ECO-IMAGINE European COnferences and forum for Integrated coastal MAnagement and Geo-INformation rEsearch Presentation of GI-CLAN, as INSPIRE Spatial Data Interest Community Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses (MSCF-CT )

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France GI-CLAN Spatial Data Interest Community (SDIC) Mission and objectives Access to coastal information: to improve the access and the sharing by coastal planners and stakeholders to the geographical information required for the elaboration and the implementation of management programmes oriented to the ICAM principles and criteria Science based approach: to enhance the scientific value of coastal landscape analysis and planning, by easing the access to good quality data about the natural and human features that characterise the landscape itself ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Main activity to create opportunities to discuss and share knowledge, expertise, needs methodologies in the field of Geographical Information for the sustainable management of the coastal areas and of their resources, wit particular regard to the coastal landscape. Specific issues to be dealt, data mining and production analysis of the coastal systems, support to the different steps of Coastal planning and management, dissemination of reference materials, training of experts. Another important business area of GI-CLAN is education, finalised to train experts able to employ the different features of geographical information in a cross-cutting, multidisciplinary approach to coastal area management. GI-CLAN Spatial Data Interest Community (SDIC)

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Special focus on… Coastal landscape is the meeting point of the natural and human features of a territory, hence the meaning of a SDIC that contributes to the harmonisation of the involved elements, as well as the related spatial information. According with the provisions of the European Convention of Landscape, GI-CLAn aims to: support the spreading of improved assessment methods and of best practices, as well as the capability of sharing data. put together coastal stakeholders and GI experts in order to better understand the GI requirements for an operational approach to integrated coastal management better relate the GI scientific context with the academic research world working in the field of coast and landscape for its diverse physical and human aspects

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Geographical coverage GI-CLAN focuses especially on the Mediterranean basin because of: plenty of natural and cultural heritage high human pressure along the coast availability of studies, guide lines, and other management support materials, thanks to the work of many international organisations (i.e. UNEP/MAP, Blue Plan, etc.) Main opportunities: to tune methods and tools for other regional applications to start a harmonisation process between EC policies and UNEP, or other international organisations policies, which in the future, could be transferred also to other coastal regions

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France The GI-CLAN approach and objective allows to properly cope with some of the main issues of coastal management: Coastal Knowledge Building The building of coastal knowledge grounds on available, easily accessible and sharable, continuously updated data and information, collected on a scientific base, quick elaborated and made suitable also for final user. The paradigm of integration is essential: information related with natural disciplines have to be integrated with data deriving from human sciences integrated approach cannot leave the stakeholders needs out of consideration To do that GI comprehensive tools are essentials, and outstanding problems to investigate are new ways for data collection and sharing, Internet access …

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Coastal governance, coastal planning and coastal design In a sustainable management of coastal resources the following steps are to be considered: Governance: definition of the policies for the coastal area, choices and needs for ICM and statement of the general objectives Planning: strategies, specific objectives, extension of the intervention in an operational perspective. In this phase the integration among scientists, actors, planners and decision makers is essential Design: it refers specific actions; often at a local scale. The implies a participated integration especially towards local communities. In all those phases a comprehensive view is ensured by GIS techniques, also as a dynamic tool to face evolving situations. Moreover as regards local involvement GIS play a role as connectors between operators, planners and communities, at all the different possible levels

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Waterfront management Waterfronts are subject to high human pressure and to a multitude of uses. A lot of coastal towns developed in interdependence with the sea and their waterfronts are evidence of their evolution; other coastal areas try to ensure a harmonic development of their waterfronts Moreover waterfronts are object of ICM programmes at different scales, from architectonic projects to comprehensive planning interventions and are as well dynamic areas, subject to continue changes by either local or global causes. For these reasons the management needs to be adapted to their development GIS are particularly suited, e.g. to manage inputs by actors, for tuning the programme and creation of scenarios

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France GI-CLAN outcome at the registration as SDIC Registered documents as reference material: documentation on planning and uses of coastal areas and morphodynamic indicators (open list) Registered ongoing or concluded projects, mainly dealing with coastal area management, coastal monitoring and planning, sedimentary and morphodynamic processes (open list) … Proposed experts in: Data Specifications Metadata and Monitoring and Report Metadata and Network Services ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France The Maritime Public Domain Use Plan of the City of Genoa Source: Comune di Genova, U.d.P. Piano della città – Osservatorio Civis Development of a morphodynamic indicator for sub-regional ICM Source: 8th International Coastal Symposium Registered documents

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Registered projects 1. Regional Territory Management Plan PTR Funding: regional funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government 2. Sistema del Verde - Green Areas System Funding: regional funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government 3. Urban Requalification and Territorial Sustainable Development Programme - PRUSST Funding: regional funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government 4. Coastal Area Management Programme Slovenia - CAMP Slovenia Funding: International (Mediterranean Action Plan), national Partners: PAP/RAC, Blue Plan/RAC, ERS/RAC, national experts 5. Prediction and Impacts of Runup and Overwashes PRIMO Funding: Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) Partners: University of Lisbon (Sciences Faculty Foundation) and Institute of Marine Research (IMAR – Coimbra) 6. Beach Morphodynamics and Safety: Relationships and Mitigation Actions - MORSE Funding: Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France 7. Carta Uso del Suolo - Land Use Map Funding: Regional funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government 8. Ortorettifica Volo Costiero Anno 2003 Ortho-correction of Coastal Aerial Imagery (Year 2003) Funding: Regional and European funding Partners: Liguria Regional Government, University of Genova 9. BEACHMED - Interreg III B BEACHMED Funding: Regional and European funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government (IT), Lazio Regional Government (IT), Department de l'Herault (FR), Generalidad Valenciana (ES), University of Firenza (IT), Tuscany Regional Government (IT), European Dredging Association (BE), Agencie de Protection et D'Amenagement du Littoral (TN) 10. Vincoli Monumentali - Monumental Buildings in Liguria Funding: Regional Funding - Partners: Ligurian Regional Governments, Ligurian Environmental and Architecural Heritage Bureau 11. Portofino - Monitoraggio Area Parco Monitoring of the Portofino Regional Park Funding: National funding - Partners: Liguria Regional Government, Portofino Regional Park Management Agency

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France 12. Piano della Costa Ligurian Coast Master Plan Funding: Regional Funding - Partners: Ligurian Regional Government 13. Plan Director Para la Gestion Sostenible de la Costa PDGSC Funding: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Dirección General de Costas Partners: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Cantabria, Contractors 14. Sustainable Management of Scarce Resources in the Coastal Zone SMART Funding: European Commission, FP5, International Cooperation Programme, Partners: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Sogreah S.A., Environmental Software and services GmbH, Ensino, Investigacao e Administracao – Universidade Atlantica, Dokuz Eylul University, Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region and Europe, National council for Scientific Research, University of Jordan, Centre National de Teledetection 15. Integrated Environmental Study for Beach Management SABBIA Funding: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Partners: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Università degli Studi di Genova.

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France GI-CLAN includes about 30 partners, from different regions: ICCOPS – Landscape, Natural and Cultural Heritage Observatory (IT); GISIG – Geographical Information Systems International Group (IT); UNEP/MAP Priority Action Programme, Regional Activity Centre (HR); The Blue Plan (FR); APAT Agency for the Protection of the Environment and for the Technical Services (IT); ENEA Agency for the New Technologies, the Energy and the Environment (IT); CNR–IMATI National Research Council–Institute for applied mathematics and information technologies (IT); IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (FR); CEMAGREF - Agricultural and environmental engineering research (FR); ICRAM – National Institute for Scientific and Technological Research applied to the Sea (IT); Centro Internazionale Città dAcqua / International Centre Cities on Water (IT); Liguria Regional Government (IT); Municipality of Genova (IT); IGP – Portuguese Geographical Institute (PT); FEEM Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (IT); EURIMAGE – Multi-Mission Satellite Data (IT); AMGA Mediterranean Gas and Water Society (IT); Epsilon International sa (GR); Hyperspectral Data International (CA); University of Genova (IT); University of Seville (ES); University of Cantabria (ES); University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis (FR); University of Algarve (PT); New University of Lisbon (PT); University of Vilnius (LT); University of Cagliari (IT); University of Molise Region (IT); University of Evora (PT). The GI-CLAN contributions so far have been provided by the already registered participants: ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Contribution to INSPIRE Implementing Rules In the preparation and validation processes GI-CLAN can co-operate with the INSPIRE Drafting Teams by: supporting for a better link between scientists and users providing scientific expertise making available experts sharing projects outcomes and reference materials Moreover, the SDIC is intended to build opportunities: for scientists to discuss and disseminate their research work for GI professionals to get in touch with the state of art of technology/methodologies for final users to express their needs.

ECO-IMAGINE Conference COASTAL GOVERNANCE, PLANNING, DESIGN and GI " 21 st - 26 th November, 2005 Nice - France Expectations To offer a real link between the coastal users and the experts: a contact to experts needs to be activated and could continue autonomously whilst the contact to users needs a capacity of involvement, a continuity of effort and proper tools that can be ensured only by a live community. In this way INSPIRE can be a participated process and GI- CLAN would play a role in the process for a live INSPIRE- aware coastal community.