SDI BEST PRACTICE AWARD 2009
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) services are tools having vital importance also from the re-use of public sector information point of view.
Announcement has been made by the eSDI-Net+ project "Identification and Analysis of Spatial Data Infrastructures Best Practices“ towards get involved and submit applications for the SDI Best Practice Award 2009. The applications were expected from organisations facilitating access to geographical content or providing geo-information services to end-users. All SDIs in Europe were invited to submit their best practice and be part of the fast growing network of SDIs.
eSDI-Net+ Project
eSDI-Net+ (www.esdinetplus.eu) is a thematic network co-founded by the eContentplus Program of the EU.
Table 1 Participating institutions of the eSDI-Net+ project
INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung, Germany
Hungarian Association for Geo-information
(HUNAGI)
www.hunagi.hu , http://unsdi.blogspot.com
AGH University, Poland
Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
"Institutul De Cercetari Pentru Inteligenta
Artificiala, Academia Romana" (ICIA),
Romania, www.racai.ro
AM/FM GIS Italia, Italy
Intergraph CR spol. s r.o., Czech Republic
Association for Geospatial Information in
South-East Europe (AGISEE), Bulgaria
Kuovola Region Federation of
Municipalities (KRF), Finland
Association of Geographic Information
Laboratories for Europe (AGILE),
Netherlands www.agile-online.org
Linköpings Universitet, Department of
Computer and Information Science, Sweden
Association Users of Geographic
Information (USIG), Portugal www.usig.pt
Regione Piemonte, Italy
www.csi.it , www.regione.piemonte.it
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto
di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie
Informatiche, Unità Organizzativa di
Genova, Italy www.ge.imati.cnr.it
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
www.kuleuven.be, www.SADL.kuleuven.be,
European Umbrella Organisation for
Geographic Information (EUROGI),
Netherlands www.eurogi.org
The South East European Research Centre
(SEERC), Greece
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany
The University “Jaume I” (King James I),
Spain
www.uji.es, www.geoinfo.uji.es
Association on Geographical Information
Systems and on Geographical Information
(GISIG), Italy www.gisig.it
University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
www.uniroma1.it, www.labsita.org
Its objective is to bring together key European SDI stakeholders in order to share relevant knowledge through a Thematic Network, a platform for communication and knowledge exchange at all levels, from local to global.
The SDI Best Practice Award:Identification and analysis of SDI best practices
SDI’s are bound to complex structures. To achieve a coherent identification and evaluation of existing SDI’s, the eSDI-Net+ project in 2008 defined an articulated methodology and an evaluation framework. More then 160 SDIs were identified, analysed and discussed in 12 national workshops during 2008/2009.
Table 2 National and regional eSDI-Net+ workshops
European region(s)
represented at the
workshop
eSDI-NET+
Workshop location
Date
Point of contact
France
Strasbourg
June 5-6, 2008
AFIGÉO
Hungary
Budapest
August 29, 2008
HUNAGI
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Brno,
Czech Republic
September 10, 2008
INGR
Italy
Rome
September 25, 2008
AMFM Italia
Romania
Bucharest
December 11-12, 2008
ICIA
Poland
Warsaw, Poland
January 29, 2009
AGH-UST
Iberia (Portugal, Spain)
Lisbon, Portugal
February 5, 2009
USIG, UJI
SE Europe: Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Greece,
Romania, Slovenia,
Albania, Bosnia, Croatia,
FYROM, Montenegro,
Serbia, Turkey
Thessaloniki,
Greece
February 5-6, 2009
SEERC,
AGISEE
United Kingdom
Ireland
Liverpool, UK
February 11, 2009
RSW GEO
Germany, Austria
Switzerland
Darmstadt,
Germany
February 12-13, 2009
IGS, FHG-IGD
Scandinavia: Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Stockholm,
Sweden
April 27, 2009
LIU-IDA
Netherlands, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
April 28, 2009
AGILE, SADL
The process of the identification and analysis of SDI solutions and the Award aim to promote existing, working, accessible and intelligible solutions, to communicate the purpose and aims of the INSPIRE directive, to improve the overall knowledge about SDIs and to encourage local collaboration in setting up innovative solutions in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. The aim of the Award international event is to give the chance of learning from best practices. The process will lead to the SDI Best Practice Award on November 26-27, 2009 in Turin, Italy.
Evaluation Criteria
The SDI Best Practice selection is based on the following five assessment criteria, articulated in 32 indicators:
- Quantitative aspects
- Data and service quality
- Cooperation and subsidiarity
- Sustainability
- Users and usability
The 160 SDIs registered for the identification and analysis phase will be considered automatically for the November 2009 Award, providing they have been positively evaluated during the described process. In order to involve more SDIs, if possible, the process was re-open in March 2009 and an official call for entries was launched. Further SDIs were asked to submit their application until July 17, 2009.
The eSDI-Net+ network invited all types and sizes of stakeholders in charge of SDI developments from any region of Europe and at any level, from local through regional to national.
SDIs to be considered must meet the following criteria:
- They must have been operating for at least the last one year
- They should meet the overall profile outlined in the current invitation
- They must be web-based
After an initial evaluation of the applications, a number of promising SDIs will be selected for detailed interviews to provide further information. Each interviewed SDI will then be evaluated by the national representatives of the eSDI-Net+ project. Key aspects of successful SDI selection comprise:
- Technological, innovative level and originality of the project
- Implementation and/or readiness for INSPIRE principles
- Level of fostering cooperation between different users (proof of visibility and/or user feedback)
- Possibility of extension or transfer to other countries and regions
After the interviews, selected Best Practices will be invited to present their developments at the SDI Best Practice Award 2009.
The 2009 Turin Award Interntional Conference
The Conference will take place on November 26th and 27th, where the final selection of SDIs will be made. Based on the finalist's presentations and/or demonstrations, a final ranking will be decided by a Jury of six members (three from project Advisory Board and three from project partners).
All finalists' solutions will be promoted to all European stakeholders and the media. The event will be marketed to attract an international audience engaged in SDI and related GI activities at European, national, regional and local levels.
For the participation at the Conference please register by filling in the registration form on-line or download the registration form in "pdf" format and then send it to the organisational office.
For more information on any development related to the SDI Best Practice Award please visit www.esdinetplus.eu
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