inspire directive in bulgaria until 2013 - results, problems and perspectives

Lyubka PASHOVA1 and Temenoujka BANDROVA2 Sofia, BULGARIA

1 National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and GeographyBulgarian Academy of Sciences2 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Introduction

INSPIRE directive implementation and establishing a national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) in Bulgaria

Ongoing projects related to building the NSDI and creating of Geo-portals – only recent

Comparative analyses of good practices related to INSPIRE Directive

Bulgarian organizational structure for INSPIRE Directive implementation

Conclusions

International Conference “SDI & SIM 2013”, FIG-COM3, FIG-TH-PH & Geo-SEESkopje, 6 – 9 November 2013

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Directive 2007/2 for establishing an INfrastructure for SPatial Information (INSPIRE) of the of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007

EC adopted Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation service Article 4: Not later than 28 June 2012, Member States shall provide

the Download Services with initial operating capability Article 4: Not later than 28 December 2012, Member States shall

provide the Download Services in conformity with this Regulation.

Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE Download Services (not legally binding) on the European level

Technical Guidance for discovering fully conformant download services at the end of 2013 for all three Annexes


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Spatial data themes: Annex I – 9; Annex II – 4; Annex III - 21

1995 - adoption of a regulation for developing the cadastral plans of the settlements

2001- Law on Cadaster and Property Register – regulation of cadastral data

Law on Territory Planning, the Water Act, etc.The legislation is repaired and updated continuously. Result: the coverage of the country territory with

harmonized geospatial data (cadastral maps) is only 18.2% comprising 30% of total number of properties in the country

2007 - Accession of Bulgaria to EU –many GIS projects

e-Government Legislation and its relation with Spatial Data Legislation 2010 - Law on access to spatial data for building the elements of the NSDI


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http://www.esmis.government.bg/en/page.php?c=45

Ministry of transport, information technology and communications - responsible body and to coordinate all activities concerning INSPIRE

(Law on access to spatial data (State Gazette, N 19/09.03.2010)

Executive Agency "Electronic communication networks and information systems” –

a state body responsible forcoordinating the implementation of INSPIRE, for building anational Geo-portal and its maintenance


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After the Law on access to spatial data in 2010 Decree № 254 (State Gazette, N81/23.10.2012) concerning the structure, function and organization of the Agency "Road Infrastructure"; Ordinance on the terms and bodies for analyzing, evaluating and mapping of disaster risk (State Gazette, N84/02.11.2012) Changes of the geodetic legislations related to INSPIRE Directive except some internal Regulations of

the Geodesy, Cartography and

Cadastre Agency and announced

procurements in last 2 years of

the Agency are not made.


http://www.cadastre.bg/en7

National level GIS projects in the economy and administration GIS projects in local or regional municipalities’ government

own Geoportals - examples: AGCC – e-cadastre, EuroBoundaryMap, EuroGlobalMap,

EuroRegionalMap MGS - “Developing an information system for providing

public access to spatial data and services to the Department of Defense”

The Ministry of Health has developed thematic and regional portals provide services to spatial data

International level CORINE, NATURA 2000, NATURE-SDIplus, BalkanGEONet,

PASODOBLE, DACEA, Plan4all, EnvPlus ESDIN, OBSERVE, and many others.


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Results in 2010 (Crompvoets et al.) the country has main problems in coordination and lack of clear

implementation rules; the strategy document for implementation on organizational and

technological level are available and a plan also exists; the main organizations that involved in this process are the

government, universities and institutes; Bulgaria has no funding policy; till 2010, coordination and cooperative activities are performed only at

national level, and the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) is appointed to take a leading role;

the most active organizations in the country are the environmental agencies;

internal structural changes within the organizations involved in this field have not been performed;

specific measures to improve the data and service sharing have been not taken;

a National Geo-portal is not established.


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http://bsdi.asde-bg.org/index_en.php

An experimental Geo-portal is elaborated;

• It provides diverse information in the form of various digital thematic maps and satellite images, attribute and text data. • It provides several thematic maps of natural disasters for the territory of the country, etc.

During the last three years the EAECNIS repeatedly published on its website the goals to implement requirements of the INSPIRE Directive

12 September 2013 – Public procurement N 01118-2013-0006“Creation of an information and communication platform for spatial data and services”


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Results in 2013 (Bulgarian national report and Indicators)

Source: EAECNIS http://www.esmis.government.bg/en/page.php?c=45 INSPIRE Geo-portal http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/182)

Related to Spatial data sets, Metadata and Metadata catalogues:

▪ Metadata for data and services administered by the Environment Agency are harmonized with the INSPIRE Directive requirements;

▪ There are still mixed data, from analog up to vector data and GIS datasets;

▪ With the different permission levels for access;

▪ In many formats and in many database types;

▪ Without standardized way for developing of GIS systems within the state;

▪ Developing without harmonizing and compatibility with existing databases, even within the same institutions!


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Results in 2013 Source: EAECNIS http://www.esmis.government.bg/en/page.php?c=45

INSPIRE Geo-portal http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/182)

Related to Spatial data services and Network services (Web):

▪ No accessibility through the web pages of institutions;

▪ No established controlling mechanism by which to monitor the quality of network services;

▪ Regulations and measures for the sharing of spatial data between administrators of spatial information are missing;

▪ There are no services implemented with spatial data requirements of the INSPIRE Directive;

▪ no specific measures were taken at national level to promote the exchange of spatial data sets and services between public organizations, etc.


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Motivation for comparison: year of membership in EU; Similar or close economic and social conditions; regional location: Romania and Greece are neighbor countries of Bulgaria.

Main conclusion: In most cases State Geodetic Agency, Surveying

and Mapping Authority, Cadastral Organization or other geodetic institution Is a coordinated body of the activities related to NSDI developing.


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Status of registered INSPIRE Stakeholders: Spatial Data Interest Community (SDIC) Legally Mandated Organisations (LMO)

On 21 October 2013 Bulgarian Cartographic Association (BCA) is registered as body, which has an interest (SDIC) in the spatial information themes and services referred to in the INSPIRE directive.

http://inspire.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/42/list/7/id/352449

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• Bulgaria has achieved some results in developing an integrated NSDI

• NSDI implementation is not well coordinated and is with unclear financial support, and achievements are still insufficient

• We conclude that it is necessary to change the entire organizational structure, which has to include representatives of all stakeholder groups

• A new governance structure that fosters the collaboration and manages the INSPIRE implementation is proposed, which can ensure success of the efforts of GI-community in the country


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What do we need?

• Bulgarian action plan (strategy for INSPIRE implementation)

• Policies, technology, criteria, standards and people for establishing the NSDI

• Collaborative initiatives, public-private partnerships, and the joint efforts of many organizations.

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inspire directive in bulgaria until 2013 - results, problems and perspectives

Documents

ph geoseeskopje

spatial data state gazette

spatial information

spatial data themes

conformant download

regulation ec

building anational geoportal

settlements2001 law