1. The INSPIRE Directive & Floods Directive
Directorate-General Environment – Chief Scientist, Research and Innovation Unit
European Commission INSPIRE TEAM
Eurostat – DG Environment – Joint Research Centre

2. Why INSPIRE ? Needs Situation in Europe
Better information needed to support policies
Improvement of existing information flows
Differentiation across regions to be considered
Revision of approach to reporting and monitoring, moving to concept of sharing of information
Situation in Europe
Data policy restrictions
pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy
Lack of co-ordination
across boarders and between levels of government
Lack of standards
incompatible information and information systems
Existing data not re-usable
fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate
EU has islands of data of different standards and quality...

3. INSPIRE principles
Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively
Combine seamlessly spatial data from different sources and share it between many users and applications (the concept of interoperability)
Spatial data should be collected at one level of government and shared between all levels
Spatial data needed for good governance should be available on conditions that are not restricting its extensive use
It should be easy to discover which spatial data is available, to evaluate its fitness for purpose and to know which conditions apply for its use

4. Bringing data together through a Spatial Data Infrastructure
Data easily discoverable and accessible to users
Easier development of new applications and services
Like a road infrastructure makes it possible to connect different sites, a spatial data infrastructure makes it possible to connect data located at different sources
Components
Institutional
framework
Data
Services
Fundamental
data sets
Technical
standards

5. INSPIRE Directive
General Provisions
INSPIRE lays down general rules to establish an infrastructure for spatial information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
INSPIRE to be based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States.
INSPIRE does not require collection of new spatial data

6. INSPIRE Fundamental Data Sets
Spatial data held by or on behalf of a public authority operating down to the lowest level of government when laws or regulations require their collection or dissemination
INSPIRE covers 34 Spatial Data Themes laid down in 3 Annexes

7. INSPIRE Data Scope (1) Annex I Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Administrative units
Addresses
Cadastral parcels
Transport networks
Hydrography
Protected sites
Annex II
Elevation
Land cover
Ortho-imagery
Geology

8. INSPIRE Data Scope (2)
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

9. Directive on the Assessment and Management of Floods
A preliminary flood risk assessment
Including art.4 a-f
(e) Likelihood of future floods and projected impact of climate change and land use trends
Prepare flood risk maps by 2013 – with 6 yearly updates
Flood risk management plans by 2015

10. Source: GMES BICEPS Report
Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Data & Information Requirements
Source: GMES BICEPS Report

11. Floods Early Warning – Forecast - Impact Assessment Data & Information Requirements
Hydrography
I- 2
Elevation
III – 7
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
III - 12
Natural Risk Zones
III – 14
Meteorological
geographical features
III – 13
Atmospheric conditions
III – 3
Soils
III – 4
Land-use
II – 2
Landcover
III – 18 Habitats and biotopes
III – 19 Species distribution
III-10 Population distribution — demography
III- 6 - Utility and governmental services
Etc.
Source: GMES BICEPS Report

12. 2009 UK Location Strategy
“Location information is increasingly being used to ensure emergency services arrive at incidents in time, to support the formulation of policies to mitigate the impact of climate change, to ensure that services are better targeted to citizens needs and to empower citizens and communities to manage their localities more effectively.”
However ….

13. 2009 UK Location Strategy
“But despite the wide range of beneficial applications of location information, the true value of this asset to the public, government and the private sectors is not being realised.
As Place Matters: The Location Strategy for the United Kingdom identified,
many location based datasets are duplicated,
too few can be found and
it is difficult to re-use and integrate the information in collaborative projects.”

14. INSPIRE - Data Sharing in force since 15 May 2009
Member States shall adopt measures for the sharing of data and services between public authorities for public tasks relating to the environment without restrictions occurring at the point of use.
Public authorities may charge, license each other and Community institutions provided this does not create an obstacle to sharing.

15. INSPIRE is a Framework Directive
INSPIRE - Technical
INSPIRE is a Framework Directive
“Implementing Rules” for:
Metadata
Interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Network services (discovery, view, download, transform, invoke) - European geo-portal
Data and Service sharing EU / MS
Coordination and measures for monitoring & reporting
“Implementing Rules” to adopt according to directive “roadmap”
“Implementing Rules” bottom-up development with stakeholders

16. INSPIRE - Architecture
DT NS
INSPIRE - Architecture
Application and Geoportals
Service Bus
GeoRM layers
Service
Layer
Registry Service
Discovery Service
View Service
Download Service
Transf.
Service
InvokeSD Service
DT MD
DT DS
Data
Sources
Registers
Service
Metadata
Data Set
Metadata
Spatial Data Set
TWG
TWG
TWG
Thematic DS
Framework for harmonized DS

17. Participatory approach
Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs)
139
201 (+45%)
301 (+117%)
Legally Mandate Organisations (LMOs) 89
116 (+30%)
173 (+94%)
Proposed Experts
193
210 (+9%)
284 (+47%)
Referenced Materials 96
144 (+50%)
354 (+296%)
Identified Projects 94
112 (+19%)
122 (+30%)
Proposals testing Annex I data specifications 78

18. Progress Preparatory phase (2004-2006) Co-decision procedure
Start of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition phase ( )
Directive entered into force 15 May 2007
Continuation of preparation of Implementing Rules
Transposition into national legislation 15 May 2009
Adoption of Implementing Rules by Comitology
Regulation Metadata 14/5/2008 – in force
Regulation Network Services – part 1 19/12/2008 – in force
Decision Monitoring & reporting – 19/12/2008 – in force
15/5/2009 DATA SHARING ENTERS INTO FORCE
Regulation Network Services – part 2 15/12/2010 ….
Regulation interoperability of spatial data sets and services part 1- 14/12/ Codelists January 2011
Regulation interoperability of spatial data sets and services part 2- 14/12/2010 …… roadmap …..
Implementation phase ( )
Implementation and monitoring of measures

19. Interoperability of spatial data sets and services Annex II, III
Principles of process:
Open, participatory and transparent process
Involvement of stakeholders and relevant thematic experts and communities at all steps
Call for manifestation of interest was launched on 05/11/2009 on
Closing date for nominating experts 14/12/2009
For submitting reference materials – OPEN
Prior registration as SDIC required

20. Results from the Call 311 experts proposed by 50 LMO and 51 SDICs
23 countries
Setting up 19 Thematic Working Groups, some themes grouped under the same TWG
Potentially 30 Facilitators and Editors in-kind contribution and 167 domain experts at present
Excellent results showing the continued commitment and dedication of stakeholders

21. TWG-NZ Natural Risk Zones
Surname
Name
Landslides
Floods
Forest Fires
Volcanic activity
Earthquakes
Droughts
Avalanches IT
Bojilov
Venco x
Cerba
Otakar
Canet Castella
Raquel
Exadaktylos
George
Giovando
Cristiano
Harrison
Matthew
Isidro Llorente
Miguel
Pfeiffer
Manuela
Thomas
Florian
Tomas
Robert 21

22. Grouping of Themes Annex II Elevation Land cover Ortho-imagery Geology
21. Mineral resources (Annex III)
Annex III
Statistical units
10. Population distribution – demography
Buildings
Soil
Land use
Human health and safety
Utility and governmental services
Environmental monitoring facilities
Production and industrial facilities
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities
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

23. TWG-NZ Natural Risk Zones23

24. The Balance Challenge Which level of interoperability is “just right”?
Simple
Complex
Too simple:
identified requirements can not be supported
insufficient harmonisation
Few benefits
Too complex:
difficult to implement identified
substantial benefits available only to few users
high costs

25. Planning February 2010 Set-up of Thematic Working Groups March 2010
Workshop with National Contact Points
present the composition of TWGs
discuss proposal for Working Group on Data Interoperability & Harmonisation: implementation and maintenance
Kick-off with Facilitators and Editors
Autumn 2010
Data Specifications v1.0
Spring 2011
Data Specifications v2.0
Summer 2011
Stakeholder consultation and testing on v2.0
End 2011
2012
Data Specifications V3.0
Drafting IR for Annex II and III themes

26. Conclusion Floods reporting = INSPIRE priority use-case Challenges:
PFRA GIS guidance <-> INSPIRE (relevant) data models and specifications co-ordination !
‘Governance’:
Who adopts/approves what and when.
Transparency and participation:
Register to INSPIRE as SPATIAL DATA INTEREST COMMUNITY
Provide ‘reference material’
Participate to the ‘review phases’ and ‘testing’
Implement in INSPIRE in your organisation

27. EU Treaty
CIVIL PROTECTION
Article 196
“The Union shall encourage cooperation between Member States in order to improve the effectiveness of systems for preventing and protecting against natural or man-made disasters.”