The N ATURE –SDI plus Network Development

1. The NATURE–SDIplusNetwork Development Co-funded by the Community Programme eContentplus ECP-2007-GEO-317007

2. NATURE-SDIplus is an open network NATURE-SDIplus Members represent the following categories of operators in nature conservation and natural data management:  • Data providers on a national, regional and local scale representing organisations that are in charge of the production of the spatial information; • Technological partners that implement and maintain advanced operational tools and the vision of future ICT trends; • Researchers that maintain the knowledge of the current and  future research fields; • User representatives using spatial information for nature conservation and to which the project should give answers about  their requirements.

3. Initial Partnership • 30 partners from 17 countries

4. NETWORK MEMBERS NOW • 61 members from 20 countries

5. NATURE-SDIplusNetwork Development Building the NATURE-SDIplus Network, a Community grouping target users such as data providers, data users and service providers, through: • Network development at National level, to establish National NATURE-SDIplus Communities • Dissemination and awareness actions: • Web site, newsletters, national and European Conference and workshops • On-line Training Framework and Training initiatives • Sharing Good Practice • Clustering and link with other initiatives

6. NATURE-SDIplus NATIONAL NetworkS 15 project partners in the role of National Coordinator: • to develop the Network at national level in each Country represented in the Consortium and to coordinate: • the individuation, the collection and the provision of nature conservation datasets relevant for the project; • the awareness and dissemination activities and the network development at national level; • technical activities related to the access to datasets in their Countries; • additionally, the training actions organized within the project.

7. TRAINING FRAMEWORK 13 Training modules organised in the NATURE-SDIplus Training Framework

8. Network exploitation through training framework • a tool to support training on project outcomes and transfer of knowledge within the consortium and the network and towards the external audience of INSPIRE Communities • training material available on a e-learning platform • Training portal: www.nature-sdi.eu/training • Training Actions already organized in HU, IT, PT, PL, BG • supporting training in EU policies on GI and SDI

9. Sharing good practices • an important added value in a networkin order to represent an efficient tool to learn from existing experience • Good Practices Workshops • Collecting structured information • NATURE-SDIplus Good Practice Catalogue - exploitable from the project web site http://www.nature-sdi.eu (Menu: Search Good Practices) • Intergrated into the Training Framework (training material module)

10. SHARING GOOD PRACTICES Structured Template Keywords Description Technical Implementation Data Aspects Stakeholders Processes Reference

11. Clustering • Link with INSPIRE • Link withCEN/TC 287 • Link with other projects/initiatives (26 till July 2011)

12. Link with INSPIRE • After the contribution of the project as INSPIRE SDIC: • INSPIRE Annex I DS Protected Sites Testing • Development of candidate Data Specification for Annex III data themes (BR, HB, SD) • Participation in INSPIRE Annex II/III DS Testing (BR, HB, SD) • Follow up focuses on continuous cooperation and support with the nature protection stakeholders to support the INSPIRE implementation process throughout: • thematic metadata profile extension (proposal and implementation) • testing of the INSPIRE Data Specifications (transformation and application) • deployment of INSPIRE network services • awareness raising, including training and

13. LINK WITH CEN/TC 287 • To rationalize and pool the EU deliverables and project outcomes on Geographic Information • To exploit the Training Framework schema (on-line catalogue, e-learning tools and training paths), to create a reference portal for the GI training in Europe • Validation Briefcase (the methodology can be easily generalised to any other INSPIRE data theme)

14. Clustering with other initiatives (1)

15. Clustering with other initiatives (2)

16. Clustering with other initiatives (3)

17. Clustering in training

18. NATURE-SDIplus follow-up NATURE-SDIplusNetwork is continuing its mission, also after the conclusion of the eContentplus project, to support the INSPIRE implementation regarding the nature conservation aspects. That is being executed throughout: • the NATURE-SDIplus Project Office, as contact point of the Network also assuring the operativeness of the Network; • training and awareness activities, in particular training actions at national level addressed to selected stakeholders; • further development of the NATURE-SDIplus Good Practice Catalogue, a tool to allow the sharing of experiences in nature conservation data management and data harmonisation, that will be maintained also after the project funding period; • NATURE-SDIplusGeoportal and the deployment of the wider NATURE-SDIplus Infrastructure for the definition and implementation of applications and services • Active participation in the interoperability Working Group, constituted by JRC and CENTC/287 • Promotion of new projects and initiatives

19. For more information please contact the NATURE-SDIplus Project Office at: gisig@gisig.it NATURE-SDIplus is a network open to any stakeholder interested to participate. www.nature-sdi.eu