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STATE GEODETIC ADMINISTRATION

Gruska 20 / HR-10 000 Zagreb

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Development of the Croatian and

regional SDI as a part of European SDI

Zeljko Bacic, Ljerka Rasic, Sanja Zekusic

Croatia

Presenter: Sanja Zekusic

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Republic of Croatia – basic information

� SE Europe

� Land area: 56.542 km2

� Territorial sea: 31.067

km2

� Population (census 2001):

4.437.460 inhabitants

� No. of islands, islets and

reefs: 1185

� No of inhabited island: 47

� Capital: Zagreb - 779.145

inhabitants

www.apartments-vir.com/croatia.html

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SGA

SGA Central office

(Zagreb)

Regional cadastre Offices

(20)

Local Cadastre Offices

(112)

CartographyGeodetic

worksCadastre

IT department

State Geodetic Administration – SGACroatian NMCA

NSDI

1100 employees

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INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European

Community

� came into force: May 2007

� to ensure that the SDI of the Member States are compatible and usable

� sharing of spatial information among public sector organizations and better facilitate public access to spatial information across Europe

� Directive requires that common Implementing Rules are adopted (and binding) in a number of specific areas

� the spatial information considered under the directive is extensive and includes a great variety of topical and technical themes

www.inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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Prerequisite for success

Standards

Data

Infrastructure -

geoportal

Cooperation -

networking

Metadata

NSDI

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Activities on NSDI establishment:how we started

� Studies – 2001, 2005, 2007

� Workshops (in collaboration with): � 2007: SIDA - Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation

and Swedish Geodetic Authority

� 2007: Canadian Embassy

� 2008: German Association for Technical Assistance (GTZ)

� 2009: Statens Kartverk – Norwegian Mapping Authority

� Conferences - Croatian NSDI and INSPIRE day � 2009 & 2010

� Publication on NSDI in Croatia - 2008

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NSDI Development in Croatia:

Legal Aspects

� Law on State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre (2007) – first regulation on NSDI in Croatia� all in line with INSPIRE, only partly transposed

� INSPIRE contact point

� (2009) National Program for EU Accession –obligation to transpose it till joining EU� draft NSDI Law in 2011 – full transposition of INSPIRE

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Law on State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre – NSDI part

NSDI

- definition and content

Metadata

- definition & content

Request & rules for

SD sets and services

National SDI bodies

& responsabilities

list of NSDI

subjects

Spatial data

list

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NSDI Development - Institutional Framework

Co

ord

ina

tion

, Te

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nic

al s

up

po

rt

Polices, Decisions

Polices, Decisions

Proposals

Proposals

NSDI Council

NSDI CommitteeSG

A

Working Groups

political

level

managerial

level

operational

level

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NSDI Development – Working Groups

� WG on Technical Standards (2008)� Implementing rule for Metadata� Implementing rule for network services

� WG on Data Sharing (2008)� Agreement on exchange, usage and access

� Rules for access to data and service and it’s re-usage

� WG E-Government (2009)� Communication strategy between e-government and

NSDI� WG Capacity Building (2009)

� curriculum for SDI courses in high school and universities

� WG Business Models (2009)� business models for establishing sustainable partnerships

and business networks and particularly for operating common services like catalogues etc.

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The Role of NMCAs in NSDI Establishment

NMCA

main producer of

spatial data

main initiator of

SDI development

• collect and manage spatial

information

• distribute spatial information

and knowledge how to use it

to the whole society

• awareness raising

• sharing of best practices

• education

• coordination body

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Regional Cooperation on SDI

INSPIRATION – SDI in the SE

Europe (Western Balkans)

EU founded project

- Albania

- Bosnia and Herzegovina

- Kosovo

- FYR of Macedonia

- Montenegro

- Serbia

- Croatia

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Frame for regional cooperation

� All countries have in common:� reform activities in land administration pushed by

transition of economic system and grow of real-estate market

� implementation of well proven international concepts and solutions

� usage of additional funding sources beside the state budget (donations, WB, EU)

� Differences:� legislative framework

� organizational setup

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Frame for regional cooperation

� All NMCA’s have in common:� high expectation from the government and

citizens

� lack of staff and capacities

� insufficient knowledge in some areas

� organizational problems

� Differences:� Responsibilities and status inside

administration

� Relations with private sector

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Spatial Data Infrastructure in

Western Balkan region

� Status:� Recognized in region as important conceptual and

operational question

� Follows general trend of SDI and INSPIRE development

� basic NSDI legislation adopted in Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia – NMCA’s in charge of implementation

� pending legislation (BiH), initiatives in other countries

� Challenges:� lack of awareness, capacities, knowledge, data

exchange culture

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INSPIRATION

� Project purpose� Promote SDI as a concept in order to prepare

countries in the region for implementation of the INSPIRE direction

� Expected results:� Legislation regarding SDI framework prepared for

implementation in each country

� Improved capacity of NMCA’s officials and NSDI users in the field of SDI

� Raised awareness among public and government in NSDI / INSPIRE

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Regional collaboration - conclusion

� Countries and NMCA’s in region are making a big steps forward regarding all aspects of spatial information

� SDI / INSPIRE recognized as a concept for future

� Regional approach recognized as a way for speeding up the implementation

� INSPIRATION and other projects tool for implementation

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Thank you ☺

sanja.zekusic@dgu.hr

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