General overview of the INSPIRE Directive and relations to other

policies

Hugo.De-Groof@ec.europa.eu

European Commission

Directorate-General Environment

Governance, Information and Reporting Unit

EC/EEA INSPIRE Team

2/3Training: INSPIRE BasicsEC JRC

An INfrastructure for SPatial INformation in the Eu - INSPIRE

does it ....

Serve society ?

Stimulate innovation ?

Support legislation ?

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INSPIRE Policy Foundations

The EU 6th Environmental Action Programme 2002-2012

Seven Thematic Strategies

1. Clean Air For Europe 2. Soil protection 3. Sustainable use of pesticides 4. Marine environment 5. Waste prevention and recycling 6. Sustainable use of natural resources 7. Urban environment

Four Priorities

1. Climate Change 2. Nature and Biodiversity3. Environment and Health4. Natural resources and waste

+ Mitigation of natural and man-made hazards leading to disasters

Emphasis on « Risk & Knowledge-based » policy making, assessment and implementation

Environment in Europe ?

• Source: EEA – State Of Environment Report 2010

Natural resources and wasteDecoupling use - growth KWaste generation LWaste management JWater stress K

Environment and healthWater quality KWater pollution JTransboundary air pollution KUrban air quality L

Climate changeGlobal mean temperature change LGreenhouse gas emissions JEnergy efficiency KRenewable energy sources K

Nature and biodiversityPressure on ecosystems LConservation status KBiodiversity LSoil degradation L

Spatial DataInfrastructure

Institutional framework

DataServices

Spatial data

Technical standards

Spatial Data

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EU has islands of information &

data of different standards and

quality...

EU Status 20021. Data policy restrictions

– pricing, copyright, access rights, licensing policy

2. Lack of co-ordination– across boarders and

between levels of government

3. Lack of standards – incompatible information

and information systems4. Existing data not re-usable

– fragmentation of information, redundancy, inability to integrate

5. Missing data 6. Data quality

• Not comparable, not timely available, …

NOT INSPIRE

Environment & Health

Assessment of Health Impacts

Exposure DataHealth Data

Socio-economic data

Geographical data

Environmental data

Air Pollution Cancer Cases

Directive on Ambient Air Quality “Atmospheric modelling and measurements of air pollution demonstrate beyond doubt that the pollution emitted in one Member State contributes to measured pollution in other Member States. This shows that individual Member States cannot solve the problems alone and concerted action at the EU scale is required.”

INSPIRE & Environmental

acquis

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

I - 2

Elevation III – 14Meteorological geographical

featuresIII – 13

Atmospheric conditions

II – 2Landcover

III – 5 Human health and safetyIII – 18 Habitats and biotopesIII – 19 Species distribution

III-10 Population distribution — demographyIII- 6 - Utility and governmental services

Etc.

III – 7 Environmental Monitoring FacilitiesIII-8 Production and industrial facilities

III-1 Statistical units

III – 13 Atmospheric conditionsIII-11 Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

INSPIRE DATA Themes and Air Quality – Impact Information System

Health &Air Quality

GAF AG

2009 Pesticides Directive

• Specific measures to protect the aquatic environment– Buffer zones – defined as a function of the risk of

pollution (soil, climate, etc.)

• Measures to limit aerial drift (hedge rows etc.)

• Reduction of pesticide use in sensitive areas– Identify and list sensitive areas

• Non-agricultural areas with high run-off risk or leaching.

• Reporting – info exchange– Through RISK INDICATORS

Soils (pesticides etc.)

Data & Information Requirements

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

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2007 Directive on the Assessment and Management of Floods

• A preliminary flood risk assessment – Including art.4 a-f

• (e) Likelihood of future floods and projected impact of climate change and land use trends

• Prepare flood risk maps by 2013 – with 6 yearly updates

• Flood risk management plans by 2015

Floods

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

Floods

Source: GMES BICEPS Report

I-8Hydrography I- 2 ElevationIII – 7Environmental Monitoring Facilities

III - 12Natural Risk Zones

III – 14Meteorological geographical featuresIII – 13Atmospheric conditions

III – 3Soils

III – 4Land-use

II – 2Landcover

III – 18 Habitats and biotopesIII – 19 Species distributionIII-10 Population distribution — demographyIII- 6 - Utility and governmental services

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

III – 11Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

INSPIRE Data Themes

More Challenges …

EU 2020 Strategy

• growth strategy 2010-20• EU to become a:

• smart, • sustainable and • inclusive economy

Deliver the Strategy The 7 Flagship initiatives

• Smart growth 1. Digital agenda for Europe 2. Innovation Union 3. Youth on the move

• Sustainable growth 4. Resource efficient Europe 5. An industrial policy for the globalisation era

• Inclusive growth 6. An agenda for new skills and jobs 7. European platform against poverty

Increasing demand for resources

better understanding and managing resources

Resource efficient Europe

• 20 key policy proposals• Areas:

• energy, transport, resource efficiency, agriculture, fisheries, cohesion, biodiversity, …

• Example:

• Roadmap for a resource-efficient Europe

The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe COM(2011) 571

A framework for future actions

Nutrition, housing and mobility are the sectors responsible for most environmental impacts

Actions in these areas …

Key resources are analysed from a life-cycle and value-chain perspective.

Action on : SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION

• Building the Single Market for Green Products

• Measure environmental performance throughout the lifecycle1. The Product

Environmental Footprint (PEF)

2. The Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF).

Source: "Communication on Building the Single Market for Green Products" "Recommendation on the use of the methods"

A ‘sustainable’ cadastre – ideas...

‘Greening’ the valuation of propertyIncrease benefits for society

Geospatial & INSPIRE

Geospatial technology needs INSPIRE

INSPIRE & Geospatial Technology Industry

• Top 10 fastest growth employment sectors • 30 billion revenue/year (in US)• BUT ...

• biggest challenge before the industry is the availability and quality of geospatial data

• shortage of skilled human resources• “restrictive practices of some organizations and

governments in terms of making their geospatial information publicly available has been a great concern” Source: Ed Parsons - Google

• Stimulate Economic Growth through Geospatial Technology

• Using Geospatial Information to Control Costs and Save Taxpayer Money• More efficient response to disasters• Enable more effective decision making• Better services to the public

• Apply Geospatial Tools to Ensure Public Safety and Decision-Support

Source: TOWARD A NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL STRATEGY Recommendations from the National Geospatial Advisory Committee

December 2012

What is needed ?• multi-agency approach for:

• ‘shared’ creation and collection of data• cost and resource savings • greatly increases the value of returns

• The development and implementation of a ‘shared’ geospatial technology infrastructure for use by all partners offers great promise as a model for cost-effective, efficient government.

Source: TOWARD A NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL STRATEGY Recommendations from the National Geospatial Advisory Committee December 2012

Public – Private – Partnership (technology)

Public – Private – Partnership (spatial data)

LIABILITY

OPERATIONS

RISKS

• "Living well, within the limits of our planet", will guide environment policy up to 2020

EU Environment Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP)

EU Environment Action Programme to 2020 (7th EAP)

• Three thematic priority objectives• Protect nature and strengthen ecological resilience • Boost sustainable resource-efficient low-carbon growth • Effectively address environment-related threats to health.

• Supported by enabling framework• promote better implementation of EU environment law • ensure that policies benefit from state of the art science • secure the necessary investments• improve the way environmental concerns and requirements are

reflected in other policies.

• Two more priority objectives• enhancing the sustainability of EU cities• improving the EU's effectiveness in addressing regional and global

challenges related to the environment and climate change.

Better Implementation of EU environmental law

• Preventing damage to the environment can cost far less than long-term remediation.

• Failing to implement environment legislation is thought to cost the EU economy around €50 billion every year in health costs and direct costs to the environment.

• Full implementation of EU waste legislation would generate an additional 400,000 jobs, for example, with net costs that are €72 billion less than the alternative scenario of non-implementation

Governance ...

• Member States are responsible for ensuring that the EU's environment laws are implemented in their countries.

• The Commission's role is to check that Member States' commitments are respected and take action if they are not.

• Better and more accessible information at national, regional and local levels would allow major environmental problems to be identified earlier, saving costs in the longer term.

Better Implementationcan be...

• Powered by geospatial technologies• Powered by INSPIRE

Status of our INSPIRE building site ?

Policy Co-ordination ?

• All EU 28 have national/regional INSPIRE law• All 4 EEA/EFTA (+ 3 years for implementation)• Almost all Candidate countries – Western-Balkans• EU Digital Agenda (reviewed PSI directive,...)• Buy-in other EU policies (transport,space,health,...)• Environmental directives & initiatives demand INSPIRE• Recognised globally as “best practice” example of

‘good governance’ (World Bank, UN)• Dedicated EU coordination team JRC+EEA+EC ENV+Eurostat

Policy Co-ordination ?

• Late and incomplete national/regional INSPIRE law• Because its law does not mean it happens• EU Digital Agenda

• does ‘Open Data’ initiative remove the obstacles ?• Enough support for ‘environment’ ? (beyond low carbon)

• Some other (EU) policies see INSPIRE as purely ‘environmental’ –> risk of ‘duplication’

• Environmental directives need INSPIRE faster than INSPIRE implementation roadmap demands

• “New policy initiatives” – “Lost in acronyms’

Spatial data & services?

• INSPIRE technical framework now adopted (almost complete) and some deadlines reached

• Steep increase in spatial data ‘published’ and ‘documented’ – many PORTALS

• Progress on removing data policy obstacles for several INSPIRE themes in several countries

• Several ‘good practice’ and ‘pilot’ projects using INSPIREd spatial data for environment from local to EU scale

• Evidence of cross-border INSPIREd spatial data and service sharing for different applications

Spatial data & services?

• INSPIRE technical is not ‘simple’ ?• Do you need an ‘Einstein’ brain? ...tools and money

• Are the ‘portal’ shops inter-connected ? • You got to shop around ...

• How easy is it to fill your shopping basket ?• Be ready to sign many agreements and ‘pay’ ...• Too many shops are still closed or poor service ...

• Can you find and get all you need ?• Most likely some ingredients will be missing ...

• Are you happy with the ‘quality’ ?• You are still on the pursuit of happiness ...

National Portals

Thematic Portals

http://gis.epa.ie/GetData

http://catalogue.isde.ie/#/

Building INSPIRE is like ...

Status of implementation 2013

Be aware of the risks & opportunities

Let Your Voice be Heard

INSPIREImplementation

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2020

Policy Evaluation 2014

A European agenda

• Geospatial technology, information, and services can help address some of the major priorities of the EU 2020 strategy

• Develop and implement in Europe coordinated/collaborative national and regional Geospatial Policies

• INSPIRE – Copernicus – Galileo are European building blocks

• Top–Down meets Bottom-up • Public – Private - Partnerships

‘SHARING IS EVERYTHING’

Source: Clare Hadley, INSPIRE Conference,2010