Environmental Reporting reusing INSPIRE Approaches & Examples

Christian Ansorge

4th September 2017, Strasbourg

Environmental Reporting reusing

INSPIRE

Approaches & Examples

Reportnet – EEA view

Deliveries per day

Data reporting – The INSPIRE maze

Data Manager

Create

Dataset A

Transform

Dataset A

Provide Dataset

A.1 for

INSPIRE

Provide Dataset

A.2 for EEA

reporting

Provide Dataset

A.3 for other

reporting

Receive

Dataset

Merge Dataset

A with other

data

Reporting

Receiver

Data User

Reporting of data

Provide

specifications

European

Commission

INSPIRE and Reporting

Generic

Reporting concept – basic assumptions:

• MS shall provide data in the scope of INSPIRE

(harmonized, interoperable, via network services) by 2020

latest.

• Data provided under INSPIRE shall be reused and MS aim

to avoid multiple provision of data.

• For better support of environmental policies more direct,

frequent and timely access to the environmental data is

needed

Requirements for reporting system:

• Need for a systematic approach towards modern

Reporting

• Generic and reusable approach in different data flows

• Minimum demands on provider and consumer side

• More coherent and streamlined

• Reduce fragmentation of approaches and technical

solutions


Generic

From generic ideas towards blueprint

What does it mean to re-use INSPIRE?

What is most relevant for reporting?

1. Data models (for interoperability and integration)

2. Organisational infrastructure (capacity and efficiency)

3. Web services (availability and access)

4. Metadata (transparency and discovery)


Blu

eprin

t

• Strategy paper: – „The future of eReporting and the link to INSPIRE“

– Data Typology as one main element


Futu

re Current reporting obligations

Type 1

Geospatial reference data

Type 2

Environmental data

Type 3

Textual or contextual data and information


8

Reporting obligation

INSPIRE*

Data Manager

Creates

dataset

EEA

Provide

specifications

DG Env

* The proportion of the overlap of the scope of the INSPIRE Annex Themes and the reporting obligations can vary (e.g.

there is no overlap at all).

Type 2 (and 3)

Type 1


9

Data typology in practice


10

EU Registry data model


• 3 possible Reporting & Extension approaches

– Integration

• Multiple INSPIRE Themes (Type 1) and environmental data (Type

2) in one ”super schema”

• E.g. Air Quality eReporting

– Extension

• Singular INSPIRE Theme (Type 1) is extended by environmental

data (Type 2)

• E.g. EU Registry

– Linking (”Linked Approach”)

• Environmental data (Type 2) is pointing towards multiple INSPIRE

Themes (Type 1) but provided seperately

• E.g. CDDA 2018

• consistent design approaches (both embedded in SDI)

INSPIRE and eReporting

…

…

Thematic requirements

INSPIRE DS 1

INSPIRE DS 2

etc.

One schema containing …

INSPIRE DS 1 (via INSPIRE service)

INSPIRE DS 2(via INSPIRE service)

Thematic requirements

Links on object and

dataset level

Reported data (file or service)

INSPIRE

infrastructure

Integrated approach Linked approach


Linked Approach and CDDA 2018


CDDA

• Common Database on Designated Areas

• Nationally designated protected areas (e.g.

nature reserve, national parks, etc.)

• EIONET core data flow

• Not part of the environmental legislation

• Rather simple data model

Geometry (Shapefiles)

Tabular data (XML/MS Access files)

Reportnet CDRcommon identifier

Upload as package

Reportnet CDR

Tabular data(XML/XLS files)

• Elements NOT included in the INSPIRE data models

INSPIRE modelProtected Sites

(GML file)• Geometry and core elements

common identifier

Upload as package

Current reporting approach in CDDA

CDDA 2018 approach re-using INSPIRE Protected Sites

CDDA Designated Area• Various IDs• Designated area type• Official area (ha)• Major ecosystem type• Marine percentage • Metadata fields

CDDA match• Geometry of site• Site name• Designation date• Designation type• IUCN category


EU Registry on industrial emissions(thanks to Daniel Montalvo, EEA & Mark Gibbs, Aether)

Project overview:

The EU Registry on Industrial

Sites is planned to centralise

the collection of identification

and administrative data for:

• E-PRTR facilities

• IED installations

• Large combustion

plants (LCPs)

• Waste incineration

plants

(WI)

In addition, the EU Registry will

act as a reference dataset to

which thematic data reporting

would refer to.

Internal

Systems

EU Registry On

Industrial Sites

E-PRTR & LCP

Data

Cro

sslin

ked d

ata

bases

EU Registry (all

industrial sites)

E-PRTR facility

and emissions

data

LCP installation

part and

emissions data

Member states EEA Public

Administrative

data

Industrial pollution data flows

Thematic data

2

Do we still have 5 minutes time?

Thanks!

INSPIRE and reporting

Environmental reporting via INSPIRE download services

Starting point

”The EEA should

harvest web-services!”

”Let’s reuse INSPIRE!”

”We need to control what

is going to be reported!”

”INSPIRE is enough

burden already!”

”INSPIRE is

for reporting!”

aka ”push”

aka ”pull” ”This is legally

challenging!


”Does download service reporting makes sense?”


Dataset

How large is the file?• Large

• Small

How often it needs to be

reported?• Often (e.g. 30 mins)

• Not often (e.g. 6 years)

How well it is implemented

in INSPIRE?• Wide coverage

• Scarce

Is there a public interest?• Large (e.g. Bathing water, Air Quality)

• Hardly (e.g. INSPIRE monitoring)

Is it reported to other

stakeholders?• Many others (e.g. UNEP)

• Only to the EEA

Is the data relevant for other

reportings as well?• Yes, it is part of many other data flows

• No, there is only this data flow

What is the share of INSPIRE on the overall data flow?• Large and clearly defined

• Small or spatial part is not very relevant


”What do you expect from reporting via download service?”


”What do you expect from reporting via download service?”

• Saving costs or efficiency gains?

• Gaining political value or visibility?

• Making data more broadly available?

• New opportunities? (which ones?)

....

Let’s discuss!

Thanks

Christian Ansorge

European Environment Agency

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Environmental Reporting reusing INSPIRE Approaches & Examples