Regional SDI & Land Administration, Capacity and ... - INSPIRATION

2.4.3.4 State Geodetic Administration (SGA) of the Republic of Croatia
Croatia is approaching the accession date, which is foreseen for July 1 st , 2013, i.e. a little
more than half a year. This fact influences its situation to a great extent. Since 2007, NSDI
has been formalized in the Law on State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre, NSDI bodies
have been formed and working, some normative regulations have been promulgated at
Government level, like national metadata profile and metadata implementing rules, etc. One
of the obligations is to transpose INSPIRE Directive into the national legislation and that
activity is taking place now in the form of the new NSDI Law which takes out NSDI from the
land administration and survey arena into a separate law which not only transposes INSPIRE
Directive, but also sets out the foundation of NSDI in general.
Unlike multiple other primary beneficiaries, in the presentation at the 1 st Regional INSPIRE
Forum in Zagreb on 27 September 2012, SGA did not list the capacity issue in the “Missing
Ingredients” slide, but this does not mean that SGA does not meet that challenge. In some
projects it was obvious that SGA does not have sufficient human resources to take full care,
responsibility and ownership of the NSDI components such as the Geoportal.
Strengths
Legal framework for NSDI exists
New Law on NSDI underway
Institutional framework for NSDI in place: NSDI Council,
Committee, Working Groups
Normative regulations in place, such as national
metadata profile, metadata implementing rules,
implementing rules for network services
Study visits to EU sites; workshops in Croatia on good
examples in EU and other countries
Existence of Geodetic Faculty in Zagreb as the
autonomous institution for high education in geodesy,
geomatics and geoinformation within the University of
Zagreb
Existence of study programmes for geodesy at two
other universities in Croatia
Chamber of geodetic engineers requires licensed
surveyors to attend certain educational events (like
conferences and seminars) , in order to maintain their
licenses and collect credits
Weaknesses
NSDI still mostly in the courtyard of geodesy/surveying
There is no NSDI Strategy yet
Communication and coordination of institutions on
broad scale insufficient regarding all aspects
Lifelong learning is not yet well implemented and not
harmonized with other supplemental forms of education
Short time for discussion on the NSDI Law and
improvements
There is no institution for public sector employees’
education
Opportunities
Plenty of existing communication channels available
(magazines, web pages, events, etc.)
Joining the EU
Internationalized professional education and mobility of
students and teachers increased
Threats
2.4.3.5 Kosovo Cadastral Agency (KCA), Kosovo*
One of the remarkable circumstances about KCA is that the number of employees is only 47
(as reported in the response to the Questionnaire on capacity and education). This number
includes all sectors, however there are some experts working for KCA, but getting paid from
donor organizations (e.g. seven experts paid by German GIZ, some other experts financed
by World Bank).
INSPIRATION – Spatial Data Infrastructure
in the Western Balkans
Regional SDI & Land Administration (LA) Capacity and
Education Study and Recommendations Report
(Act. 2.1 and Act. 2.2), March 2013
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