INSPIRE educational requirements: Challenges for the vocational training community

INSPIRE educational requirements: INSPIRE educational requirements: Challenges for the vocational training Challenges for the vocational training

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VESTA-GIS Workshop1 July 2008, Salzburg

Danny VandenbrouckeSADL/K.U.Leuven R&D

VESTA-GIS WS, Salzburg, July 2008

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• INSPIRE What is INSPIRE about? INSPIRE: the principles, the components, the

Directive and the Process INSPIRE: ongoing work

• INSPIRE: Education Requirements Is Education part of the INSPIRE process? Requirements at three levels INSPIRE seminars: offer through VESTA-GIS Review of curricula and vocational training

programmes?


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programmes?


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INSPIRE: what is it about?INSPIRE: what is it about?

• Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe

• It is a political initiative to make development of the European SDI possible

• It will be based on the NSDI and RSDI in MS• It is driven by the Environmental Sector• It is limited to access to spatial data of/for

Public Authorities• All relevant stakeholders are involved


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INSPIRE: the principlesINSPIRE: the principles

1. Data should be collected once and maintained at the level where this can be done most effectively

2. It should be possible to combine seamlessly spatial information from different sources across Europe and share it between many users and applications

3. It should be possible for information collected at one level to be shared between all the different levels, detailed for detailed investigations, general for strategic purposes

4. Geographic information needed for good governance at all levels should be abundant under conditions that do not refrain its extensive use

5. It should be easy to discover which geographic information is available, fits the needs for a particular use and under which conditions it can be acquired and used

6. Geographic data should become easy to understand and interpret because it is properly documented and can be visualised within the appropriate context selected in a user-friendly way


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INSPIRE: the INSPIRE: the componentscomponents

Catchments

Meteo data

Land Cover

5 cm /year

ITR F93

N N R -N U V EL1A

GI Institutional framework

GI technicalstandards

Spatial InformationServices

Fundamentaland thematic GI data sets

Spatial Data Infrastructur

e

GIS to manage Natura2000 sites

Standards implementation

Standards implementation

Technical Support to GI policy development

Technical Support to GI policy development

GIS for Natura 2000 GIS for Natura 2000

Different Policies and standards

Europe is moving 3cm/ year

Different sea level in Europe

Needs to create european spatial data sets eEurope : eGovernement on line

Technical Support To data set creation

Technical Support To data set creation


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INSPIRE: the DirectiveINSPIRE: the Directive

• INSPIRE Directive Published on 25 April 2007 Entered into force on 15 May 2007 To be transposed into national legislation by 15

May 2009

• INSPIRE Drafting Teams Elaborate Implementing Rules defining how the

Directive must be implemented Metadata IR have been voted – onece published

they enter into force immediately


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INSPIRE: the processINSPIRE: the process


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INSPIRE: ongoing workINSPIRE: ongoing work

• DT Data Specifications Generic conceptual model and methodology to

define data specs (DS) for various thematic comunities

Set up of thematic communities to define these DS, for the evaluation and use metadata

• DT Network Services Draft IR for Discovery and View Services are ready Download, transformation and invoking services –

work started

Common Architecture


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INSPIRE: ongoing workINSPIRE: ongoing work

• DT Data and Service Sharing Focus on sharing between Member States and the EU No explicit rules for sharing between Public

Authorities within Member States Draft IR are ready and almost ready for discussion

within SDIC / LMO community

• DT Monitoring and Reporting Monitoring the implementation of the infrastructure

and use of it Reporting coordination & cooperation, sharing, use,

C/B Draft IR reviewed by SDIC / LMO community; vote in

the Committee by November 2008


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programmes?


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Is education part of the INSPIRE Is education part of the INSPIRE process?process?

• It is not explicitely mentioned in the Directive

• It is only mariginally mentioned in the Workplan for the implementation– Awareness raising– Capacity building and change of

management practices– Support to education and training initiatives

related to INSPIRE

• Also in the NSDI’s very few cases where education is part of the SDI process


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Is education part of the INSPIRE Is education part of the INSPIRE process?process?

• There are no special Spatial Data Interest Communities related to education

• There are very few people involved from the educational sector

Out of the > 200 proposed experts, 29 from universities

INSPIRE DT: 7 AGILE members, none from education

The educational GI sector is only limited involved in the INSPIRE process?


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Requirements at three levelsRequirements at three levels

• Understand correctly the INSPIRE Directive and its Implementing Rules– (Wrong) interpretations are floating around

• Training of the GI community– To implement (components of) INSPIRE

• Train the end-users of spatial data and related information– Spatially enabling


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Understanding the DirectiveUnderstanding the Directive

• Training for Public Authorities, private sector– What is an obligation in INSPIRE and what not– Can I charge for spatial data – Do I need to harmonise the spatial data I have– Does a member state need to create all the data for

the themes in the annexes– Do we need to publish our web services via a web

portal– How do I know if my NSDI and its components are

compliant with INSPIRE and its IR – Do I need to apply these rules also as a private

company– What if we do not apply the IR– …


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Training of GI CommunityTraining of GI Community

• Training of experts, scientists, …– How to set-up services– How does mapping of data models happen– How to apply the data specifications for a specific

thematic area– How can we test conformity with the IR– Which standards should be implemented and how

(many standards are relevant but only ISO 19115 is really known)

– How can I establish data sharing agreements– …


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Training of the GI Training of the GI CommunityCommunity

• BoK – additions to units of some knowledge areas

DA1-DA7 design GD12 metadata,

standards, SDI GS1-GS7 legal,

economic, … OI1-0I6 coordination,

institutional aspects, … …


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Training of end usersTraining of end users

• Training policy makers, citizen, scolars, …– How can I find the spatial data I need – How can I know about the quality of the data

(trustworthiness)– How can we contribute to the spatial data

repositories– How can I use SDI components in my day-to-

day business processes– How can I read and understand the spatial

data Turning data into information


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ConclusionsConclusions

• The INSPIRE Directive and its IR are complex– Technically and as a process

1. Need for a comprehensive training course that explains the Directive and the IR

2. Review of (parts of) GI curricula is needed to host training of the GI community

3. Specific initiatives towards the end-user community are required

VESTA-GIS can help, starting with 1


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INSPIRE educational requirements: Challenges for the vocational training community