1. 18th Annual World Bank Conference 2017, Land and Poverty :
REPUBLIC OF KOSOVA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONEMENT AND SPATIAL PLANING
Kosovo Cadastre Agency
Establishing a National Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Republic of Kosovo
Prof.Dr. Murat MEHA,
CEO of Kosovo Cadastre Agency
18th Annual World Bank Conference 2017,
Land and Poverty :
Responsible Land Governance
Towards an Evidence-Based Approach
March 20-24, 2017
Washington, DC

2. CONTENT
What is a NSDI?
Why NSDI for Republic of Kosovo?
INSPIRE
How was the Kosovo NSDI built(Strategy, Law)?
Digital Kosovo
The geoportal

3. National Spatial Data Infrastructure??

4. Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
The INSPIRE directive came into force on 15 May 2007 and will be fully implemented in 2019.
This will enable the sharing of environmental spatial information among public sector organizations and better facilitate public access to spatial information across Europe.
A European Spatial Data Infrastructure will assist in policy-making across boundaries.

5. Core components of the NSDI in the R. Kosovo
How was the Kosovo NSDI built
(Strategy & Law)?
Partnerships
Portal and dataservices
Metadata
Partnership and access model
Framework
Geodata
Research and development
Standards

6. Why NSDI for Republic of Kosovo?
From Data to Information
A large variety of formats exist,
Many geographical gaps still remain,
Reference systems are not harmonized,
Many data sources are not consistent,
Scales are not compatible,
All data are not interoperable,
Costs and access restrictions
The Republic of Kosovo is to become a member of the European Union (EU).
Harmonized NSDI with INSPIRE Directive 2007/2 is obligatory for EU-member states, while it is a condition for countries aspirant for EU membership.
Removing obstacles in data sharing between public authorities is the key issue
Bottom-up, open and transparent development of Implementing rules through stakeholder participation

7. Why should we share the data?
Better exploitation of common basic data
Cost-efficiency in public sector
Facilitate digital services in administration
Implementation of INSPIRE
Collecting and creating data
Sharing data

8. Digital Kosovo agreeing to share data
Even the law on NSDI in Kosovo is not promulgated, agreement is to share data,
More than 30 public authorities
More than private stakeholders,
Municipalities (38)
Electricity companies (4)
Post-telecom companies and providers
This initiative enhances the availability and use of quality geographic information
Digital Kosovo partners

9. Kosovo SDI organisation
Coordinating bodies
NSDI Council
(Executive)
NSDI Coordination Committee (Managerial)
KCA Mapping Authority
(National geodata coordinator)
(Secretariat to the NSDI coordination committee)
Stakeholders – involved parties National, regional and local levels
Technology WG
Thematic Map WG
Business WG
Institutional WG
Working Groups advisory

10. A variety of geo-spatial data in Kosovo
Rivers
Routes
Borders
Buildings
Orthophoto
DTM
Aerial photograph
Cadastral
map

11. Geodata services in the NSDI/Geo-portal
KCLIS
Orthophoto
Borders
Map. Topographic
Routes, Rivers

12. Search, views, download…
Geodata services
Search, views, download…
WMS
WFS
WS-Addresses
WS-Parcels

13. Thank you