1. THE EUROPEAN UMBRELLA ORGANISATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Introduction
Jean Poulit
President EUROGI
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Presentation
Describes
What EUROGI is
What EUROGI does
Issues: strategy, co-operation, GINIE
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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 more than 6500 public and private sector organisations
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What EUROGI is Status
Independent non governmental organisation
Foundation under Dutch law
activities serviced by secretariat currently based in Apeldoorn, NL
Representing users of broad society
members meet at least once a year for briefings on EU and other developments like in industry, to discuss strategy and work plan, approve accounts
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5. What EUROGI is Status (2)
Members elect President by secret ballot during Annual meeting.
This year three candidates, Jean Poulit elected
Executive Committee to manage its affairs: Germany, Hungary, France, Italy, Sweden (represents Nordic countries), Poland, Switzerland, UK
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6. 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
represent the views of geographic information community
promote, stimulate, encourage and support the development and use of geographic information and technology
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7. WHAT? Products to promote at European level (1)
1. Core Spatial Data Infrastructure
Support
- creating and updating: promote interoperability, standardisation and normalisation
- disseminating: pricing mechanisms, transparency and more flexibility
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8. WHAT? Products to promote at European level (2)
2. Promote Added Value Applications
Master planning, simulations
Navigation and road safety
Building and developing
ESA and EU programs like GMES and Galileo
EUROGI builds up a Case study service
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ISSUES: HOW?
Three main goals:
Harmonisation of initiatives
Cooperation with all GI actors in Europe
High level lobbying for GI
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Co-operation: PEAF
PEAF = Pan European Associations forum, participants are Secretary generals
Agile, CLGE, Earsc, EuroGeographics, EuroGeosurveys, EUROGI, EuroSDR, UDMS, WPLA
EUROGI chairs meetings and holds secretariat
Aim is to exchange information and put strengths together
See website: click on PEAF
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Co-operation: GSDI
EUROGI organised GSDI-6 conference in Budapest, September 2002
Past EUROGI President is President of GDSI now
EUROGI also involved in setting up GSDI new style and will join as founding member
GSDI-7 takes place in Bangalore, India, February 2-6, 2004
See website:
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GINIE= GI NETWORK IN EUROPE
Partners:
University of Sheffield, Project Coordinator
EUROGI
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC)
Open GIS Consortium (Europe), Ltd. (OGC-E)
THIS COVERS ALMOST ALL OF OUR OBJECTIVES
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GINIE
Basis: EUROGI consultation paper: towards a GI strategy for Europe, October 2000
Accompanying Measures, IST Programme
Funded timeframe: 1st November 2001 to the end 2003
Aim: Develop a cohesive Geographic Information Strategy at the European level
Members very much involved in WS and surveys
We do this mostly through ws
Strategy is about:
Policy: general actions by government concerning access, pricing, privacy etc
Infrastructure: provision and management of GI assets (material, technology, people to acquire and distribute GI to meet the needs)
The objective of GINIE is to establish a fully functioning Advisory Board on Geographic Information (ABGI)
Representatives of
governments
industry
research
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”.
Consultation almost closed
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GINIE
GINIE proposes strategy that EUROGI works on and supports
EUROGI proposed structural co-operation by way of creating Network with Working and Advisory groups
Discussed in PEAF 15 Oct.
Final GINIE conference in Brussels, 13/14 Nov. for further discussions
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15. Thanks for your attention www.eurogi.org e-mail: eurogi@euronet.nl
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