1. THE EUROPEAN UMBRELLA ORGANISATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Introduction
Bino Marchesini
secretary general
LORIS 25 March 2003
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2. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
Presentation
Describes
What EUROGI is
What EUROGI does incl. GINIE
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3. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
What EUROGI is Members
Founded in 1993 on initiative of EC
Membership of EUROGI has grown by 50 % to 24
Members National GI associations from EU, accession-countries, EFTA, Pan European organisations
Collectively EUROGI represents about 6000 public and private sector organisations
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4. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
What EUROGI is Status
EUROGI is an independent non governmental organisation
Foundation under Dutch law
members meet at least once a year to discuss strategy and workplan, briefings on EU and other developments, approve its accounts
Elect President and a 9 person Executive Committee to manage its affairs
activities serviced by a full time secretariat currently based in Apeldoorn
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5. What EUROGI does Mission
EUROGI’s mission is
To maximise the effective use of geographic information for the benefit of the citizen, good governance and commerce in Europe
To represent the views of the geographic information community
To promote, stimulate, encourage and support the development and use of geographic information and technology
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6. Objectives and Actions (1)
1. To encourage the greater use of geographic information in Europe
EUROGI participation in GI projects
EC GI&GIS conferences
On demand of the members EUROGI will give special attention to events
2. To raise awareness of the value of GI and its associated technologies
EUROGI case study service
Cross-border activities
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7. Objectives and Actions (2)
3. To work towards the development of strong national GI associations in all European countries
evaluation of national GI associations updated in GINIE
In GINIE WS (e.g. WS Capacity building, Prague)
4. To facilitate the development of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure
Towards a strategy for GI in Europe Geographic Information Network In Europe (GINIE)
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8. Objectives and Actions (3)
5. To represent European interests in the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
6th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure conference held in Budapest September 2002
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9. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
Examples
Some important issues and examples were and are:
Participation in workshops (e.g. Cadastre ws Budapest 2001, Cad. conf. Grenada 2002)
Advise e.G. PSI and INSPIRE
Conference GSDI-6
Ginie
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10. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
CADASTRE WS 2001
JRC/EUROGI/HUNAGI Workshop review and discuss cadastre and SDIs
about 80 national and European policy makers
Report published
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11. SURVEY ON CADASTRAL GIS
CADASTRE CONFERENCE IN GRANADA MAY 2002: BY GABOR REMETEY WITH EUROGI MEMBERS
THE SURVEY VERIFIED THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE CADASTRAL GIS
EUROGI’S INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND MEMBERS’ COMPETENCE IN THIS FIELD PROVED VALUABLE
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12. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
INSPIRE
EUROGI AND INSPIRE
Very important initiative backed by 3 European commissioners warmly welcomed by EUROGI
Deserves the active support of the whole GI community
Eurogi in expert group as observer
Participation by members in wg
Input also through GINIE-project
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13. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
PSI
Contributes to increase possibilities to re-use PSI resources throughout Europe and thereby employment and economic growth
Opens way to ‘level playing field’
And a greater use of PSI
Lobby through members
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14. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GSDI-6 conference
Budapest, September 2002
Theme: From global to local
organised by EUROGI, HUNAGI, GSDI
sponsored by 22 sponsors, largest was EC
record of 238 attendants from 51 countries
over 80 presentations
proceedings:
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15. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
Main results GSDI-6 (1)
Capacity building initiatives. approximately 100 capacity building projects through grant programmes ESRI, Intergraph
Growing international recognition of importance of global mapping initiatives. See recommendations Action Plan Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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16. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
Main results GSDI-6 (2)
Enabled Europe to present its SDI initiatives and for these to be compared with other regions of the world.
Presentation EU initiatives to promote better access to PSI and INSPIRE
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17. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
EC funded project in IST Programme
Partners:
University of Sheffield, Project Co-ordinator
EUROGI
Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC)
Open GIS Consortium (Europe), Ltd. (OGC-E)
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18. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE
Basis: EUROGI consultation paper: towards a GI strategy for Europe, October 2000
Funded timeframe: 1st November 2001 to the end 2003
Strategy: broad issues relating to GI diffusion and capacity building, establish ABGI
Members very much involved e.g. in WS
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19. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE
Aim: Develop a cohesive Geographic Information
Strategy at the European level
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20. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE Key activities
Develop a sound knowledge base through the comparative policy analysis of frameworks for access, use, and dissemination of GI
Raise awareness and capacity building which includes targeted actions for policy-makers at national and European levels
Strategic input to INSPIRE and contributing to the international debate taking place at the GSDI Conference (Budapest, Sept. 2002)
Establishing government and industry panels to help formulate a cohesive European Strategy for GI, and a business model to make it work.
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21. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE Workshops
Five workshops completed
- Spatial Data Infrastructure (Ispra, Italy, May 02)
- Data Policy (Paris, May 02)
- Capacity building in Accession period (Prague, Sept 02)
- Registries (Munich January 03)
- Local to Global (Rome March 03)
One Workshop to come
- Mediterranean (Greece- Crete, April 03)
Some 100 Experts from 23 countries have participated so far
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22. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE ABGI
The objective of GINIE is to establish a fully functioning Advisory Board on Geographic Information (ABGI)
Representatives of
governments
industry
research
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23. European Umbrella Organisation for GI
GINIE ABGI
Proposed ABGI mission is:
“To provide the strategic vision and leadership necessary to maximize the use of GI by all sectors of society for the purposes of good governance, commerce, research and citizenship”.
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24. GINIE/ABGI EUROGI’s opinion
Need for improved co-ordination of pan European organisations in GI in order to strengthen the voice for GI at European level.
independent organisation to improve the co-ordination
Best achieved through an existing organisation..
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25. GINIE/ABGI EUROGI’s opinion
independent organisation to exist:
* that is not responsible for the design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure as a whole or in part; and
* which represents the widest network of people and organisations that have an interest in GI.
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26. GINIE/ABGI EUROGI’s opinion
existing organisation as EUROGI adapt and take on the ABGI role rather than establish a new organisation
Business-plan would set how EUROGI could take on the ABGI .
GINIE-consortium to decide in April
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27. GINIE Results published
On paper and on website
See
reports in English and up to ten other languages
Final conference at end of project
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28. Thank you for your attention www.eurogi.org
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