At the 13th EC GIS Workshop held in Porto, Portugal from the 4 to 6 July 2007 the European Commission announced in the presentation titled INSPIRE Context and Governance (Slide 33 & 34) the introduction of an INSPIRE Forum into the Governance of INSPIRE. The presentation took place on Wednesday 4 July 2007.

Slide title: Strengthen Governance: The INSPIRE Forum

1. An INSPIRE Forum will complement the Community-Member States governance structures.
2. Brings together multiple societal stakeholders to share experiences and best practices while fostering co-ordination.
3. Foster constructive dialogue on issues related to the implementation of the INSPIRE (Implementing Rules development, impact assessments…) .
4. Strengthen co-ordination with other Community and global initiatives (GMES, UNSDI, GSDI, GEO/GEOSS,etc.).
5. Foster a co-ordinated programme of communication and awareness raising events, such as conferences and publications and as well technical workshops organised at national, regional, sector or Community levels.
6. Serve as a platform to exchange views on Community and national regulatory initiatives related to the environment, relevant or impacting on the implementation of INSPIRE.
7. Provide guidance for Community and Member State research, development and funding programmes in support of the implementation of INSPIRE at all levels.
8. Facilitate collaboration between the public and private sector helping in innovating governmental services as well as supporting the creation of value added services based on the INSPIRE infrastructure (accordingly to the Lisbon agenda)

Slide title: Governance Conclusions

- An INSPIRE Forum will facilitate building and sharing a common vision

INSPIRE 2008 Conference, Maribor, Slovenia, 23 to 25 June 2008. (14th EC GI & GIS Workshop, 2nd INSPIRE Conference)

Presentation Title: CLOSING REMARKS Slide 6

Slide Title: Conclusions (1/3)

- The broad basis of INSPIRE stakeholders need to be better organised through the future INSPIRE Forum

INSPIRE 2008 Conference – Closed meeting for INSPIRE National Contact Point representatives 25th June 2008.

Part 2 – Towards the INSPIRE Forum

The ePSIplus Thematic Network was invited to provide an overview of the ePSIplus Thematic Network project and the lessons learnt. The presentation was based upon the presentation given to the OECD meeting February 2008.

Presentation title: Measuring the economic impact of the PSI Directive in the context of the 2008 review, presented by Chris Corbin, ePSIplus Analyst.35 Slides format (PDF), (PPS) or (PPT)

Last updated: 3 July 2008