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INSPIRE supporting Innovation and Growth
Maria Betti Director
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
INSPIRE Conference, 25 June 2013
Key INSPIRE Legal Acts
• INSPIRE Directive 14.03.2007 • INSPIRE Metadata Regulation 03.12.2008 • Decision on INSPIRE monitoring and reporting 05.06.2009 • INSPIRE Network Services Regulation
• 19.10.2009 (View and discovery) • 10.12.2010 (Download and Transformation)
• INSPIRE Data and Service Sharing Regulation 29.03.2010 • Regulation on interoperability of spatial data sets and
services • 10.12.2010 (Annex I) • 05.02.2011 (Annex I code lists) • October 2013 (Annex II and III, currently under scrutiny of EP and Council)
European law affecting 30+ countries, 23+ languages
Transparency and inclusiveness Stakeholder consultations Support to Member States on the implementation Extend INSPIRE to and ensure consistency of different policy domains Promote INSPIRE in international standardisation
INSPIRE as a Community
Metadata 267716
Datasets viewable
13533
Datasets Downloadable
2443
Good progress in implementing INSPIRE
Annex I Annex II
Annex III
INSPIRE maintenance & implementation framework
Moving into the implementation phase Important to preserve the investment
and the wealth of knowledge Main principles • Maintain participatory approach • Based on implementation experience • Cross-cutting coherence
Commission Expert Group on INSPIRE Implementation and Maintenance (MIG)
• Continuity of expertise “pool of experts”
“Deepening” INSPIRE: Air Quality reporting pilot
Using INSPIRE for enabling access to comparable near real-time air quality information
• Cooperation between DG ENV, JRC, EEA and MS volunteers
• Conformant with INSPIRE & existing reporting data flows between MSs and the EEA
• Future extensions in others INSPIRE thematic areas.
Innovation and Growth a key priority
• Crucial to build on the investment in research and e-infrastructures to support innovation and growth in Europe, particularly among SMEs.
• JRC partner of the smeSPIRE project to facilitate this transfer.
Business Benefits
• Overall picture Total ICT enterprises:
554.000 (Eurostat, 2009) ICT SMEs: 480.000 Total turnover: 400bln€ People employed: 2.9 million “micro” (< 10empl.) 90%
• smeSpire estimation: up to 2% of ICT SMEs dealing with GI
• SmeSpire survey of 250 SMEs in 2013
Location of new ICT SMEs 1995 - 2000 2001 - 2004
Survey results – impact of INSPIRE
• SmeSpire survey of 250 SMEs in 2013 • Impact of INSPIRE already quite high, expected to increase in
future • Major impacts related to introduction of new products/services
Cross-border applications
• Improved sharing of harmonised data (e.g. air quality measures) enables improved modelling and alert system
• Long range transport of air pollutant a clear example
INSPIRE and Digital Agenda
• INSPIRE supports interoperability of public administrations and Digital Agenda
• European Union Location Framework
• Re-usable INSPIRE reference platform
New Directions: Digital Science Sensor web, citizen
science, Future Internet
Multi-disciplinary interoperability
from standard towards brokering approach
Open data, Big data
the next frontier for innovation,
competition and productivity