1. INSPIRE Paul Smits Delft, 31 August 2015
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
INSPIRE
Paul Smits
Delft, 31 August 2015

2. JRC facts and figures
In-house science service of the European Commission
Independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support for many EU policies
Established 1957
7 institutes in 6 locations
Around 3000 staff, including PhDs and visiting scientists
1370 publications in 2014

3. Overview Introduction to INSPIRE (incl. 2’30” video)
Maintenance and Implementation
Marine pilot
Outlook

4. What is INSPIRE?

5. INSPIRE Directive
General rules to establish an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe for
Community environmental policies
Policies or activities which impact on the environment
INSPIRE is built on the SDIs established and operated by the Member States
Spatial data held by/on behalf of public authorities
Does not require collection of new data
INSPIRE is a Framework Directive
Detailed technical provisions in Implementing Rules
JRC is the technical coordinator

6. INSPIRE components

7. INSPIRE thematic scope
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
Implementation 2012/2017
INSPIRE thematic scope
Implementation 2015/2020
Annex I
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites
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
Annex II
Elevation
Land cover
Ortho-imagery
Geology

8. Example INSPIRE data specification: Hydrography:SeaRegion (HY:SR)

9. Example: HY:SR – Mapping
SpringOrSeep
Basin
Catchment
ShoreLine
Rapids
InterTidalArea
Wetland
DamOrWeir
Lock
Pipe
PumpingStation
Embankment
MixingZone
Crossing
HydroPowerPlant
Watercourse
StandingWater
SedimentCell
LandWaterBoundary
SeaRegion

10. Cross-sector data interoperability
Data from other sectors
INSPIRE data
SD:Species distribution
Waste
PD: Population Distribution
EL:Elevation
PRTR
SEVESO
TN:Transport networks
Urban Planning
Waste Management Plans
Environmental Impact Assessment
Risk Management …
ER:Energy Resources
US: Utilities and Governmental Services (Waste Management)
PF:Production and industrial facilities
AF:Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
SO:Soil
BU:Buildings
AM:Area management/ restriction/ regulation zones & reporting units
HB:Habitats and biotopes

11. Key pillars of data interoperability Harmonised vocabularies
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
Key pillars of data interoperability
Conceptual data models
Harmonised vocabularies
Encoding
Registers
objects types, properties & relationships
cross-domain harmonization
based on a common modelling framework
managed in a common UML repository
conceptual models independent of concrete encodings
standard encoding: GML, but also possible to derive other encodings (e.g. based on RDF)
achieve better interoperability than free-text and/or multi- lingual content
allow additional terms from local vocabularies
400 code lists & almost values in central register
provide unique and persistent identifiers for reference to resources
allow their consistent management and versioning

12. Key pillars of data interoperability Harmonised vocabularies
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
Key pillars of data interoperability
Conceptual data models
Harmonised vocabularies
Encoding
Registers
spatial objects and their properties and relationships for 34 data themes
cross-domain harmonization
based on a common modelling framework
managed in a common UML repository
GML application schemas as standard encoding
conceptual models independent of concrete encodings
also possible to derive other encodings (e.g. based on RDF)
to overcome interoperability issues caused by free-text and/or multi- lingual content
allow more specific terms from local vocabularies in addition to the harmonized terms
provide unique and persistent identifiers for resources
allow their consistent management and versioning
items can be made unique and referred to unambiguously
described in INSPIRE Conceptual Framework documents
D2.6:Methodology for Specification Development
D2.9: O&M Guidelines
D2.10.3: Common data models
To set up the rules to reach the approach of INSPIRE we described the requirements in the block of Framework documents
D2.5: Generic Conceptual Model
D2.7: Guidelines for Encoding

13. Data interoperability – standards stack
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
Data interoperability – standards stack
MSFD reporting
WFD reporting
CISE
ITS … HB SR HY OF EL
AC/MF OI TN …
Generic conceptual model
OGC standards
Domain standards
ISO 19100

14. Data interoperability – standards stack
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
Data interoperability – standards stack
MSFD reporting
INSPIRE extensions & applications
WFD reporting
CISE (?)
ITS … HB
INSPIRE SR HY OF EL
AC/MF OI TN …
Generic conceptual model
OGC standards
Domain standards
ISO 19100

15. Implementing Rules vs. Technical Guidelines

17. Overview Introduction to INSPIRE (incl. 2’30” video)
Maintenance and Implementation
Marine pilot
Outlook

18. Support MSs with implementation
Why the Maintenance and Implementation Framework (MIF)?
Maintain 6 legal acts and 40+ Technical Guidelines

19. INSPIRE maintenance & implementation framework
Training: INSPIRE Basics - 20/11/2013
INSPIRE maintenance & implementation framework
Moving into the implementation phase
Important to preserve the investment and the wealth of knowledge
Maintain participatory approach
Based on implementation experience
Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Implementation and Maintenance (MIG)
Technical expertise through “pool of experts”
The development of the Implementing Rules will be completed in 2013 (the last Implementing Rule still under development is the IR on Spatial data services and the Invoke Network Service, which will be presented to the INSPIRE Committee towards the end of the year).
Implementation already started in 2010 (with metadata for Annexes I and II) and continued with the network services (which have to be available since the end of 2011 (View and Discovery) or end of 2012 (Download and Transformation)
With the Annex II+III amendment to the Implementing Rule about to be adopted in autumn, we are now definitely moving into the implementation and maintenance phase, where it will be important to preserve the investment and the wealth of knowledge of the experts working on the development of the legal acts and Technical Guidelines.
Therefore, the Commission (in agreement with the MS) has set up the INSPIRE maintenance & implementation framework (MIF), which is based on the following principles:
Maintain the participatory approach (involving all INSPIRE stakeholders) that was also used for the development of the legal acts and Technical Guidelines
Any maintenance of the legal acts and Technical Guidelines should be based on concrete implementation experiences
To ensure cross-cutting coherence of the legal acts and Technical Guidelines, the Commission is setting up a Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Implementation and Maintenance (MIG = Maintenance and Implementation Group), which will consist of high-level technical experts nominated by the INSPIRE National Contact Points
To maintain the continuity of expertise, the MIG will be supported by a “pool of experts”, in which any experts representing an INSPIRE stakeholder organisation can participate. A call for participation will be published before the Conference on the INSPIRE web site. So if you are an expert and want to support and/or stay informed about the maintenance and implementation of INSPIRE, please register.

20. MIG Tasks
Exchange of experience and good practice related to the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and IRs
Identify and give advice about the priority issues to be addressed in the maintenance of the INSPIRE Directive, IRs and/or TG documents
Identify issues related to INSPIRE implementation and advise the Commission on how to address them
Prepare and regularly update the rolling work programme to be agreed by the INSPIRE Committee and the Commission

21. Pool of experts
Call for participation published on the INSPIRE web site
Tasks
Ad-hoc input to discussions related to INSPIRE implementation
Help answering questions related to implementation
Share implementation experiences
Promote INSPIRE-related activities
Participate in sub-groups set up by the MIG to address specific maintenance or implementation tasks
based on M&I work programme
sub-groups to be disbanded once tasks is completed
ToR to be defined by the MIG

22. INSPIRE Thematic clusters
Officially launched on as the INSPIRE Thematic user community collaborative platform
9 Thematic clusters = on-line collaborative platforms are led by selected facilitators (domain experts with INSPIRE knowledge + established network of contacts)
Two main aims
To keep the “momentum” – participatory, open process from the development of the IRs, TGs also for the INSPIRE implementation phase
To mobilize thematic communities to share best practices with implementing / utilizing INSPIRE in their domains.

23. Overview Introduction to INSPIRE (incl. 2’30” video)
Maintenance and Implementation
Marine pilot
Outlook

24. INSPIRE Marine Pilot
The aim of the INSPIRE marine pilot is to help improve the understanding of INSPIRE in the management of MSFD-related spatial information, and to provide guidance and tools that facilitate the mentioned obligations.
Work Package 0- Management and communication
Work Package 1- Overview of MSFD requirements in relation of INSPIRE
Work Package 2- INSPIRE-based MSFD spatial data modelling
Work Package 3- Development of the data flow
Work Package 4- EMODnet and INSPIRE
Work Package 5- Document and analyse the cost and benefit
Work Package 6- Training and capacity building
Not consequent work packages

25. WP1- output : DIKE_11-2015-06 D1.2 Analysis of requirements that link INSPIRE and MSFD
Living document until the end of project
REPORTING
MONITORING
ASSESSMENT

26. Key messages from the requirements analysis
Marine data management is in the scope of INSPIRE
Independent of any reference to the INSPIRE Directive or the interpretation of Art. 19(3)
Improve the understanding of what this means for data management.
The national INSPIRE and MSFD stakeholders should organize a series of discussions on the use of the national INSPIRE infrastructure in support of marine data management

27. WP6- Training and capacity building
Developed three training modules:
On line training modules for the basic INSPIRE understanding
Web conferences (recorded and available on line) – related to the interoperability and INSPIRE data models related to the MSFD implementation
“Hands on” – training module – capacity building for the transformation of data sets into INSPIRE data model; development of the INSPIRE compliant metadata, use of sandbox tools, etc…
We want to share with other MSFD implementers

28. Overview Introduction to INSPIRE (incl. 2’30” video)
Maintenance and Implementation
Marine pilot
Outlook

29. INSPIRE, Europe’s lingua franca for anything geospatial
Presentation Paul Smits to Gardner, Mettler, and Giovannini
16/02/ :49
INSPIRE, Europe’s lingua franca for anything geospatial
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)
Directive 2013/37/EU of 26 June 2013
amending Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information (PSI) Directive 2003/98/EC
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions: A Digital Agenda for Europe - COM(2010) 245 final/2
With the adoption of the framework directive for the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community – INSPIRE, the European Union started a process to systematically remove obstacles for the sharing and re-use of geospatial information for decision making on issues that affect the environment and sustainability. INSPIRE is a set of European and national legal acts and their coordinated implementation. These legal acts focus on the institutional framework, the technical standards, fundamental data sets and services. INSPIRE applies to geospatial information held by, or on behalf of, public administrations. In fact, INSPIRE ties into the Directive for the re-use of public sector information and is mentioned in the EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter.
The 7th Environmental Action Programme “living well, within the limits of our planet” mentions INSPIRE as a key-stone in the knowledge and evidence base for Union environmental policy.
It must be pointed out, however, that INSPIRE is it a multi-purpose infrastructure, meaning that it can be used for other policy domains as well. And this is already happening. The Intelligent Transport Systems Directive encourages Member States to use INSPIRE for the exchange of transport data. The Directive on “measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks” refer to INSPIRE as the preferred way for exchanging geospatial information of physical infrastructures.
As you can hear, INSPIRE is becoming Europe’s lingua franca for anything geospatial. This is the right time to protect the investments that are being made in the infrastructure, and to promote its use as the geospatial backbone for e-government, and, more generally, for the Digital Single Market.
Digital Single Market
Towards interoperability for European public services COM(2010) 744
EU implementation of the G8 Open Data
Charter
EU Open Data Strategy

30. Thank you for your attention!