1. Design & Implementation of Black Sea Information System Approaches & Considerations

2. Goals, objectives, institutional setup, Design, administration & maintenance Why do we want this system? Why do we want this system? What is the value added by this system ? What is the value added by this system ? Financed from budget or self financing? Financed from budget or self financing? How is it going to support, contribute, to the protection of the Black Sea How is it going to support, contribute, to the protection of the Black Sea How will input be organized? How will input be organized? What information should be input ? What information should be input ? What results do we want out? What results do we want out? Who will be responsible for sectoral input Who will be responsible for sectoral input Organization? Organization? Management? Management? Coordination Coordination Strategy & Policy Information flows, institutions System design, programming, administration and management GIS technologies? GIS technologies? Server platform ? Server platform ? Centralized or distributed? Centralized or distributed? How much (web) traffic will the system generate? How much (web) traffic will the system generate? User levels? User levels?

3. Work organization Cycle organization Cycle organization Horizontal organization Horizontal organization Info flows Administration Goals The cycle approach Goals The horizontal approach Information flows Administration  slow to implement little work for the IT expert little work for the IT expert ready to start implement ready to start implement  a lot of work for the IT expert

4. Selection of technologies GIS technologies – use and value GIS technologies – use and value –more than just colorful maps –spatial relation of data Database technologies – use and value Database technologies – use and value –correlation of time series of parameters/values, etc. –relation of data Internet technologies – use and value Internet technologies – use and value –easy access to data –more than just scientists

5. Upload (new) data Download (new) data Virtual private network (VPN) Wide Area Network (WAN) for Activity Centers

6. GIS software Internet user request input User receives query