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EUROGI The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information

PCC in the EU Plenary Meeting under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 29 November 2012 – Pafos - Cyprus. EUROGI The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information Unlocking the Power of Geographic Information Catharina Bamps Secretary-General EUROGI ww.eurogi.eu.

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EUROGI The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information

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  1. PCC in the EUPlenary Meeting under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU29 November 2012 – Pafos - Cyprus EUROGI The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information Unlocking the Power of Geographic Information Catharina Bamps Secretary-General EUROGI ww.eurogi.eu

  2. EUROGI The Organisation Membership & Governance Vision und Mission Current Activities European focused influencing activities Conferences/workshops EU-Projects

  3. EUROGI – the Organisation Foundation (“Stichting”) under Dutch Law (NGO) established in 1994 at the suggestion of the EC; First 2 years : EC funding, since then own funding (membership) Continuously collaborating and in dialogue with EU/EC and other GI Associations EuroGeographics, EuroSDR, PCC, AGILE, CEN/TC287 GI, OGC, ISOCARP ... Ensure that the views of the GI-users and enterprises/SMEs are fully represented at European level

  4. EUROGI – the Organisation Example: ELS: European Location Strategy (EUROGI Newsletter Juli-August 2012) 10/07/2012: Meeting of the Presidents of European geo-information associations Purpose of the meeting: - Continuation of the development of closer cooperation between the organizations and a common strategy: European Location Strategy; - More clarity in our communication with the European policy and legislation and better coordination of our activities;

  5. EUROGI - Membership & Governance Membership ‘Afiliated‘ Organisations A, B and C A-members: National GI Associations B-members: Corporate Members(Autodesk, ESRI, Intergraph & SMEs coming in…) C-members: other associations/networks (European Association of Remote Sensing Companies, GI Norden (Nordic Countries), Centre for Knowledge Transfer (CEKTRA)) http://eurogi.org/eurogi-members.html

  6. EUROGI – Membership & Governance A-members (16) AESIG, Spain AFIGEO, France AGEO, Austria AM/FM GIS Italia, Italy CAGI, Czech Republic CC Belgium, Belgium DDGI, Germany DGT (former IGP), Portugal ESTGIS, Estonia GEOFORUM Danmark, Denmark GEONOVUM, The Netherlands HUNAGI, Hungary IRLOGI, Ireland LISA, Iceland SOGI, Switzerland ULIGeoforum, Sweden B-members (5) AUTODESK National GI Associations ESRI Geospaceconsulting INTERGRAPH ISPiK C-Members (3) CEKTRA, Slovenia EARSC GI NORDEN

  7. EUROGI - Membership & Governance Governance General Board – all members / sets overall policy / 2x meet annually Executive Committee – policy implementation / up to 9 members President – Mr Bruce McCormack 2 year term / overall management of EUROGI / represents EUROGI in public / chairs Board and Excom meetings Vice President – Mr François Salgé deputise for President when necessary Treasurer – Mr Mauro Salvemini management of finances / preparation of annual budget Secretariat - day to day running / Secretary General & legal/admin officer

  8. EUROGI - Vision and Mission Vision Geographic Information with all its aspects should become a fully integrated component of the European knowledge-based society Mission In order to ensure good governance, economic and social development, environmental protection and sustainability, and informed public participation, the mission is to maximise the availability, effective use and exploitation of GI throughout Europe This requires EUROGI to stimulate, encourage and support the development and effective use of GI and relevant technologies, and to act as channel of the voice for the European GI community, private and public sectors alike.

  9. EUROGI - Vision und Mission (Strategic Framework 2013 – 2015 – draft by SG) Basis: SWOT analysis (Strengths Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) Proposal updated mission - 4 strategic objectives (operational objectives - work plan) currently being discussed: (membership, influencing, projects, knowledge-sharing network)

  10. EUROGI – current Activities European focused influencing activities Contributions to EU policy development as it relates to GI/ SDI matters (awareness activities, position papers, publications ...) http://eurogi.org/downloads/category/11-eurogi-position-papers.html - GMES funding - Digital Agenda & GI: result! GI is back in the draft work programme of DG-CONNECT for 2013 - Common Strategic Framework for EU research and innovation funding (Research Green Paper) - Implementation of INSPIRE and Open Data: access to biological monitoring data and metadata (with the support of CITES / UNEP, UNEP-WCMC)

  11. EUROGI – current Activities European focused influencing activities Maintaining strong links with the Commission DGs: DG CONNECT e.g. regular meetings, GMES office, Eurostat, (GISCO meetings), JRC .... other DGs; Establish links with the European Parliament (INSPIRE, GMES..)

  12. EUROGI – current Activities European focused influencing activities EULF : European Union Location Framework: aimstoimprovethe integration of geo-location in the various processes: government-to-government (G2G), government-to-business (G2B) and government-to-citizen (G2C) ; EUROGI is a member of the expert group to assess the results of the EULF work-program;

  13. EUROGI - current Activities Conferences/workshops Representation at various conferences / workshops such as INSPIRE Conference (presentations); Endorsement of events, activities e.g. Geospace 2012 Conference, Geospatial World Forum 2013, AGILE 2013 ...;

  14. EUROGI - current Activities Conferences/workshops EUROGI/eSDI-Net subnational SDIs Best Practices Awards (2009, 2011): database online available; http://eurogi.org/esdinet-assessment/sdi-best-practice-database.html Next edition: 2013 Benefits e.g. French winner 2011: the award facilitated to receive local subsidies

  15. EUROGI - current Activities Conferences/workshops 15/11/2012 - EUROGI EM-GI workshop (Lisbon): Chances for GMES in the Geo-information market - results of the GRAAL* Earth Monitoring-Geographic Information survey 53 replies from GI service providers *GRAAL: GMES for Regions: awareness and Access Link (FP7 project)

  16. EUROGI - current Activities Conferences/workshops 16/11/2012 - EUROGI Extra Members’ Meeting (Lisbon): The future of the data-economy: business strategies and models for spatial data Individual presentations (DG CONNECT, JRC, SMEs, EUROGI members) and panel discussions

  17. EUROGI - current Activities EUROGI Conference 2013: 7 & 8 March 2013 – Dublin Convention Centre (Ireland): unlocking the Power of Geographic Information Today and Tomorrow…: imaGIne opportunities everywhere Day 1 (March 7): Opportunities today: how to use existing geospatial data, services and technologies to help solve significant European to local economic, governance, social and environmental problems and map current opportunities for job creation, business opportunities, social inclusion, more efficient energy usage and climate change. Day 2 (March 8): trends affecting the future of GI / GIS / SDI: key challenges such as job creation / economic growth, environmental sustainability and social cohesion.

  18. EUROGI - current Activities Conference week! 4 to 8 March 2013 - Convention Centre Dublin (CCD - Ireland) EUROGI & IRLOGI have facilitated and are supporting partners - First EYE on Earth User Conference: 4, 5, 6 March 2013 - European Environment Agency - ENVIROFI Conference Day and demonstrations: 6 March 2013 - JRC - Irish Presidency related event (from 1 January to 30 June 2013 Ireland hosts the Presidency of the Council of the European Union) - IRLOGI Organizational Support

  19. EUROGI - current Activities Conference week! 4 to 8 March 2013 - Convention Centre Dublin (CCD - Ireland)

  20. EUROGI - current Activities EU-Projects GRAAL (FP7): GMES for Regions: Awareness and Access Link: EUROGI is in the Advisory Board + EM GI survey / workshop EUROGI / eSDI-Net Award forregionalandlocalspatial data infrastructures; + Solution availableforall EUROGI members, workingwithAfigéo Online-Database withadvanced website/functionalitiesforthe successfulimplementation of the 2013 Awards

  21. EUROGI - current Activities EU-Projects LAPSI 2.0: Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information ICT-PSP-CIP1 - thematic network - open data and open access to scientific information - c) Legal aspects of public sector information) EUROGI: Stakeholder in the network UPSIDE DOWN PROTECT (about geospatial metadata underground utility services) (HOME/2011/CIPS/AG - Prevention, preparedness and consequence management of management of terrorism and other security related risks - Action Grants 2011) EUROGI participates as a partner

  22. EUROGI - current Activities EU-Projects Apps4EU: Apps for Europe - Turning Data into Business (CIP-ICT-PSP - thematic network - Organising competitions for using open data) EUROGI is a support partner ATTRACT-SEE: South-Eastern Europe program. Policymaking capacity in SEE Partnership 19 partners - Geodetic Institute Slovenia is the leading institute. EUROGI is a supporting partner Plan4business: a service platform for aggregation, processing and analysis of urban and regional planning Data EUROGI is a member of the Stakeholder Forum

  23. EUROGI - current Activities Global Developments GSDI Association: EUROGI is a founding member, President EUROGI is a member of the board EUROGI supports the UN Global Geospatial Information Management Initiative (GGIM)

  24. EUROGI – Becoming a member Interested in EUROGI membership? Key benefits (see this presentation) Fees, application form: http://eurogi.org/downloads/category/63-eurogi-membership.html Or contact Secretary-General Catharina.Bamps@eurogi.org info@eurogi.org Thank you!

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