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Leveraging SMEs’ strengths for INSPIRE
Dialogue session at Geospatial World Forum,
Rotterdam (NL)16.05.2013
SEIS & INSPIRE IN ACTION
Giacomo Martirano (Epsilon Italia)[email protected]
2/14SUMMARY
Who we are and what we are doing (in brief)
Tips to stimulate the dialogue session debate ˗ The main barriers we identified˗ Barriers seen as challenges˗ Turning challenges into opportunities
3/14Who we are (in brief)
We are a small enterprise specialized in geospatial technologies
We are based in South Italy We are deeply involved in EU co-
funded projects dealing with geospatial information in general and with INSPIRE implementations in particular
4/14What we are doing (in brief)
We are implementing SEIS using INSPIRE˗ We are involved in the execution of a
contract for the implementation at national level of SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System) for 5 themes: Air, Water, Soil, Noise and Radiation.
˗ We are responsible for the design of the SEIS theme-specific geodatabases
˗ We are focusing on INSPIRE EF DS (and on O&M), so more on the data “production” side of the data chain
5/14The main barriers we identified
Organizational barriers (within the consortium and with the Client)
Technical barriers
Financial barriers
6/14The main barriers we identified
Organizational barriers within the consortium:˗ Misalignment of technical
competencies between partners responsible for the development and further integration of project components strictly correlated.
˗ Lack of coordination, both at technical and management level
7/14The main barriers we identified
Organizational barriers with the Client:˗ Misalignment of technical
competencies between the Client and the Supplier.
˗ Heterogeinity of the organizational structures of the Client’s departments/agencies responsible for the management of the relevant geospatial information
8/14The main barriers we identified
Technical barriers:˗ Misalignment between the national
reporting obligations set by EEA and the INSPIRE obligations set by the Implementing Rules on the interoperability of spatial datasets.
˗ Complexity of data modelling activities needed to merge the many applicable schemas into one single geodatabase structure for each SEIS theme
9/14The main barriers we identified
Financial barriers:˗ Competitive tender won offering a
price much lower than the reference one (- 38 %)
˗ Unfavourable payment clauses (30% advance payment after the contract signature) and 70% balance payment at the end of a 24 months project after final acceptance of all deliverables)
10/14Barriers seen as challenges
Investing in filling-in knowledge gaps: ˗ increasing manpower allocation (in
terms of 50% FTE) in order to deepen the technical and technological aspects
˗ self-training (thorough analysis of INSPIRE DS and practice with the data transformation tools and the data harmonisation workflows)
11/14Barriers seen as challenges
Investing in filling-in communication gaps:˗ spending more effort in supporting
less aware partners and also the Client
Investing in filling-in cash-flow gaps:˗ getting from the bank an increased
credit limit
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Turning challenges into opportunities
The increased technical competencies:˗ increased our competitiveness
˗ increased our productivity
˗ created new market opportunities
13/14Conclusions
Not a sales pitch but rather a networking invitation …
14/14Conclusions
If this is the business model we are aming at …
… then join us at www.smespire.eu