Spatial Data Infrastructure

1. Spatial Data Infrastructure State of the art in Bulgaria Ulrich Boes Raina Pavlova AGISEE Technical University of Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria National PSI Meeting 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria

2. Outline • SDI – what is it ? • Organisation of SDI study in Bulgaria • State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria • Best practice • INSPIRE in Bulgaria • Conclusions

3. SDI – what is it ? . for : Geo Spatial Data and : • To increase access & availability of geo spatial data • To share data • To realise & foster services for citizens NOW – via INTERNET

4. SDI study in Bulgaria- Organisation • Questionnaires’ distribution • Emails – to more then 70 addresses.... • Tel. calls, interviews • Targets organisations • State organisations( research institutes , National Statistical Institute, Ministries) • Municipalities • Nature Park Directorates • Private companies • Our old studies on SDI ( started 2002)

5. What did we get back . • Telephone conversations 50 , or more ….?

6. What did we speak about ? • Some problems, difficult to understand: (mainly with Municipalities) • What is NUTS ? • What is SDI ? • And Spatial Data ? ? • We did not hear about INSPIRE !!!! • Some problems with English Language • and - NO TIME to work on the questionnaire

7. Questionnaires filled in by: • National level - State organisations: • National Statistical Institute • Soil Resources Agency –Ministry of Agriculture and Foods • Space Research Institute – Bulgarian Academy of Science • Local level – Municipalities: • Municipality of Burgas • Municipality of Dobrich • Regional level - Nature Parks Directorates : • Vitosha Park – Sofia region • Bulgarka Park - Gabrovoregion • Strandja Park – Burgas region • Private Companies • GIS-Sofia Ltd

8. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general -1; Data • Data owners & providers : • ministries, state agencies, research institutes, municipalities, private companies • Data sharing and exchange – nearly nothing • Data access • mostly by request ( off-line) • very few on-line ( private companies and some municipalities) • Data services – mostly off-line and few on-line (private companies)

9. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general - 2 ; Technology • Technology: • ESRI, • ORACLE • AutoCAD ….. • Standards • Local (ZEM,…) • Vendor standards ( …) • Open standards - starting phase (in new developments)

10. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – general – 3; Legislation • Legislation - laws • Law of cadastre and properties register • Law of geodesy and cartography • Law of Black Sea Cost Development • Law of Protected Areas • Law of Spatial Data Access – draft • Human resources • State administration - is not well prepared • Companies – experts well prepared • Universities – still we need more

11. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey - 1; SDI SDI was understood as : • – map displayed on the screen ( static data) • Topographic maps • Street maps ... • - GIS for internal use ; data on request • Corporative GIS – in development phase • Funding mechanisms- from government , European and national projects • Web services - exist very rarely

12. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey - 2; Data Metadata • in municipalities – does not exist • in state organisations- very few • in nature parks - does not exist • in private sector- very few Officials – responsible for geo data • in municipalities – Information Departments • in state organisations- different departments • in nature parks - Information Departments • in private sector – special departments

13. State of Play of SDIs in Bulgaria – detailed from the survey – best practices National Level • Soil Resources Agency • Large Scale Digital State Soil Map Local (Sub-national) SDIs • State - Burgas Municipality (www.burgas.bg) • Administrative map, Municipality Real Estate Properties Map, Temporary Traffic Organisation map • GIS – on-line • Local Private - Sofia-GIS Ltd • Capital Municipality Inormation System with Cadatral and urban plans and other geographic data

14. INSPIRE in Bulgaria • Directive 2007/2/ЕС – published in EC OJ on 25 April 2007, in force since 15 May 2007 – INSPIRE DIRECTIVE Bulgarian Actions • Resolution of Council of Ministers on 19 April 2007 • E-governance Act accepted by the Parliament on 30 May 2007 (S.G. № 46/12 June 2007) • Order by the Prime Minister (17 September 2007) to form Inter-ministerial work-group • Resolution of Council of Ministers on 31 January 2008 for approval of ACTION PLAN for INSPIRE DIRECTIVE (SPATIAL DATA) implementation • Resolution of Council of Ministers on 22 February 2008 – nominates SAITS as an institution responsible for transposition and implementation of the Directive INSPIRE. • Law Spatial Data Access – draft , in February 2009 for pulic discussion

15. Some thoughts – after the survey • Administration capacity building – what to do more ? To increase Awareness and Education : • Information materials – written in Bulgarian ( native language) • Demonstration materials – • Still images , Pictures • On-line connection to working SGI as best case • SDI – to be explained in simple ,understandable language (too complicated ) • INSPIRE- to find right people to speak about • Workshops with practice – presenters of working SDIs • Improvement of international experience - Involvement in European and national projects ( as end-users, partners…)

16. Instead of conclusions: what is SDI ??? • It is not Mathematics – no formulas ….. • SDI by now is more intuitive : - from practice & experience – that brings (delivers) Spatial Data & Services to users - via New Technologies

17. Thank you for your attention ! Raina Pavlova Association for Geospatial Information inSouth-East Europe AGISEE Sofia, Bulgariaagisee@agisee.org Tel/Fax +359 2 8702878