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Benefits of location information

Joep Crompvoets KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

JRC (Slides Max Craglia)

Brussels – 25 April 2014

Objectives

Studying benefits of location information

(experiences, lessons learnt, problems)

Identifying the main EULF-benefits of location information

What are the benefits of location information?

Cost – Benefits Focus

OBVIOUS NOT SO OBVIOUS?

Costs: creating, transferring, collecting, processing, storing, making available, …

Benefits: improved decisions, better allocations, transparency, responsibility/accountability, learning, ...

ASSYMETRIES OF COSTS AND BENEFITS COST:

Unconditional, immediate, undisputable, more tangible

BENEFITS:

Conditional, not (always) immediate, disputable, less intangible

Cost and Benefits of what?

Trip down memory lane ….. INSPIRE Assessment

Summary costs/investments (rounded figures / million Euros per year)

And the benefits?

10 years on?

Assumed benefits (after revisions)

We know a bit more …..

SDI-Readiness

SDI readiness index is defined as the degree to which a

country is prepared to deliver its geographical

information in a community (Delgado et al., 2005).

Factors:

- organizational

- information

- access network

- human resources

- financial resources

SDI-Readiness

SDI-Readiness indices (2012)

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37

65

64

70

58

56

48

66

59

32

58

39

49

58

41

42

65

53

55

66

59

69

56

53

64

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Uruguay

Turkey

Taiwan

Sweden

Spain

Slovenia

Serbia

Poland

Norway

Netherlands

Nepal

Mexico

Malaysia

Macedona

Jamaica

Guyana

Ecuador

Denmark

Cuba

Croatia

Colombia

Chile

Canada

Brazil

Argentina

Abu Dhabi

SDI-Readiness indices (2012)

Clearinghouse examples

Denmark Uruguay

The Netherlands

Iceland

Clearinghouse/Geoportal suitability

Using a combination of

15 relevant factors

Clearinghouse Suitability Index of SGA Geoportal (geoportal.dgu.hr): 56

52

84

50

96

68

36

80

90

49

75

76

46

94

47

60

56

76

50

100

49

88

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Uruguay

Taiwan

Sweden

Spain

Slovenia

Poland

Norway

Netherlands

Nepal

Mexico

Malaysia

Jamaica

Germany

Ecuador

Cuba

Croatia

Colombia

Chile

Canada

Argentina

Abu Dhabi

Clearinghouse/Geoportal suitability indices (2012)

MR 8 indicators

34 country reports

Desktop Study

Detailed Survey

SoP 32 indicators

Assessment: Indicators Qualitative

| Conclusions

Recommendations

MR Reports

MR 8 indicators

34 country reports

Desktop Study

Detailed Survey

SoP 32 indicators

Assessment: Indicators Qualitative

| Conclusions

Recommendations

MR Reports

INSPIRE State of Play

Organisation Legislation & funding Data Meta-data Services

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INSPIRE State of Play in Europe (2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

AT 4 AT

BE 3 BE

DE 6 DE

DK 5 DK

ES 6 ES

FI 5 FI

FR 5 FR

GR 2 GR

IE 4 IE

IT 5 IT

LU 3 LU

NL 5 NL

PT 5 PT

SE 6 SE

UK 5 UK

CY 2 CY

CZ 5 CZ

EE 5 EE

HU 3 HU

LT 5 LT

LV 2 LV

MT 2 MT

PL 4 PL

SI 4 SI

SK 4 SK

BG 2 BG

RO 3 RO

HR 4 HR

MK 1 MK

TR 1 TR

CH 6 CH

IS 4 IS

LI 3 LI

NO 6 NO

In agreement

In partial agreement

Not in agreement

Unknown

Organisational issues (I) Legal issues and funding (II)

Data for the themes of the INSPIRE

annexes (III) Metadata (IV) Network services (V)

INSPIRE State of Play results (2011)

Organisation Legislation & funding Data Meta-data Services

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INSPIRE State of Play in Europe (2003 - 2011)

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AT AT

BE BE

DE DE

DK DK

ES ES

FI FI

FR FR

GR GR

IE IE

IT IT

LU LU

NL NL

PT PT

SE SE

UK UK

CY CY

CZ CZ

EE EE

HU HU

LT LT

LV LV

MT MT

PL PL

SI SI

SK SK

BG BG

RO RO

HR HR

MK MK

TR TR

CH CH

IS IS

LI LI

NO NO

In better agreement than in 2003

In much better agreement than in 2003

In less agreement than in 2003

In much less agreement than in 2003

Change due to removal of 'unknown', error correction or second opinion

Twice changed due to removal of 'unknown', error correction or second opinion

No change compared to 2003, or changes reversed

Organisational issues (I) Legal issues and funding (II) Reference data & core thematic data (III) Metadata (IV) Access services (V)

INSPIRE State of Play results (2003-2011)

INSPIRE Benefit Study – Catalonia

Lessons learnt

For years we have been advocating the potential benefits

Now we start having real evidence on these benefits in managing Our environment, assessing impacts across policy areas, and improving services to citizens and business

We have to continue to focus on the added value of location Information and on measuring the benefits in both quantitative and qualitative terms

The evidence is difficult to collect but we have shown that is possible to do it

What we need are more studies and more sharing of the findings to build the evidence base to underpin the long term sustainability of the investment

• Serve multiple purposes of assessment

• Use multiple assessment methods and approaches

• Do not oversimplify

• Incorporate different views/understandings

• Maintain Flexibility

• Reduce bias

• Provide the full picture

Principles for benefit studies

Identifying EULF-benefits of location information using existing studies

Approach

Benefit studies Benefit

indicators

Identification

Identified EULF-Benefits

Differences in purpose, scale, approach, focus, region, target group (beneficiaries), complexity, .....

List of indicators Based on practices and OECD-report (2005)

Benefits for public administrations • Cost/Time savings • Simplification processes • More effective policy making • Increased collaboration and coordination • Improved quality of the processes • Increased public administration user satisfaction

Benefits for citizens and businesses • Cost/Time savings • Better service delivery • Delivery of new services or products • Improved transparency • Greater participation • Increased citizens user satisfaction • Increased businesses user satisfaction

Broader Benefits • Economic development • Establishment of new companies • Job creation • Higher citizen engagement • Improved trust in the public sector • More open and transparent government

List of indicators (based on OECD report (2005))

List of indicators Based on practices and OECD-report (2005)

Benefits for public administrations • Cost/Time savings • Simplification processes • More effective policy making • Increased collaboration and coordination • Improved quality of the processes Benefits for citizens and businesses • Cost/Time savings • Better service delivery • Delivery of new services or products • Improved transparency • Greater participation Broader Benefits • Economic development • Higher citizen engagement

List of identified EULF-Benefits

List of indicators Based on practices and OECD-report (2005)

Thank you for your attention