[Gfoss] Fwd: [SDI-Europe] Socio-economic impact study of SDI in Catalunya

[Piergiorgio Cipriano]

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From: Kate Lance <klance_remote a yahoo.com>
Date: 8-gen-2008 18.16
Subject: [SDI-Europe] Socio-economic impact study of SDI in Catalunya
To: SDI-Europe <sdi-europe a lists.gsdi.org>

Study of the Socio-economic Impact of the Spatial Data Infrastructure
in the region of Catalunya: Executive Summary

In January 2006, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
organised a workshop to review best practice in the assessment of
Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs), compare methodologies and findings,
and see also what lessons could be learned from similar large scale
infrastructures. Among the key findings of that workshop were the need
to give priority to longitudinal studies of SDIs in progress, paying
particular attention to sub-national/regional SDIs, and to
application-driven approaches able to identify more easily stakeholders,
user communities, and potential benefits.

As a follow-up of that workshop, the Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit
of the JRC commissioned a study of the socio-economic impact of the SDI
in Catalunya to the Centre of Land Policy and Valuations of the
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The one-year study, which was
concluded in December 2007, had the following objectives:

- Analyse the cost and benefits related with the setup and maintenance
of the Catalan SDI as well as the services utilised by different
organisations and user groups;

- Define clear and transparent methodologies for the quantitative and
qualitative evaluation of the socioeconomic benefits of SDI;

- Critically evaluate the lessons learned from the study as input for
future research in this important field.

The Executive Summary is now available at:

http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire/reports/Study_reports/SDI_Catalunya_Execsummary.pdf

and the full report wil be published later, accessible via the EC's
INSPIRE web site at:

http://inspire.jrc.it





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