1. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community the Nordic Grid Project Website and community  Outline  summing up the process so far  Nordic Grid perspectives  status – the Nordic Grid Portal and community  case – make use of the community  towards a pan-European grid  future steps

2. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community the Nordic Grid Project what is now this?  Summing up  why are we here?  being a private company, what can we offer?  GEOMATIC – centre of Geoinformatics  adviser and external sparring partner of Statistics Denmark  specialized in grid-based analytics  PhD research ongoing at GEOMATIC  the Nordic Grid Project – a ongoing project  since 1997 (Tandem II among others)  lentement, mais sûrement

3. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Nordic Grid perspectives Unified, comparable and useful data  Previous conclusions: there is a need for a NG  Tandem II and other excellent works stated that  unified platform for gathering and dissemenation of statistical data  (still) needs for common disclosure policy, specifications and formal agreements  New perspectives  what is yet to be considered?  a user and stakeholder forum  a mutual openness  a market that is opening and highly interested

4. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Status of the NGP community The website will be the place to meet

5. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Make use of the community A prospective workspace  Specifications to be discussed and formulated  NSIs and the NMAs can use a ’restricted area’ on the NGP site as long as the material is regarded confidential – with publication afterwards or not at all  Common disclosure policy/handling of sensitive data is a great challenge  critical question that will enable, if solved, a comparison on a different level  without a doubt it implies more than just this one thing (data protection? Modification of laws? Changing of constitution?)

6. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Towards a pan-European grid Perspectives and pending activities  From national via Nordic towards European solutions  different scales, same considerations and solutions  a need for active participation from the NSIs and NMAs in a future unification and specification  making the Nordic Grid Project a European standard  Interested parties  Eurostat, JRC, IES  pending talks about the perspectives of using the NGP website as showroom and meeting point

7. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Future steps What to do next – and who to do it?  a Nordic Grid community  private and public actors in unison  GEOMATIC regards cooperation to be the right way  GEOMATIC will participate due to own interests and activitites  NMAs and NSIs should be the responsible parties behind specifications, technical solutions, products and so forth  we are open towards constructive debate

8. summing up nordic perspectives NGP community using the community future steps towards a European grid 25/03/2004, Nordic Forum for Geo-Statistics – Copenhagen The Nordic Grid Project community Let’s get to it! … and please feel free to make use (very soon) of the www.nordicgrid.infowww.nordicgrid.info