition and implementation of the Directive INSPIRE. Law Spatial Data Access – draft, in February 2009 for pulic discussion

15 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 Some thoughts – after the survey Administration capacity building – what to do more ? To increase Awareness and Education : Information materials – written in Bulgarian ( native language) Demonstration materials –  Still images, Pictures  On-line connection to working SGI as best case SDI – to be explained in simple,understandable language (too complicated ) INSPIRE- to find right people to speak about Workshops with practice – presenters of working SDIs Improvement of international experience - Involvement in European and national projects ( as end-users, partners…)

16 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 Instead of conclusions: what is SDI ??? It is not Mathematics – no formulas ….. SDI by now is more intuitive : - from practice & experience – that brings (delivers) Spatial Data & Services to users - via New Technologies

17 SEE SDI Workshop, Thessaloniki, 5 February 2009 Thank you for your attention ! Raina Pavlova Association for Geospatial Information in South-East Europe AGISEE Sofia, Bulgaria Tel/Fax