Update on INSPIRE; interoperable framework for natural hazards

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1 Update on INSPIRE; interoperable framework for natural hazards Robert Tomas EC-DG Joint Research Centre 16 th Meeting of Working Group F on Floods 2014, Rome Serving society Stimulating innovation Supporting legislation

2 Update on INSPIRE Development of the INSPIRE legal/technical framework (Implementing Rules / Technical Guidelines) finished end of 2013 The real MS implementation (Annex II and III data themes) of INSPIRE requirements in full speed (till 2020 ). INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Framework established and the working programme endorsed INSPIRE Interim policy evaluation public consultation, the Joint EEA-JRC evaluation report (soon to be published - Nov. 2014) + DG ENV Communication/report to the European Parliament (beginning of 2015) INSPIRE evolution/use in environmental thematic domains (also non env.) interoperability thematic pilots

3 Why Europe needs spatial data infrastructure? 2014 Taranaki Regional Council 2014 College of Architecture, Texas A&M University U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey 2014 Die Welt natural disasters no country borders!!

4 Status 10 years ago Important obstacles related to use of geospatial data* Spatial data is often missing or incomplete The description of available spatial data is often incomplete Spatial datasets can often not be combined with other spatial datasets The system to find, access and use spatial data often function in isolation only and are not compatible which each other. Cultural, institutional, financial and legal barriers prevent or delay the sharing and re-use of existing data. *Agreement of 97 % of participants public consultation % of all fresh water bodies in Europe are part of a trans-boundary river basin!!

5 And the current situation is: Have the initial problems evolved? Joint EEA&JRC INSPIRE midterm evaluation report

6 And the current situation is: Are the initial INSPIRE objectives relevant to Joint EEA&JRC INSPIRE midterm evaluation report

7 We are here Why the INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Framework? Support MS in implementation

8 Why the MIF? Maintain 6 legal acts and 40+ Technical Guidelines

9 Why the MIF? Develop and maintain central infrastructure components and tools

10 The INSPIRE evolution and relationship with other policies Technical support for the understanding, use and mapping of INSPIRE requirements with other domains legislations To streamline data requirements (e.g. INSPIRE x ereporting) do once, use many times!! To facilitate cross domain interoperability (harmonised approaches, common technical solutions, semantic harmonisation etc..) To fulfill the main INSPIRE objective = to support environmental policy making

11 INSPIRE interoperability tests/pilots - environmental domain Air Quality pilot: successful past activity see more: Marine pilot: to help MS with implementation of MSFD and INSPIRE in harmonised way (Article 19 of MSFD). = status running, now Call for expression of interest for domain experts as well as organizations Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU (IED) / European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation 166/2006 with DG ENV C3. = status pre-pilot activities

12 Pilots outside the environmental acquis: Transportation pilot of EULF (sharing data between public road authorities & private sector): (DG Move, JRC) ITS x INSPIRE directives data harmonisation initiated and running Energy performance of buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable energy Directives & INSPIRE; Covenant of Mayors, EULF: pre-pilot study under preparation Minerals4EU INSPIRE x EU knowledge base on raw materials (primary, secondary) EU FP7 Project http://

13 INSPIRE x WFD data requirements harmonisation Participants: DG ENV, DG JRC, EEA, Atkins, Con Terra (+ invited experts) Scope of the Stage1: detail mapping of the updated WFD reporting obligations with two INSPIRE data themes (Area Management, regulation and restriction zones; Environmental Monitoring Facilities (without monitoring measurements)- current status Stage 2 - thematic data inclusion GW bodies, SW bodies, monitoring data+ other INSPIRE components e.g. MD, NT service) Stage 3 - real demonstration application with selected MSs data in a cross border area.

14 INSPIRE x WFD data requirements harmonisation test Outcomes of the stage 1: Capacity building breaking domain barriers Detail mapping of all attributes and their better understanding (terminology) Already some proposals for some additions to the updated WFD reporting sheets Summarizing report with all mappings and proposals for solutions Willingness to continue to cover all relevant INSPIRE themes + components real demonstration application

15 INSPIRE x Floods Directive Provides useful relevant data for FHRMs (e.g. elevation, hydrography, topography, land use, land cover, geomorphology, hydrogeology exposed elements population, buildings, facilities etc..) Provides interoperable framework for sharing of different types of natural hazard data The FHRM information will be better used by other communities Sustainability + support for innovative applications/services

16 Key pillars of natural hazard (NH) interoperability framework Common NH terminology framework Based on international standards (UNISDR 2009) Cross-domain applicability (floods, forest fires, etc.) Based on a common data sets holdings Clear and unambiguous to implement Common data model for NH Min. set of features for NH data interoperability Domain extensibility Covers both spatial data representations Utilizes common types from INSPIRE GCM Common NH assessments models To harmonize the way of expressing level or intensity, likelihood of occurrence, vulnerability To allow for qualitative and quantitative assessment Contextual information required Common NH extensible classifications For type of natural hazards and category of exposed elements To facilitate comparability and interoperability of data sets Allow also more specific NH types from local vocabularies

17 Common model for qualitative and quantitative NH assessments

18 Real tests (EU projects) of the NH infrastructure Picrit cross border (IT/FR) for civil protection in natural hazard scenarious eenvplus - eenvironmental services for advanced applications within INSPIRE Fortress foresight tools for responding to cascading effects in a crisis - new!! InGeoCloudS - INspired GEOdata CLOUD Services Implementation of INSPIRE in EU MSs from December 2013

19 Conclusions INSPIRE implementation is on its way. Major benefits of the infrastructure only when fully & wisely implemented(e.g. addressing thematic communities / EC needs). The positive outcome of the INSPIRE x WFD data harmonisation activity can be applied for the FHRM reporting (not starting from 0 ) draft of the FHRM INSPIRE extension in the INSPIRE Natural Risk Zones data specification (see Annex D) The Interoperable Framework (IF) for Natural hazards developed during the INSPIRE data specifications work (published on 10/ ) facilitates the comparability of NH data and thus support more complex multi hazard/risk scenarios

20 Thank you for your attention. Robert Tomas, PhD EC&EEA INSPIRE Coordination Team Do not miss the INSPIRE Conference Lisbon, Portugal

21 More information INSPIRE INSPIRE GeoPortal INSPIRE Registry INSPIRE data specifications Overview Data models atamodels Schemas