Training towards INSPIRE · Learning from ECDL-GIS results • students/candidates often fail...

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M. Salvemini, L. Berardi -- INSPIRE Conference 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Training towards INSPIRE

Mauro SALVEMINI, Laura BERARDI

Sapienza University of Rome

LABSITA

www.labsita.org

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Keywords mentioned in opening

session by “decision makers” :

• Competence

• Professional skills

• Multidisciplinary approach

• Qualified people not too many but qualified

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It may happen or happens :• Mr. Constantine is an high level officer of the Topland region of Euroland nation.

• His Region’s President, a young politician formerly major of an important historic

city, has been recently elected by a large consensus after founding his political

campaign on the commitment of making transparent the information about the

regional administration and technical management and having promised that every

relevant information, available to public, will be shared through the WWW and

published as open-data. The President few days after taking place is asking to Mr.

Constantine to develop a regional SDI on housing and land cover to monitor the

“soil sealing” in the region and for letting people to be aware of the construction

policy of the towns. The theme is particularly hot for many reasons from

environmental to fiscal etc.

• Mr. Constantine is quickly informed by his staff, who was also keeping in touch

with a senior expert well known in EU and internationally, about what is an SDI and

he is nightly reading some legal documents about INSPIRE and related actions.

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It may happen :• Every thing is fine with Mr. Constantine , he is aware about what the SDI should

aim to, procurement papers are going to be ready, some limited resources have

been allocated and the main constraint is that the “soil sealing” SDI has to be

based , maintained and managed by internal staff after the initial set up by the

external enterprise or consortium which will win the bid.

• Suddenly Mr. Constantine is struggled by a doubt : how may I insure that the staff

of my directorate will be able to manage and continue to develop the SDI realized

by the private contractor ?

• It is no trivial , He may not hire new engineers and experts because shortage of

funds, a quick look to intermediate level education programs does not show any

SDI specific degree . The twitting on open data is increasing, the external

communities , the former and future electors , are demanding more and more

ready to criticize any lack of data , no prompt publication , no standard access etc.

• Mr. Constantine is reflecting and asking ,may be, is it possible to certify the

professional knowledge of my employees : how to do that ?

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M. Salvemini, L. Berardi -- INSPIRE Conference 2012, Istanbul, Turkey 5

Training component in EC projects

• Humboldt, Briseide, Nature-SDIplus, Water-GIS, Vesta-GIS, etc.;

• Relevant, always present, sometimes multi-language;

• Generally one WP is aimed to produce training and educational material;

• Producing substantial material;

• Offering notions, knowledge, awareness;

• Finalized to the project and/or finalized to the awareness raising

The follow up of tutorial material

• Difficultly used outside the project

• Difficultly exploited

• Narrow focused

• Not updated

• Heritage difficultly used

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The scene of certified qualification

in ICT

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Findings of ECDL-GIS certification program

• Started in 2005, tests performed from 2008 (in Italy);

• System for qualifying students and professionals;

• Reference point for public bodies to train

employees;

• Recognized by EU Commission and inserted in

some EU project (e.g. HUMBOLDT) as standard of

GIS basic knowledge

• Out from 3 Modules candidates pitfall in Module 2

(GIS: meant as the awareness of GIS and not

usage of a GIS sw)

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• Module 2 - GIS Systems : this module addresses GIS components and

data models for the appropriate representation of real world objects in a GIS.

It also covers the concept of topology and the spatial analysis applied to both

raster and vector data which describe continuous fields and discrete real

world entities.

• Module 3 - Use of the GIS Software : this module is of a practical

nature and covers the use of specific GIS software.

The GIS certification has 3 separate

modules all of which must be

completed to become certified:

• Module 1 - Cartography : this module

covers cartography starting with the geodesy

basics required to use data in a GIS.

GIS certification – endorsed by ECDL Foundation

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Learning from ECDL-GIS results

• students/candidates often fail because they do not have a full

awareness of the real potential of GIS (eg, spatial analysis, analytics

and decision support, etc.) and key concepts

• GIS is frequently seen as a mere instrument of representation

Looking to INSPIRE

The “role” of Implementing Rules: “To ensure that the spatial data

infrastructures of the Member States are compatible and usable in a

Community and transboundary context”

Efficiency

and

effectiveness

SDI QUALITY

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INSPIRE : what's missing and what is needed

• “INSPIRE & NSDI State of Play”

� use and usability are key parameters for evaluating the quality of an SDI

� the 2 aforesaid parameters should be monitored from the beginning of SDI development (done by 14/26 Countries)

� “Some countries refer to the lack of expertise to do so, �”

�“�the knowledge about the use, the users and the usages should be further enhanced. Many countries do not have a clear idea on what their infrastructure is being used for. � “

• “A Conceptual Model for Developing Interoperability

Specifications in Spatial Data Infrastructures”

• “� An understanding of the spirit of interoperability can help clarify potential misunderstanding”

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“expertise” “knowledge” “have a clear idea on what”

“understanding” what is needed?

• guidelines OK (sufficiently available)

• reference documents OK (many available)

• videos OK (some examples available)

• workshops TO DO continuously ( participation )

• application/use examples TO BE IMPLEMENTED

(reports recommendations; in some EU projects)

• training material OK (available in some EU projects)

• courses OK (available in some EU projects)

INSPIRE : body of documentation

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INSPIRE : the required quality

National Public Administrations functionaries/people have to

be able to combine data from different sources and to make

available shareable services at European level

expert and aware functionaries

How does INSPIRE ensure the quality or the aware use

of the existing documentation and tools?

The penicillin exists, but

does the doctor know

how to use it?

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How to optimize intellectual resources and skills

for using INSPIRE

• It is / should be a nation based process strongly guarantying EU

dimension

• A common layer/framework of professional skills is needed

• It is not necessary to enter in “how” skills are obtained

• It is absolutely necessary to check the skills and to insure that they are

“standard” and certifiable

Is INSPIRE mission education and training ?

• Not directly

• Awareness is needed , competences are needed

• Common understandings, skilled professionals

• European common layer ( EU location framework !)

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Proposed solution : Certification system

The skills certification on SDIs & INSPIRE

•Standard system based on :

- Syllabus (requested competences)

- Questions and Test Base (tests)

SDI Certification certifies that a candidate:• understands :::.

• knows :::

• has expertise on :::..

• has a clear idea on what ::::

• can use :::::..

• understands and can interpret :::::..

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Syllabus of 2 modules

Module 1 - SDIs and INSPIRE

Part 1: SDI General Concepts • To know the SDI

• To know SDI technology

• To know Geospatial services and framework

Part 2: SDI and INSPIRE

• To understand INSPIRE Directive

• To understand Players, roles and Road-map of INSPIRE

Module 2 - Professional Skills for using the INSPIRE products/outcomes

• To know Geoportals

• To know metadata, data and specs

• To know basic functions

• To know advanced functions

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GIS Advanced Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

GIS Advanced Certification covers the following areas:Module 1: SDIs and the INPIRE

Part 1. SDI General Concepts CATEGORY KNOWLEDGE AREA REF. KNOWLEDGE ITEM

1.1 General concepts

and definition of

Spatial Data

Infrastructures

1.1 Spatial Data

Infrastructures

1.1.1 Know what a Spatial Data

Infrastructure is

1.1.2 Know the main Spatial Data

Infrastructure Components

1.1.3 Know Spatial Data Infrastructure

benefits

1.1.4 Know the organisational aspects of a

Spatial Data Infrastructure

1.2 Spatial Data

Infrastructures tehnology

1.2.1 Know what is meant by Open

Distributed Processing

1.2.2 Know what is meant by Service

Oriented Architecture (SOA)

1.2.3 Know what a web service is

1.2.4 Know what is meant by

interoperability

1.2.5 Know what is meant by service-

chaining

1.2.6 Know the standard organisations

relevant to Spatial Data

Infrastructures

1.3 Geospatial services

framework

1.3.1 Know the main geospatial services

categories

1.3.2 Know the standard framework

applying to each geospatial services

category

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Status and developments :

•the first draft of the program with the syllabus and the related

documents has been realized and registered by copyright pending

• entering in the phase of finalization, tests writing and checking ,

reviewing knowledge areas and items , formal cleaning , etc.

• “Hands-on” module still under discussion to be developed

•Contacts already started with certifying Institutions (e.g. ECDL

Foundation, EXIN, CEPIS, ……… ) and EC ;

• any one interested is very welcome to keep in touch with ��

Certification: SDIs & INSPIRE

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