Marine Pilot How the Marine Pilot is organized and current status

Paul Smits, Andrej Abramić, Vanda Nunes de Lima, Carmelo Attardo

European Commission Joint Research Centre

Institute for Environment and Sustainability

Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit

www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Serving societyStimulating innovationSupporting legislation

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Aim of the Marine pilot

• Obtain a common understanding the requirements of both Directives and to develop processes which accommodate their respective needs

• Facilitate the implementation of INSPIRE requirements of the MSFD by sharing guidelines and practical experiences

• Explore links with related data management initiatives (e.g., EMODNET, CISE)

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Context and partners• The Marine Pilot under European Union Location Framework

Action of the Commission-driven Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations Programme;

• 16 months project – started in September 2014

Member States

DG DIGITISA

programme :EULF action

EEA

EC/EEA INSPIRE

team

INSPIRE MIG and Pool of

experts

DG JRC

DG ENV.xDG MARE

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MARINE PILOT WORK PACKAGES

Work Package 0- Management and communication

Work Package 1- Overview of MSFD requirements in relation of

INSPIRE

Work Package 2- INSPIRE-based MSFD spatial data modelling

Work Package 3- Development of the data flow - MS to EEA using

national (M)SDI

Work Package 4- EMODnet and INSPIRE

Work Package 5- Document and analyse the cost and benefit

Work Package 6- Training and capacity building

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Work Package 1- Overview of MSFD requirements in relation of INSPIRE

• The outcome of this WP1 is an overview of how INSPIRE implementation and MSFD data requirements are related;

• Which technical measures are necessary to implement both directives according to their roadmaps;

• Necessary actions to make MSFD implementing measures compliant with INSPIRE in a step-wise approach;

• The work maps the legal, organizational, semantic and technical requirements of the both Directives

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Draft cross-walk between MSFD reporting deadlines VS INSPIRE roadmap

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MSFD Article 19(3) – requirement to use INSPIRE

In accordance with Directive 2007/2/EC, Member States shall provide the Commission, for the performance of its tasks in relation to this Directive, in particular the review of the status of the marine environment in the Community under Article 20(3)(b) (EC review of

status), with access and use rights in respect of data and information resulting from the initial assessments made pursuant to Article 8 and from the monitoring programmes established pursuant to Article 11.

No later than six months after the data and information resulting from the initial assessment made pursuant to Article 8 and from the monitoring programmes established pursuant to Article 11

have become available, such information and data shall also be made available to the European Environment Agency, for the performance of its tasks.

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INSPIRE data models as a basis for information exchange

For instance:

1. Time series (e.g. concentrations of Chl a, nutrients, priority substances …)

2. Biodiversity data (e.g. invasive species distribution, affected habitats maps….)

3. Sea areas with common characteristics (e.g. seabed areas significantly affected maps…)

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Work Package 3- Development of the data flow - MS to EEA using national (M)SDI

1. Document best practices and experience in development of German MDI

2. Development of data flow MS/EEA using a pull-process

Initial use case • Sand box development by JRC (current development) Main use case – development of data flow MS/EEA • Spatial data modelled using the models developed/identified by

WP2

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Work Package 4- EMODnet and INSPIRE

• The relationship between INSPIRE, EMODnet, MSFD;

• What implications INSPIRE has for EMODnet and for EMODnet data providers;

• Recommendations for aligning EMODnet to INSPIRE in relation to MSFD.

• Done first analysis regarding the transformation of data downloaded form EMODnet Seabed habitats – first impression that EMODnet is not so far from INSPIRE

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Work Package 5- Document and analyse the cost and benefit

• Guidelines for collecting cost and benefit information are defined and distributed to the participating organizations.

• used for the Testing phase of the INSPIRE data specifications (v2.0)• Elements for the costs and benefits considerations will be

collected• Possible reuse of the spatial data required by MSFD shared by

INSPIRE network services in scope of implementation for other environmental policies

David Connor: Towards integrated marine environmental information

Human inducted eutrophication

yes yes no yes no yes no no yes

Biological diversity yes no no no no no yes yes yes

Concentrations of contaminates

yes yes yes yes yes yes no no yes

European Pollutant

Release and Transfer Register

Dangerous Substances

Directive

Urban waste water

treatment Directive

Habitat Directive

Birds DirectiveEEA Annual

Management Plan

MSFD Monitoring programme on

Water Framework

Directive

Nitrate Directive

Environmnetal Quality

Standards Directive

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Work Package 6- Training and capacity building

• (Workshop) Training of the pilot participants; • Proposed INSPIRE harmonization workshop -training session –

development of the “water” cross-border layer • (Workshop) Training on re-use of marine pilot results.

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Current status (1/3)2014-09MSFD Data Information Knowledge Exchange WG meeting, presentation of terms of reference

Call for expression of interest to participate in the pilot- Individual experts- Organizations

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Current status (2/3)

Call for expression of interest for organizations and individual experts to participate in the marine INSPIRE pilot

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/

This call has two aims:

1. To invite experts that are acquainted with – or have

responsibilities for – MSFD-related data management and

reporting obligations,

2. To invite organizations that have a role in the MSFD data flows

and reporting to express, to use the required data and to make

the necessary transformation(s) to be in line with INSPIRE.

Why should organizations participate?

During the execution of the pilot, working methods and guidelines will

be developed that may be adopted as a common practices in MSFD

implementation process

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Current status (3/3)2014-12Currently contracts established with experts from NL, IT, UKA few organizations expressed interest (interest from some RSCs)

DE provided relevant MDI-DE guidelines which have been translated.

2015-01Internal drafts available for the legal and technical requirements analysis, to be reviewed by contracted experts, DG Environment, EEA before consultations with DIKE WG, INSPIRE MIG, and ISA SIS WG.

“Sandbox” of open source software tools is being set-up

CIRCABC site for the INSPIRE Marine pilot

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Next steps

• Continue pilot with involvement of small group of countries;• Collection of reference material

• Analysis of thematic data requirements (from ENV & EEA, contractors,

MSFD expert groups)• Existing guidelines and best practices• Sample data

• Coordination and communication between national actors, review of draft

guidance, set-up of services, provision of sample data

• Involvement of more countries in a second moment

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