Sharing Environmental Information In Action Chris Steenmans INSPIRE Conference 2012, Istanbul 26.06.2012
Sharing environmental information in action
Outline What is SEIS? Implementation Content Cooperation Infrastructure Next steps
What is SEIS? A Europe wide initiative that aims to improve sharing and re-use of information related to the environment* *Towards a Shared Environmental Information System (COM (2008)46)
Principles Environmental information should be: Managed as close as possible to its source Collected once, and shared with others for many purposes Readily available to easily fulfil reporting obligations Easily accessible to all users Accessible to enable comparisons at the appropriate geographical scale, and citizen participation Fully available to the general public, and at the national level in the relevant national language(s) Supported through common, free open software standards
Implementing SEIS 5th Environment Action Programme 6th Environment Action Programme 7th EAP 1994 1998 2007 2013 2019 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 EEA
SEIS in the EU and Neighbourhood EEA member countries EEA collaborating countries European Neighbourhood Policy ENP South ENP East Strategic Partnership Strategy for a new partnership for Central Asia Central Asia GMES/GEOSS In Situ Coordination Global
SEIS components Data Indicators Assessments SDI Standards Web services Networks Governance Agreements
Content in action
6 th Environment Action Programme 4 priorities Environmental challenges in a global context
Towards a 7 th Environmental Action Programme EU2020 Strategy GREEN ECONOMY Ecosystem (natural capital) goal: maintain ecological resilience EU2020: sustainable growth Human well-being (social and human capital) Economy (manufactured and financial capital) goal: improve resource efficiency EU2020: smart growth goal: enhance social equity and fair burden-sharing EU2020: inclusive growth
The future we want
Cooperation in action
Cooperation in action EIONET European environment information and observation network and many others
Rio+20 declaration recognised the importance of knowledge sharing platforms wordle 10x data needs 6x access to information 6x strenghtening science-policy interface 44x we reaffirm 26x we commit 2x we decide
INSPIRE is a key building block of SEIS as a knowledge sharing platform MONITORING Measure & record DATA Integrate & manage INFORMATION Visualise & describe ASSESSMENT Analyse & understand REPORTING Explain & communicate
Infrastructure in action Current data reporting Online information services Countries Organisations Countries Organisations A A B B C C D D E E
Environmental information and data platforms
Rio+20 Declaration para 274 [ ] We recognize the efforts in developing global environmental observing systems, including by the Eye on Earth network and through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems
A Global Public Information Network Web services ArcGis Esri web-services WMS OGC services KML OGC / Google services... Data GPX GPS Exhange format KML Google keyhole file CSV Comma seperated file SHP Esri Shape file,... Mapping tools Applications
Based on SEIS principles Near real time data Crowd sourced data Modelled data Citizens science Social media Mobile technology Cloud computing
Sharing web services http://eea.europa.eu (discomap)
EEA web map applications 160 User demand for interactive map applications Number of apps 140 120 100 80 60 40 Demand Production 20 0 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
EEA web map applications K 300 250 Total annual average cost per interactive map application 200 150 100 50 0 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 Development Maintenance
Next steps SEIS key priorities for implementation: 1. Improving the quality of information and data 2. Improving data flows and information systems Source: Eionet Priority Dataflows 2011-2012
SEIS Cookbook
SEIS implementation SEIS key streams for action: 1. Removing inconsistencies between EU data and Sharing policies 2. Streamlining the demand and supply of environmental data 3. Developing information and data infrastructures 4. Providing fit-for-purpose data for improved environmental monitoring and assessments.
EC Communication 7 March 2012 COM(2012)95 Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: Building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness Objectives Engaging with MS to put in place more effective information systems on implementation Improve EU-level information Help ensure confidence in the information generated at national, regional and local levels Close important information gaps on land-cover monitoring [ ] => 7 th Environmental Action Programme should ensure a proper follow up
SEIS implementation EEA/Eionet focus 2012+ 1. Sharing European and National State of the Environment (SENSE* SOER2015) 2. Exploring use of Linked data for Reportnet 3. Capacity building within the EU and its Neighbourhood 4. Strengthening links and synergies between SEIS, INSPIRE, GMES, GEOSS, EU Digital Agenda and other emerging initiatives 5. Assessing the policy added value of the implementation of INSPIRE: INSPIRE in action *Sharing European and National State of the Environment
Sharing Environmental Information In Action Thank you for your attention INSPIRE Conference 2012, Istanbul 26.06.2012