THE EUROPEAN UMBRELLA ORGANISATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

1. THE EUROPEAN UMBRELLA ORGANISATION FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Introduction Bino Marchesini secretary general LORIS 25 March 2003 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

2. Presentation • Describes • What EUROGI is • What EUROGI does incl. GINIE European Umbrella Organisation for GI

3. What EUROGI isMembers • 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

4. What EUROGI isStatus • 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

5. What EUROGI doesMission • 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

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) European Umbrella Organisation for GI

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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

9. 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

10. CADASTRE WS 2001 • JRC/EUROGI/HUNAGI Workshop review and discuss cadastre and SDIs • about 80 national and European policy makers • Report published European Umbrella Organisation for GI

11. SURVEY ON CADASTRAL GIS • CADASTRE CONFERENCE IN GRANADA MAY 2002: BY GABOR REMETEY WITH EUROGI MEMBERS • THE SURVEY VERIFIEDTHE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF THE CADASTRAL GIS • EUROGI’S INTERDISCIPLINARITYAND MEMBERS’ COMPETENCE IN THIS FIELD PROVED VALUABLE European Umbrella Organisation for GI

12. 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

13. 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

14. GSDI-6 conference • Budapest, 16-19 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:http://195.228.254.144/program_set.html European Umbrella Organisation for GI

15. 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. European Umbrella Organisation for GI

16. 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

17. 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) European Umbrella Organisation for GI

18. 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

19. GINIE • Aim: Develop a cohesive Geographic Information Strategy at the European level European Umbrella Organisation for GI

20. GINIEKey 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. European Umbrella Organisation for GI

21. GINIEWorkshops • 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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

22. GINIEABGI • The objective of GINIE is to establish a fully functioning Advisory Board on Geographic Information (ABGI) • Representatives of • governments • industry • research European Umbrella Organisation for GI

23. GINIEABGI • 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”. European Umbrella Organisation for GI

24. GINIE/ABGIEUROGI’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.. European Umbrella Organisation for GI

25. GINIE/ABGIEUROGI’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. European Umbrella Organisation for GI

26. GINIE/ABGIEUROGI’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 European Umbrella Organisation for GI

27. GINIEResults published • On paper and on website • See www.ec-gis.org/ginie • reports in English and up to ten other languages • Final conference at end of project European Umbrella Organisation for GI

28. Thank you for your attentionwww.eurogi.org European Umbrella Organisation for GI