The Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the EU INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Directorate-General Environment Governance, Information & Reporting Unit EC/EEA INSPIRE TEAM EEA– DG Environment – Joint Research Centre

2 INSPIRE Policy Foundations The EU 6th Environmental Action Programme Seven Thematic Strategies 1. Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) 2. Soil protection 3. Sustainable use of pesticides 4. Marine environment 5. Waste prevention and recycling 6. Sustainable use of natural resources 7. Urban environment Four Priorities 1. Climate Change 2. Nature and Biodiversity 3. Environment and Health 4. Natural resources and waste + Mitigation of natural and man-made hazards leading to disasters Emphasis on « knowledge-based » policy making, assessment and implementation

3 Policy Needs 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 But … EU has islands of information & data of different standards and quality... Challenges2002

4 Status 2002 Response Situation in Europe 1.Data policy restrictions –pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy 2.Lack of co-ordination –across boarders and between levels of government 3.Lack of standards –incompatible information and information systems 4.Existing data not re-usable –fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate 5.Missing data 6.Data quality Not comparable, not timely available, … July EC Proposal COM(2004) 516 for a Directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community – INSPIRE DIRECTIVE 2007/2/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) Entry into Force on 15 May 2007 Transposed in National Law by 15 May 2009 NOT INSPIRE

5 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

6 Bringing data together through a Spatial Data Infrastructure Data easily discoverable and accessible to users 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 Easier development of new applications and services Institutional Institutional framework framework DataServicesFundamental data sets Technicalstandards Components

Spatial Data Infrastructur e Meta-data Network services Discovery View Download -Transform Invoke Spatial Data Standards Meta-data Network services Discovery View Download -Transform Invoke Spatial Data Standards Data integration Spatial data sets Catchments Meteo data Land Cover DEM INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Data policies and co-ordination Institutional framework Technical standards Spatial Data Services Spatial data sets

What is Spatial Data ?

Use Cases 9 TN:Transport networks EL:Elevation BU:Buildings SO:Soil PF:Production and industrial facilities AF:Agricultural and aquaculture facilities ER:Energy Resources HB:Habitats and biotopes SD:Species distribution AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units PD: Population Distribution US: Utilities and Governmental Services (Waste Management) Urban Planning Water Management Plans Environmental Impact Assessment Risk Management Citizens Information Public Inspections … PRTR SEVESO Waste Reporting

General Provisions 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 based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States does not require collection of new spatial data

Spatial Data Sets 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 34 Spatial Data Themes

Data Scope Annex I 1.Coordinate reference systems 2.Geographical grid systems 3.Geographical names 4.Administrative units 5.Addresses 6.Cadastral parcels 7.Transport networks 8.Hydrography 9.Protected sites Annex II 1.Elevation 2.Land cover 3.Ortho-imagery 4.Geology

Data Scope Annex III 1.Statistical units 2.Buildings 3.Soil 4.Land use 5.Human health and safety 6.Utility and governmental services 7.Environmental monitoring facilities 8.Production and industrial facilities 9.Agricultural and aquaculture facilities 10.Population distribution – demography 11.Area management/restriction /regulation zones & reporting units 12.Natural risk zones 13.Atmospheric conditions 14.Meteorological geographical features 15.Oceanographic geographical features 16.Sea regions 17.Bio-geographical regions 18.Habitats and biotopes 19.Species distribution 20.Energy Resources 21.Mineral resources

Example: 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 INSPIRE & Environmental acquis

Information system Floods Risks Source: GMES BICEPS Report

I-8 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 Environmental Monitoring Facilities III – 11 Area management/restriction /regulation zones & reporting units INSPIRE Data Themes Information system Floods Risks

Data Policies : sharing between public bodies

Article 17: sharing open to: public authorities of other Member States to the institutions and bodies of the Community derogations: the course of justice, public security, national defence or international relations Arrangements arrangements: may be accompanied by requirements under national law conditioning their use.

Data policy: sharing with the public Article 11: Network Services available to the public shall be easy to use accessible via the Internet or any other appropriate means of telecommunication Article 13: Derogations IPR, confidentiality, course of law, international relations, public security, national defence, protection environment, … interpreted in a restrictive way, public interest test

Article 18 Member States shall ensure that appropriate structures and mechanisms are designated for coordinating, across the different levels of government, the contributions of all those with an interest in their infrastructures for spatial information. users, producers, added-value service providers user needs The Commission at EU level assisted by relevant organisations and, in particular, by the European Environment Agency. Co-ordination

Implementing Rules (IR) Objective : To ensure that the spatial data infrastructures of the Member States are compatible and usable in an EU and trans-boundary context. Scope of the Implementing Rules: 1)Metadata 2)Network Services 3)Spatial Data and Spatial Data Service Specifications 4)Data and Service Sharing 5)Monitoring and Reporting Adopted as Commission Regulations/Decisions (No transposition) Following a logical roadmap Technical Procedure Technical Standards

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

Spatial Data Specifications dataset... Network Service Network Service Network Service dataset Network Service user Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

"Living well, within the limits of our planet", will guide environment policy up to 2020 to enhance Europe's ecological resilience and transform the EU into an inclusive and sustainable green economy EU Environment Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP)

Three thematic priority objectives Protect nature and strengthen ecological resilience Boost sustainable resource-efficient low-carbon growth Effectively address environment-related threats to health. Supported by enabling framework promote better implementation of EU environment law ensure that policies benefit from state of the art science secure the necessary investments improve the way environmental concerns and requirements are reflected in other policies. Two more priority objectives enhancing the sustainability of EU cities improving the EU's effectiveness in addressing regional and global challenges related to the environment and climate change.

INSPIRE MID-TERM POLICY ASSESSMENT

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‘SHARING IS EVERYTHING’ Source: Clare Hadley, INSPIRE Conference,2010