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INSPIRE DIRECTIVE
Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) was published in the official Journal on the 25th April 2007. The INSPIRE Directive entered into force on the 15th May 2007 Full text of the directive (EN) The directive is available in the official languages. Headline News
Apr 1, 2008 Following the recent adoption of the Commission Communication on the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS), the first Europa web site of the Shared Environmental Information System is now available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seis/index.htm.March 14, 2008 INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Monitoring and Reporting are now available for public view and for comments from SDICs and LMOs. Commenting this draft is restricted to registered Spatial Data Interest Communities and Legally Mandated Organisations ONLY. Based on all the comments received, the Monitoring and Reportin Drafting Team will issue a new version of the Implementing Rules which will constitute the basis for a legal instrument to be prepared by the European Commission and to be submitted for opinion to the INSPIRE regulatory committee before the end of 2008. The deadline for receiving comments is 11 May 2008. Registered SDIC/LMOs can submit their comments here.Dec 19, 2007 The INSPIRE Team announces that it will use the list of independent experts of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research for the selection of individuals in support of the development of INSPIRE Implementing Rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and, where practicable, harmonisation of spatial data sets and services.The INSPIRE Team envisages technical support from a maximum of 16 experts for tasks that are outlined below, in the field of the Annex I spatial data themes (in particular, for Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names, Administrative units, Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Transport networks, Hydrography, and Protected sites). For each expert the work will cover a maximum of 30 days over a period of 12 months; this maximum of 30 days will be implemented with contracts of shorter duration. It is anticipated that the work will start in early February 2008. The fee paid to selected experts is 450 Euro per day. Any travel or accommodation expenses made for meetings in the framework of the tasks will be reimbursed separately according to the applicable rules and conditions. More information is available at http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire/reports/INSPIRE-Request-for-Interested-Experts.pdf Experts can register in the database at the following website: https://cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/ Experts are encouraged to indicate that they are available as a reviewer, to use as freestyle keywords the term “INSPIRE spatial data harmonisation”, and to send to inspire-info@jrc.cec.eu.int the registration number that they receive. The INSPIRE Team will be selecting the experts on 15th January 2008. Dec 17, 2007 INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Discovery and View Services is now available for public view and for comments from SDICs and LMOs. With the Implementing Rules, comes the first draft of the INSPIRE Network Services Architecture defining the overall technical framework for each of the Network Service Implementing Rules. Comments on these drafts are restricted to registered Spatial Data Interest Communities and Legally Mandated Organisations ONLY. Their contact persons have been notified following the agreed upon procedure. Based on all the comments received, the Network Services Drafting Team will issue a new version of the Implementing Rule and of the architecture to be then publicly reviewed for a submission of the final draft of the implementing rules to the INSPIRE regulatory committee before the end of 2008. All the documentation can be found in the INSPIRE Document Archive The deadline for submission of comments is 18 February 2008 24:00 CET. Oct 26, 2007 INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Metadata open for public consultation. The INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Metadata are now available for public view and comments. The call for comments is open for a period of eight weeks, until 21 December 2007. Only comments received by the deadline using the template provided will be considered. At the end of this phase of public consultation, the Commission will elaborate a revised proposal and submit it to the Regulatory Committee as required by the Directive. Oct 12, 2007 Call to SDICs and LMO for candidate specifications and experts The main concept regarding the specification development scenarios was published in the Work Programme (WP)for 2007-2009. Now we complete it with the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the actors involved in the data specification process. As explained in the WP and in the TOR, we face a huge and complex process, where all the communities are encouraged to participate. The Call for Expression of Interest for Development of Data Specifications:
The submission of candidate specifications and proposing experts is continuous. However for Annex I themes the last opportunity to do so is 30th September 2007. |
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