Annex I - “Description of Work” - Hlandata

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATATable of ContentsPART A........................................................................................................................................................................ 3A.1. PROJECT SUMMARY...................................................................................................................................... 3A.2. LIST OF BENEFICIARIES............................................................................................................................... 3A.3. OVERALL BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR THE PROJECT ....................................................................... 4PART B........................................................................................................................................................................ 5PROJECT PROFILE ................................................................................................................................................. 5SECTION B1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES .......................................................................... 8B1.1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................................ 8B1.2. EU DIMENSION............................................................................................................................................. 19B1.3. MATURITY OF THE TECHNICAL SOLUTION...................................................................................... 20SECTION B2. IMPACT........................................................................................................................................... 22B2.1A. TARGET OUTCOMES AND EXPECTED IMPACT.............................................................................. 22B2.1B. UNDERLYING CONTENT ........................................................................................................................ 24B2.2. LONG TERM VIABILITY ............................................................................................................................ 31B.2.3. WIDER DEPLOYMENT AND USE ............................................................................................................ 32SECTION B3. IMPLEMENTATION..................................................................................................................... 34B3.1. CONSORTIUM AND KEY PERSONNEL................................................................................................... 34B3.2A. CHOSEN APPROACH................................................................................................................................ 46B3.2B. WORK PLAN ............................................................................................................................................... 46B3.3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 70B3.4. SECURITY, PRIVACY, INCLUSIVENESS, INTEROPERABILITY, STANDARDS AND OPEN-SOURCE.................................................................................................................................................................... 75B3.5. RESOURCES TO BE COMMITTED........................................................................................................... 75B3.6. DISSEMINATION / USE OF RESULTS...................................................................................................... 7723/03/10 v11 2

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAPART BPROJECT PROFILEProposal acronym: HLANDATAProposal full title: Creation of value-added services based on Harmonized Land Use and LandCover DatasetsInformation on the proposed service/solutionDescription of the issue and proposed service/solutionLand Use and Land Cover information has been managed at national, regional or local level. This hasresulted in a suite of datasets, not always compatible with each other. But in a context whereenvironmental threats (for example; climate change, biodiversity loss, and food security) become moreand more global, there is a need to better integrate various sources of information at various scales. So,at present there is an urgent need for harmonization and standardization of land cover and land useinformation at various levels. HLANDATA project will make a proposal for the harmonization ofthese data and will demonstrate its validity for any of their possible uses and users through thedevelopment of some user oriented value-added services.Target users and their needsTarget users of the proposed services are Land Use/Land Cover information users. Among them, theones more directly addressed in the project are the intermediate-level users, defined as users needingfunctionalities such as the visualization of Land Cover / Land Use layers, the overlay of the owninformation to other sources, spatial and temporal analysis and downloads of the data in differentformats. This mainly includes Technicians of the Public Administration at local, regional and nationallevels; services and networks Commonwealths; public entities from different sectors (urban land,forest and rural environments); private companies; Universities; cabinets and consulting enterprisesfor the Agronomical, Forest or Environmental Engineering; architects and other engineers.UsageThe implemented solutions (pilot projects) will be used through free-access web services providingdifferent functionalities. The specific usage of the services will depend on the pilot project we areconsidering and the target user using the service.TechnologyHLANDATA will create value-added services for the spatial and temporal analysis in the differentpilots, integrating open source developments and own developed software.Services freely accessible through the web will be developed, assessing the different existing solutionsbut also guaranteeing the use of standard services (Web Map Services – WMS, Web ProcessingServices – WCS, Web Features Services – WFS).23/03/10 v11 5

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAHLANDATA will provide access to the services of the developed pilots in the context of the projectthrough a Geo-gateway which will put together the project information with the access to its achievedresults.ContentYes, the service does need specific contents to be properly managed, concretely Land Cover and LandUse information. Such contents will have to be provider by the partners playing a role as contentproviders. In HLANDATA; each of the partners carrying out a pilot project needs to make available itsown data for the considered service.SustainabilityThe proposed service will be maintained after the end of the project by each one of the partners beinginvolved in its development. Each partner will assume the whole costs of such maintenance once theproject has concluded. In the case of HLANDATA, this is not an issue, as many of the partners arepublic administrations which are the owners of the data and which have to provide them to thepossible users. So, in the case of some of the pilot projects within HLANDATA, the pilot projects willbe useful and helpful for giving the data users a better and an easier access to the data. In some othercases, the pilot projects to be implemented within HLANDATA for the demonstration of the validityof the proposed solution are pilot projects in which the partners of the project are highly interested.OwnershipEach of the partners will be the owner/provider and maintainer of the service/ solution.OtherThere have been other previous initiatives and projects in the field of Land Cover and Land Useinformation harmonization but there is no valid data harmonization model for the Land Cover andLand Use datasets yet, which takes into account both the data categorization and the data model andthe end users’ specificities. HLANDATA searches concrete solutions aimed at a particular kind ofend-users (intermediate-level users, as defined above).23/03/10 v11 6

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAACRONYMS:CMSDSECEEAESAFP7GISGMESGSEHLANDATAICT PSPLCLCCSLSIILULUCASOGCRSSEISSIOSESLASWCSWFSWMSWPGMES Core Mapping ServicesGMES Downstream ServicesEuropean CommissionEuropean Environment AgencyEuropean Space AgencyEC 7 Framework ProgramGeographic Information SystemGlobal Monitoring of Environment and SecurityGMES Service Elements (ESA)Creation of value-added services based on Harmonized Land Use and LandCover DatasetsICT Policy Support ProgrammeLand CoverLand Cover Classification SystemLithuanian Spatial Information InfrastructureLand UseLand Use land Cover Area Frame Statistical SurveyOpen Geospatial ConsortiumRemote SensingShared Environmental Information SystemSpanish Land Cover Information SystemStatistical Land Accounting SystemWeb Coverage ServiceWeb Feature ServiceWeb Map ServiceWork Package23/03/10 v11 7

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASection B1. Project description and objectivesB1.1. Project objectivesPROJECT BACKGROUND:Land Cover is referred to the physical, chemical, ecological or biological categorization of the earthsurface, such as artificial surfaces, agricultural areas, forests, natural areas, wetlands, etc. The LandUse is referred to the categorization of the territory based on its current and future planned socioeconomic purpose such as residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, recreational, etc.Land use and Land cover are amongst the most important geographic information themes todaybecause they are essential for many applications areas: On the one hand, it is taken into account for thedevelopment of projects which are subject to an Environmental Impact Evaluation. In these cases, theweight of the aspects related to the land cover, the land use and the land property (cadastre) is veryrelevant. On the other hand, this information has an increasing importance for applications such as:GMES applications, calculations on CO2 drains for the National Greenhouse Gas Registry, irrigationland’s evolution and evaluation-projection on water consumption for agricultural goals, study onhabitats and ecosystems with desertification risk, preliminary calculations on erosive states, study andevaluation of town-planning growth models (specially around big cities), etcHistorically, Land Use and Land Cover information has been managed at national, regional or locallevel. The many activities producing information from national to local scale have been sometimesdeveloped independently, addressing specific requirements (such as; information to be acquired, levelof detail both geometric and semantic, updating periods, timelines, precision). This has resulted in asuite of datasets, not always compatible with each other, not taking into account the interoperability ofthe information. However, in a context where environmental threats (for example; climate change,biodiversity loss, and food security) become more and more global, there is a need to better integratevarious sources of information at various scales. So, at present there is an urgent need forharmonization and standardization of land cover and land use information at various levels. Themain European geographic information harmonization initiative, INSPIRE Directive, states that,before the 15th of May of 2012, the rules for the implementation of the datasets included inINSPIRE’s Annexes II and III must be approved by the Member States, and the implementation ruleswill establish the way the datasets owned by the different Member States will be implemented in orderto allow their interoperability. All European Member States will have to make available theirgeographic information as established in INSPIRE, being Land Cover one of the themes included inthe Annex II of the Directive, and Land Use one of the themes included in the Annex III of theDirective.It is expected that the INSPIRE Directive will be a key driver for the standardization andharmonization of land cover and land use information in the EU, but there is a long and tough way toreach this situation and INSPIRE will need to make use of the existing experiences in the field. This iswhy, some initiatives have been carried out (and are being carried out) which may support INSPIRE inachieving its objectives. On the one hand, there are initiatives which have worked in harmonizing thecategorization of the information related to the Land Use and Land Cover themes, while otherinitiatives have been focused in the harmonization of the data models of the information related toLand Cover and Land Use themes.Regarding the initiatives related to the harmonization of the categorization of the Land Use-LandCover information, several organizations at regional, national, continental and world level launchedmany different Land Use and Land Cover information programmes:• At international level with the ISO and OGC standards and the Land Cover ClassificationSystem (LCCS) created by the UN FAO.23/03/10 v11 8

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATA• In Europe there is a long history of European (top-down) approaches to Land Cover / LandUse monitoring, including harmonization aspects (in the sense of a common nomenclaturecategorization).These activities can be divided in different spatial components:oooGlobal: ESA Globcover program, currently GlobCORINE project.Continental/regional: Currently represented by CORINE Land Cover, but furtherdevelopment are on the way towards CORINE Land Cover ++ supported by ESAGSE and EC FP (GEOLAND, GEOLAND2) projects.Local: Urban Atlas supported by DGREGIO with coverage of 300+ Large UrbanZones – 2009-2011 (initial mapping) 2011-2013 (first update).All these activities are nowadays framed within GMES Land Monitoring and supported to befully operational from 2013. For complete picture EUROSTAT LUCAS exercise is nowadaysmore and more considered as part of the GMES Land monitoring developments with focus onin-situ component. For most of these mapping activities CLC nomenclature is considered asde-facto standard to which other nomenclatures are referring.Regarding the initiatives related to the harmonization of the data model of the Land Use-LandCover information, some initiatives have been launched or are being carried out at the moment: Forexample, the Spanish SIOSE project has proposed an object oriented UML normalized model at aSpanish level and at European level the most significant initiative is the Plan4All project, launchedrecently and which deals with the harmonization of spatial planning data. It is expected that the projectwill provide among its results a proposal for the Land Cover and Land Use data model.On the other hand there is a growing bottom-up effort in Land Cover / Land Use monitoring domainrelated to INSPIRE and SEIS development at Member States level, which have to be integrated andboth options to be harmonized into the final mixed approach setup. Spanish SIOSE, but also UK,Germany or Finland initiatives are good example of such integration of European and national sourcesfor harmonised Land Cover / Land Use monitoring services on European level for added-valueservices use.Unfortunately, despite the initiatives which have already been carried out others that are being carriedout at present moment, there is no valid data harmonization model for the Land Cover and LandUse datasets, taking into account both the data categorization and the data model and the endusers’ specificities, which is could be valid for all the application areas and at a European level.The initiatives carried out until the present moment have resulted in generic harmonized data modelswith do not take into account the end user needs. Furthermore, there is no running initiative in thissense which could be used by INSPIRE teams at the time of starting the work with the Land Coverand Land Use themes.PROJECT CONCEPT:The HLANDATA project aims at making a significant step forward in overcoming theaforementioned barrier, fostering the use of the Land Use and Land Cover geographic data at aEuropean level through the creation of value-added European services. The project approach will bedifferent from those carried out up to the moment: While other initiatives carried out up to themoment have addressed the harmonization of the Land Use and Land Cover data from thecategorization or data model perspective from a generic perspective, without taking into accountthe specific perspective of the end users, the HLANDATA project will broaden this approachaddressing the same problem from a very practical approach, taking into account both the datamodel and the data categorization together with the different users’ and applications’ needswhen using these datasets.Multipurpose aspect is particularly relevant for Land Cover Land Use data as this is an essentialfeature of this domain – good multipurpose data model will also ensure effective use of Land Cover23/03/10 v11 9

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATALand Use monitoring investments on European and national level enabling data sharing and multiscalefocus.So, in this context, the starting point of the HLANDATA project will study the differentharmonization initiatives carried out up to the moment, and others being carried out at presentmoment, both from the data model and data categorization harmonization perspectives. In parallel, thepotential Land Use and Land Cover datasets Users’ needs will be assessed. Taking into account theresults of these activities, a Land Use and Land Cover harmonization proposal will be developed,which will be the base for the development of specific web services for different application areas ofthe Land Cover and Land Use datasets.At this point, the newly developed web services will be used for the development of 3 Pilot Projects in3 different application areas, which will be used to validate the harmonization proposal made:• PILOT 1: Land Use- Land Cover Data analysis System for intermediate-level users• PILOT 2: Harmonized and Interoperable Land Information Systems• PILOT 3: Stratification of waste dumpsEach of the pilot projects will result on a Land Use model for a specific application area. Theassessment of the results of these pilot projects and the related Land Use models will lead to thegeneration of a harmonized Land Use Classification scheme and a methodology for the harmonizationof the Land Use datasets. This project concept and project approach is shown next:Harmonizationinitiatives on DataModelsHarmonizationinitiatives on DataCategorizationUsers andUsers’ needsASSESSMENTPROPOSAL FOR THE HARMONIZATION OFLAND USE/ LAND COVER DATADEVELOPMENT OF COMMON DATASHARING INFRASTRUCTUREPILOT 1PILOT 2 PILOT 3ASSESSMENT &CONCLUSSIONS23/03/10 v11 10

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAPROJECT OBJECTIVES:In the aforementioned context, where no harmonized data model allowing to access the land use andland cover information owned by the different Member States exists yet, the main objective of theproject is to demonstrate the feasible European level harmonization of the Land Use and LandCover datasets taking into account both the data categorization and the data models, for any oftheir possible uses and users, through the development of user oriented value added services.The specific objectives of the project are the following:• To make the assessment of the relevant information related to the harmonization of the LandUse and Land Cover Datasets:o Previous harmonization initiatives and related results:• Data modelso• Data CategorizationsUsers: Types of users and users’ real needs (from the point of view of theapplications).• To make a proposal for the harmonization of the Land Use and Land Cover datasets based onthe previously gathered practical experience.• To make the development and optimization of common data sharing infrastructure (based onweb services) needed for the management of the harmonized Land Use and Land Coverdatasets coming from different sources, allowing to make the visualization and overlay of theinformation• To make the implementation of 3 pilot projects making use of the previous web servicesdemonstrating the feasibility of the harmonization of these datasets and providing some valueadded service to a certain type of end users.• To make the assessment and disseminate the obtained pilot results within their respectivefields of action.• To promote the creation of an experts’ network composed of producers and users of thisinformation.DESCRIPTION OF THE ICT BASED SERVICES TO BE IMPLEMENTED (PILOTS):Three pilot projects will be implemented in HLANDATA project, addressing different users andusages each, but based on the same concepts and same framework:The first phase of the pilot projects will be a common phase, aimed at implementing a harmonizeddata sharing infrastructure based on integration of harmonized European, national and regionalsources of data relevant to land cover and land use ‘Themes’. This will contribute to increasing useand reuse of harmonized data sets related to land cover and land use themes enumerated in annexes I-III of the INSPIRE directive through network services for sharing spatial data between publicauthorities and other stakeholders, enabling the creation of value added services.Once these common web services have been developed and have been tested, each of the pilot projectswill demonstrate the practical usability of the common networking infrastructure through the provisionof some value added services.So, the pilot projects will have a common technological framework, and some common functionalities,being particularized in each of the countries participating in the project in order to provide differentvalue added services in each.This is shown in the next figure:23/03/10 v11 11

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATACOMMON DATA SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE:Common webservices allowing to visualize, overlayinformation from different sourcesPILOT 1:LU/LC dataAnalysissystem(Spain, Latvia)PILOT 2:National Landsystems(Czech Rep,Lithuania)PILOT2.1:(CzechRep)PILOT2.2:(Lithuania)PILOT 3:Wastedumpsstratification(Slovakia)Common data sharing infrastructure (web services):Partners: GN, IGN/CNIG, GISAT, AGI, TDF, SEA, CEITData provided from: Spain, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, SlovakiaThe project will focus mostly on technical, but also on organizational support required to set up datasharing cycle of the different national and regional providers of partial land cover / land use data in aharmonized way, so that the common networking infrastructure to be implemented gives access toharmonized land use and land cover datasets for several applications, allowing to exploit them throughnetwork services. On rewards, all national actors will benefit from access and use of integrated landinformation contained in these different national and European databases. As previously explained, theharmonization of the datasets will be based on a combination of the previous & ongoing initiatives inLand Use/Land Cover data harmonization and the HLANDATA own contributions.All the pilot projects to be developed will support some common web services, already adapted to thespecific needs of the Land Use/Land Cover data users. The minimum generic and common webservices to be provided by all the pilots projects and on top of which the rest of web services will bedeveloped are the following:• Visualization of the information layers from different sources.• Overlay and integration of information from several sources.PILOT 1: Land Use - Land Cover Data Analysis System for intermediate-level usersPartners: GN, TRACASA, IGN/CNIG, TDF, CEITData provided from: Spain, LatviaThe PILOT 1, carried out in Spain and Latvia will develop a system allowing to make the analysis andexploitation of the harmonized Land Use and Land Cover data addressed to the so called intermediateusers. The segmentation of the users of the Land Cover / Land Use Cartography distinguishes among:• Low-level users: They just need to visualize the information layers overlaid with an ortophoto.The most usual low level user is the public in general, accessing the land cover and land usedata through the spatial data infrastructures• Intermediate-level users: This group includes Technicians of the Public Administration atlocal, regional and national levels; services and networks Commonwealths; public entitiesfrom different sectors (urban land, forest and rural environments); private companies;Universities; cabinets and consulting enterprises for the Agronomical, Forest orEnvironmental Engineering; architects and other engineers. Their needs include other23/03/10 v11 12

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAfunctionalities such as the visualization of the Land Cover / Land Use layer, the overlay of theown information to other sources, spatial and temporal analysis and downloads of the data indifferent formats.• High-level users: They carry out high-level analysis by making use of GIS tools. Possibly theservices to be created are not sufficient for their needs, but they will be able to get Land Coverand Land Use layers through downloading applications in order to incorporate them to theirGIS.As said, the potential users of the services which are going to be launched by the pilot project are theintermediate level users.Some examples of some of these users’ specific demands and of the response given to such demandscould be the following:• A request (done by these end-users to the information owners) of the Land Use and LandCover information in different formats (for example CAD). This request is in many timesdone through e-mail gateways.• In some other cases (being the Regional Administration and Regional Public Entities the endusers) Land Cover and Land Use layers are managed through desktop viewers with somelimitations regarding its non-universal use (its installation requires a commercial licence) andthe lack of spatial and temporal analysis functions and of download applications.Thanks to this pilot, the intermediate-level users will be provided some added-value services andfunctionalities allowing them to fulfil needs such as the ones described above. For example, thefunctionalities provided by the pilot project will allow the intermediate level users to make theselection of a concrete Land area in an autonomous way, making the election of the thematic variablesof interest for them, allowing to process the data selected together with other data, and to thedownload and print the obtained results. In addition, the pilot project will allow making thisinformation available and to place it at the disposal of a significantly bigger amount of users.The pilot to be implemented will be based on advanced web services which will allow users to makeadvanced analysis of the Land use and Land Cover datasets with information coming from differentsources at a European level. The next are the main advanced functionalities which will be provided bythe project:• Advanced Visualization of the information layers:o Visualization of the “Land Use/Land Cover” layers to different scales thanks tozooming tools (in and out); pan; screening fine-tuning, etc.o Search and localization tool in screen of the requested land item (such as thebinoculars visor).o Surface and distance measuring tools in the screen.o Consultation tool, “Query” type, allowing to select part of the layer according to theestablished criteria and to visualize and work only with the selected area. It could bedownloaded to different formats.o Thematization of the “Land Use/Land Cover” layer by means of an attribute linked tothe layers.o Possibility of modifying the symbols of the thematic layer.o Labelling function (direct introduction of by loading a file with coordinates andassociated labels).o Editing function starting from the thematic layer including the legend, title and othertitle page items.o Thematic map printing and editing with selection of formats and output scale.o Layers’ metadata consultations.o Dynamic visualization of the Land Use layer.23/03/10 v11 13

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAdown/bottom-up approach is needed combining strengths of both workflow options for multi-scaleland information system feeding European, national, regional and even local application.GISAT and CENIA 1 , which jointly serve as the National Reference Center (EIONET NRC) for SpatialAnalysis and Land Cover in Czech Republic, take the lead in the setup of such land nationalinformation system and the pilot implementation of the National Land Information System is to bedemonstrated as the Czech pilot within the HLANDATA project.The pilot project in the Czech Republic aims to implement a national land information system basedon integration of harmonized European, national and regional sources of data relevant to land coverand land use ‘Themes’. The projects will contribute to increasing use and reuse of harmonized datasets related to land cover and land use themes enumerated in annexes I-III of the INSPIRE directivethrough network services for sharing spatial data between public authorities and other stakeholders,enabling the creation of value added services. Supported by current transposition of the INSPIREDirective in the Czech Republic as well as current achievements in the GMES area, it will demonstrateits practical implementation in land cover / land use domain, allowing data sharing between theindividual actors involved through network services.Schematic picture shows individual general concept of the Pilot, actors involved within the NationalLand Information System as well as the interaction with European level products.In this pilot project, besides the shared information system comprised by all the pilots, additionaladded-value of proposed integrated and interoperable concept is to be demonstrated on application of“focused” land cover / land use data use for the land accounting purposes in the Czech Republic asexplained next:1 CENIA is the Czech Environmental Information Agency, taking part in HLANDATA as subcontractor ofGISAT.23/03/10 v11 15

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAValue-added application and result assessment:Demonstrating the value-added potential of the National Land Information System on land accountingapplication, integrated assessment service and integration with conventional statistical data will beconceptually based on developments in land cover accounts methodology as pioneered by theEuropean Environmental Agency. Based on the methodology of the integrated system of economicenvironmental accounting (SEEA2003) of the United Nations, land cover accounts are connected toother sets of tables which describe the use of the natural resources by the economy. The frameworkhas been developed to meet the needs of policy makers by showing how spatial indicators anddescriptive statistics can be used to monitor the interaction between the economy and the environment.Thus, land cover accounts will be used to serve as well as a platform to account for ecosystemintegrity and it will provide a set of tools that can be used in the context of natural capital valuation forsustainable development, strategic planning and policy analysis.An understanding of the implications of changes in land cover and land use is a fundamental part ofplanning for sustainable development. On the one hand the transformation of land cover and land useby human action can affect the integrity of natural resource systems and the output of ecosystem goodsand services. On the other, by careful planning, the development of new patterns of land cover and usecan enhance the well-being of people. The need to consider the coupling of social and ecologicalsystems through the study of land use change has been identified as an urgent priority by a number oforganizations and need to develop and apply systems of economic-environmental accounting has beenwidely recognized by the international community.Land accounts, like those for other types of environmental assets, seek to describe how resource stockschange over time in a consistent and systematic way. By doing this, the implications of those changescan better be understood. The cover of land is not, however, simply an attribute or quality of land, buta concrete set of natural and anthropogenic features that largely results from its use. A given landcover can be modified, degraded or destroyed (consumed) and a new type generated. As such, theconsumption and formation of land cover is very similar to the transformation of capital goods in theeconomy. Since land cannot, in general terms, be created or destroyed land cover change can generallybe characterized in terms of different types of flows between land cover types. A key focus of landcover accounts is, then, the understanding of the way in which the stocks of different land covers anduses are transformed over time. Proposed LEAC framework features the following capabilities:• Stock and flows land accounts.• Spatial insight into consumption & formation and intensity of processes (dynamics).• Understanding of context (neighbourhood) of stocks and flows.• Framework for integration of socio-economic data.• Framework for spatial indicator development, statistic desegregations and modelling.Sub-Pilot 2.2: Establishment of a national land statistical accounting system based onGMES core mapping service productsPartner: AGI, CEITData provided from: LithuaniaStatistical land accounting system (SLAS) basically is used to keep the record of the amounts of differentland assets (arable land, forests, built-up areas, etc.) of the country and is essential in planning of budgetassignments and incomes, agricultural quotas as well as spatial planning on national and municipal levels.The current SLAS of Lithuania still follows practices inherited from the former Soviet statistical system,which was based on land asset estimates provided by officials in administrative units of the country, i.e. it'sdone on paper and provides numbers of “best judgment”, often seriously biased due to various reasons. Infact, similar practices are still in use at various extent all over the former “Soviet block” countries, nowmembers of EU.Since joining the EU in 2004, the entire domain of land management has changed dramatically in Lithuaniadue to implementation of EU regulations related to agricultural production planning and accounting,23/03/10 v11 16

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAenvironment protection and Natura-2000 network, water framework directive, directives on carbonemissions and climate change, as well as necessity to carry out balanced development planning for urbanand rural areas, therefore the so far existing inertic and unreliable land accounting system becamecompletely inappropriate. Therefore a National authority responsible for SLAS – National Land Serviceunder the Ministry of Agriculture – formulated a request for development of a completely new SLAS ofLithuania, based on advanced GIS and Remote Sensing technologies and particularly on the emergingGMES Core Mapping Services (CMS), developed within FP7 projects coordinated by EC in cooperationwith EEA and ESA, as well as GMES Service Elements (GSE) carried out by ESA Member-States,possibly developing additional GMES Downstream Services (DS) for specific thematic content particularlyrequested by National stakeholders.After successful implementation of the SLAS pilot project, the National Land Service of Lithuania isplanning to launch a regular monitoring program and incorporate high-resolution LU/LC datasets andstatistical land accounting products into the recently established Lithuanian Spatial InformationInfrastructure (LSII).Value-added applicationThe first practical step towards establishment of SLAS in Lithuania will take place already in 2009.National Land Service is planning to call a national tender and provide funding for implementation of afeasibility study, which will summarize the existing situation, identify information gaps and expectations ofthe major stakeholders, test the existing spatial data properties, recent GMES technologies and practicalissues related to production of high-resolution LU/LC datasets, as well as provide the necessary technicaland thematic specifications and spatial data infrastructure (SDI) requirements for the National SLAS.Therefore we expect that by the end of 2009 all the technical specifications of the Lithuanian SLAS will beavailable (including satellite imagery, thematic content and definition of statistical sampling framework,etc.), so that implementation of technological process and production work could start already in 2010.It is worth mentioning that similar institution of the neighbouring Latvia is highly interested in theLithuanian SLAS initiative and is willing to test the service and possibly implement it in Latvia as well.Therefore, the main objective of the current HLANDATA pilot project would be practical implementationand operational testing of the SLAS on the basis of GMES CMS products based on the HLANDATAmethodology for data harmonization and over two trans-boundary river basins – Nemunėlis (4,047 km2)with dominating natural landscapes and Mūša (5,463 km2) with intensely agricultural landscape – bothstretching along the area of northern Lithuania and southern Latvia.Pilot 3: Stratification of waste dumpsPartner: SEA, CEITData provided from: SlovakiaMain aim of the PILOT 3 would be webmap service and application focused on stratification of wastedumps in Slovak territory based on these GIS layers: Land Cover / Land Use, settlements, population,waste production. Problem of waste production and dumps localization is complex and often cause conflictsituation. Due to that the public mapservice would be very helpful to overcome discrepancies betweengovernment, industrial sector, environmental communities and public. Interactive mapservice would behelpful also in process of mapping existent official dumps, forbidden dumps and during proposal of newdumps based on Land Cover / Land Use multitemporal GIS dataset.Pilot 3 services are focused on crucial GIS functionalities, which are necessary for potential users. Thefollowing table lists them briefly:23/03/10 v11 17

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAView &OverlaySearch bydifferentcriteriaEditpositionEditAttributesAnalysisE, C, F, P E, C, F, P F - E publicE, C, F, P E, C, F, P F F E,C,F InspectoratesE, C, F, P E, C, F, P - - E, C, F, P Ministry of Environment, Regionalgovernmental bodies, MunicipalitiesE, C, F, P E, C, F, P E,C,F,P E, C, F, P E, C, F, P SEA - Centre of Waste ManagementE, C, F, P E, C, F, P - - E, C, F, P EIONET Reporting projects, etc.UserE – existing waste dumpC – closed waste dumpF – forbidden waste dumpP – proposed zone for new waste dumpPublic as one of the 1st potential user may help in mapping of forbidden waste dumps by GPS localisationor by simple editing of position thanks to othophoto or civil maps in the background. Next relevantInspectorates may check the status of such dumps, put them under the control and discuss solutions withlocal regional governmental bodies and municipalities. Inspectorates may overlay available transport layerand propose forbidden dump disposal on the base of cost-distance analysis. Locality of existing, closed orforbidden dump might be also helpful in investigation of contamination sites (searching possible causes ofsoil, water, air pollution). Ministry of Environment, local governmental bodies and municipalities havetough task during proposal of locality/zone for new waste dump. Population and industrial activities insome settlements are quickly growing and it is really difficult to predict situation in next 5-10 years. Wastedump stratification in near future would be Salmonian decision task especially in densely populatedcountries. Multitemporal analysis on the base of key layers like population, waste production, LC/LU,DEM, hydrology and environment protection might be very helpful for decision makers. SEA Centre ofWaste Management would be another crucial user, because its main responsibility is inventory of wasteproduction and waste dumps over the whole country. Further development of the proposed webmapservices’ functionalities for this user is crucial. The last mentioned category of users would be internationalinstitutions and several control mechanisms e.g. EIONET reporting obligations, Basel convention etc.Harmonization of webmap services and datasets at EU or global level are principal for objective,unprejudiced decision making process. In conclusion all the above mentioned users and their opinion mighthelp to clear difficulties in this complex task of waste dumps stratification.23/03/10 v11 18

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATARegarding the added value of the HLANDATA project face to other initiatives being carried out inthis field by other projects funded by the former eContentplus programme, it is worth taking intoaccount that the standardization and harmonization of Land Cover and Land Use data will havetremendous positive effects on:- Cross-border planning projects (still different categorization and terms are misleading andtend to complicate cross-border negotiations).- Cross-border emergency and rescue operations.- Analysis of "functional areas" that exceed administrative units, in terms of sociology, ecologyand economy.- Up-to-date cross-border tourist information and "seamless recreation areas".In many cases, the harmonization of Land Cover and Land Use data is a precondition for harmonizingcrucial services like search and rescue operations. Although there are currently other Europeanprojects ongoing also dealing with cross-border Land Use data, such as Plan4All, their main focus ismade on planning data, whereas HLANDATA will span a much wider spectrum of use cases that arenot otherwise covered by these other projects. Plan4All will not change the fragmented situation ofplanning data across Europe, since it will only deliver the corresponding metatools.On the contrary, what it is going to be implemented by the HLANDATA project is a combination ofthe proposed European Land Cover products and end-user specified additional thematic information oralternative ways of information handling. This could be interpreted as a practical test of the existingGMES thematic specification and GMES line of Land Cover products against the nationalrequirements of Land Use / Land Cover thematic information and operational services, which areraised by the major stakeholders from the public sector.It is this diverse approach to a similar practical problem developing in different countries whichactually brings the highest added value to this project. It will be tested how "practical" it is for theMember States to use GMES products and what the current thematic or technological gaps consist of.The true scope of procedures, thematic priorities, spatial data infrastructure requirements, dedicatedinvestments in terms of man-power and resources available from public sector, as well as additionalexpectations related to thematic content and cost-effectiveness, etc. while implementing those nationalservices into practice will also be addressed.A successful result of the HLANDATA project would imply a ready-to-go setup of GMES-based orOODM-based land monitoring/accounting services, tested on real-life examples and, mostimportantly, providing a clear operational background to the GMES policy, research and industry onuser expectations and interests as far as large-scale deployments of GMES technology are considered.Moreover, as already exposed, HLANDATA will additionally stress on the generation of aharmonized Land Use classification scheme and a methodology for the harmonization of the Land Usedatasets, taking advantage of the previous work results being delivered by the other ongoing projectsin the same field in the frame of eContentplus.In this sense, the HLANDATA Consortium foresees the setting out of a solid cooperation networkamong the different actors involved in the abovementioned European projects currently operativerelated to the Land Use / Land Cover thematic, so that the separate results of every single undertakenproject can be turned into shared efforts of all of them and so that HLANDATA itself can takeadvantage of the results delivered by previous works, to which it constitutes a significantenhancement.B1.3. Maturity of the technical solutionThe solutions to be provided and implemented in HLANDATA will be based on consolidated workand on mature technical solutions. The philosophy of the project is that of using and taking advantage23/03/10 v11 20

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASection B2. ImpactB2.1a. Target outcomes and expected impactTarget Outcomes:HLANDATA project is relevant to the expected target outcomes listed in the Objective 6.2 in the ICTPSP 2009 Work Programme, as this European Project aims at widening the use of spatial data (LandUse and Land Cover data) by public and private sector organizations and citizens. As previouslyexplained, the project aims at developing 3 pilot projects, based on the harmonization of the Land Useand Land Cover datasets at a European level, which will provide value added services to certain typesof end users. The pilot projects will serve as the validation platform for the harmonization proposalmade in the project. In this context, the project is consistent with the main conditions andcharacteristics enumerated for such Objective 6.2 of the ICT PSP Work Programme, as it is explainedin the next points:Added value: The proposal provides a clear added value compared to other initiatives alreadyimplemented in this field. The added value comes from the fact that HLANDATA project will providea harmonization proposal which will take into account and reuse the previous results available fromother initiatives, and will also incorporate a new perspective: While most of the past initiatives havebeen focused in providing a harmonized data concept model from a generic perspective, theHLANDATA project will incorporate the specific perspective of the different end users and theirspecific needs.Enabling services: As required by the Objective 6.2 conditions, the HLANDATA project aims atdeveloping 3 pilot projects in 5 different European Countries providing added value services whichwill be supported by web services providing several functionalities such as the visualization ofdifferent information layers overlay of information, spatial and temporal analysis…etc . The providedinformation shall come from different sources (partners) situated in different European countries andterritories.Reusable and easily accessible datasets: As explained, the project contemplates the implementationof several web services providing free and universal access and non-limit usability of the collectedinformation and datasets.Multilingual aspects: Since the project is going to be carried out by 9 partners from 7 differentEuropean Countries and is intended to be accessible through separate internet gateways for eachpartner, multilingual aspects of the access to the harmonized information is taken into account.Moreover, for the harmonization of the categorization aspects of the land use and land cover datasets,multilingual aspects need to be a specific issue, closely related to the semantic issues involved in thistask.Quality and quantity of the digital content contributed to the project is ensured through theparticipation of 6 public institutions with the content provider role within the project. The detail of thedigital content provided is given in chapter B2.1b.Significant impact in terms of increasing access and use on a large number of users in the largestpossible number of EU countries: As already stated, the whole set of databases and collectedinformation from all partners is going to be made available at each gateway for every interested citizenor organization. The internet application developed by every partner is going to provide not only itsown harmonized geographic information, but also the one contributed by the other partners. This factwill imply an undoubted increase in terms of the amount of European users being able to access suchinformation.23/03/10 v11 22

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAAvailability of the content: The inclusion within the Consortium of 5 public institutions fromdifferent European Countries and Regions as data providers, ensures the necessary availability of thenecessary territorial data sets in order to carry out the activities of the project and in order to be used(and reused) by any citizen or organization once the pilot projects are running. As already mentioned,the public availability of the content is guaranteed thanks to the condition of public entities of thedifferent data providers (see point B 2.1b underlying content).Validation of the project results by the target users: The validation of results of the project will bedone through the assessment of the pilots projects implemented. And this assessment will be done bythe end users of the value-added services implemented by the pilot projects. In the case ofHLANDATA; the content providers themselves in most of the cases also correspond to the end usersof the information (the public administrations in many cases play a double role: they are the dataproviders and one of the main users of the data too). However, in the case of some of the pilotprojects, other different target users will be considered during the validation phase. Concretely, inPilot 2, ISOCARP will act as validator due to its nature of association of territorial planners.Clear exploitation and dissemination plan: Both project results exploitation and dissemination havebeen taken into account for the design of the project. All the project outcomes will be disseminated tothe following target audience: public administrations and public entities, policy stakeholders, privatesector specialized entities and citizens. In order to reach that audience, different disseminationactivities, at European and local level will be carried out during the project by all the partners: projectweb site, dissemination material, project congresses, demonstration, seminars, etc will be some of thetools to be used for the project results dissemination. Regarding the exploitation of results, the addedvalue services being developed during the project will continue being provided by the project partnersat the end of the project, as they are applications which are of the highest interest for them. Theseexploitation and dissemination aspects are explained in Sections B2.2 and B2.3 with more detail.Synchronization of deliverables to the roadmap of the INSPIRE Directive: One of the advantagesof this project is that it will be easily synchronized with the INSPIRE roadmap. The INSPIREroadmap in regards to Land Use and Land Cover datasets is not clear at the moment of presenting thisproposal, but it is expected that at the estimated time of initiating the project this roadmap will bealready defined and it will not be complicated for HLANDATA to adapt its activities to this roadmap.In this sense, the chronological distribution of the foreseen deliverables of the project shall beestablished in accordance with the milestones conceived for the progressive implementation of theINSPIRE Directive.Expected impact:This project will undoubtedly imply a strong impact in the European Countries or Regionsparticipating in the implementation of the pilot projects defined. The availability of harmonized LandCover and Land Use Databases freely accessible through interoperable web services, together with theadded-value of the implementation of high-level services providing further functionalities, willcertainly suppose a great step forward in the way towards the harmonization and fully interoperabilityof the geographical information systems and databases at a European Level, which implies a relevantEuropean level impact of the project.As for the expected impact of this project, the project also fits in with the expected impact descriptionproposed at the ICT PSP Work Programme for 2009, since the pilot projects to be delivered shall infact meet all set out conditions. As the WP says:“It shall allow users to identify, access, use and reuse the information in an interoperable andseamless way and for a variety of users, aggregated geographical information covering a significantpart of Europe and coming from a wide range of sources, from the local level to the European level”;23/03/10 v11 23

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATATable 0: Template – Underlying contentThis table identifies the digital content (and related metadata) to be contributed to the project by each content provider.Provider 2 Type 3 Quantity &Definition 4GN Vector 1956Cultivationsand LandUses Map ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector Cultivationsand LandUses Map ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector 2007Cultivationsand LandUses Map ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector 2008Cultivationsand LandUses Map ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleincluding theinformationon UrbanLand UsesQuantity and Quality of the ContentFormat & IPR 6 Current Use 7 Existing Language Additional commentsQuality 5 Metadata 8ESRI: shape Public Mainly used for the generation of changes No Spanish It is the land of Navarre generatedmaps among subsequent yearly MCAfrom the ortorectification and laterseries. Such information provides indicatorsfotointerpretation of the US militaryof the evolution of the analyzed land uses.flight over Navarra’s territory in1956-1957. It has got a legend of 27classes.ESRI: shape Public Historical information on land uses in 1999 Yes SpanishESRI: shape Public Complete update of MCA99. Yes SpanishESRI: shape Public Used as basic information in projectsrelated to land planning, environment,agriculture, urban growth planning,renewable energies, agricultural statistics,pastures evaluation, environmental impactassessment.Yes Spanish Represents the land cover in itsagronomical aspect (24 codes), forestaspect (70 codes), and improductiveagricultural aspect (7 simple codesand 41 urban associations predefinedin accordance with SIOSE), Coverpercentage is provided for each plotin simple, associated or mosaic form.2 Short name of the participant who provides the content3 E.g. Text, image, movie, sound, music etc.4 E.g. 1,000 film clips, 2 million pages, 20,000 books etc.5 E.g. Format - JPEG, MPEG, Quicktime, HTML, PDF etc., Quality – Resolution, sampling rate, colour/greyscale etc.6 Access rights to use the content in the proposed project e.g. public domain or license7 Describe current users of the content, including the number (e.g. registered users)8 Describe fields, languages and structure of the metadata23/03/10 v11 25

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAfrom SIOSEGN Vector GeographicInformationSystem fortheCommunitaryAgriculturalPolicyGN Vector Cadastre ESRI:microstation(dgn)GN Vector VegetationSeries Map ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector CombustibleModels Mapof Navarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector AgrologicalClasses Mapof Navarre at1:100.000scaleGN Vector LandCartographyMap ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector AgrologicalClasses andSubclassesMap ofNavarre at1:25.000 scaleGN Vector IrrigationLand ClassesESRI: shape Public Used as basis for the European help to theagricultural sector.PublicBasic information on urban and rural plotsused by tax officers and in propertytransactions.ESRI: shape Public Used to determine the potential vegetationof an area independently from its currentuse.ESRI: shape Public Basic information to get risk indices relatedto fire risks in forestry areas.ESRI: shape Public Used for the elaboration of land planningstrategies for Navarre’s territory.ESRI: shape Public Basic information used as start point for thegeneration of irrigation land classes andsubclasses maps, as well as agrologicalclasses and subclasses maps.Yes Spanish Created in 2003 and yearly updated.It constitutes the cartographic basisfor the European agriculturalfinancing.Yes SpanishYes Spanish Characterization of potentialvegetation and its substitutive series,based on climatic, edafologic andtopographic data.Yes Spanish Based on Rothermel models adaptedto Navarre’s territory, on the MCAcartography and on the vegetationseries map.Yes Spanish It reflects the production capacity ofthe land and the risk of losing suchcapacity. The used method for thedetermination of the agrologicalclasses of Navarre at 1:100.000 scaleis based on the system initiallydesigned by the USDA (factorsranges method), although lateradapted to the conditions that can befound in the area of study.Yes Spanish Currently being executed, notcomplete for Navarre yet. Elaboratedfrom field work, lab samples analysisand orthophotography 3Dphotointerpretation by using the SoilTaxonomy classification method.ESRI: shape Public Information on land agronomical aptitude. Yes Spanish Achieved from land maps, slopemaps, MCA and rainfall maps.ESRI: shape Public Information on land aptitude for irrigation. Yes Spanish Achieved from land maps, slopemaps and MCA.23/03/10 v11 26

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAIGN-CNIGIGN-CNIGEEA/IGN-CNIGVectorVectorVectorandSubclassesMap ofNavarre at1:100.000scaleSpanish LandCoverInformationSystem(SIOSE)SIOSE (LandCover andUseInformationSystem ofSpain)CORINELANDCOVER ofSpain 2006GISAT Vector M24/M26 -ImperviousAreasGISAT Vector M21/M25 –generic landcover /ESRI:geodatabaseGeodatabaseof ESRI,Acces ofGeomedia(INTERGRAPH), GML -1:25.000 scaleESRI: shape1:100.000scaleESRIGeodatabaseESRIGeodatabaseExistingagreement onthedistributionpolicy forSIOSEproductsExistingagreement onthedistributionpolicy forSIOSEproductsMost important foreseen uses are:- Dinamical studies on land cover topics- Environmental impact assessment- Obtention of environmental indicators- Maintenance and observation of theecological stability- Land planning- Integration within environmentalmodels- New management strategies in coastzones- Sustainable development promotion- Causes and consequences of natural orartificial processesMost important foreseen uses are:- Dinamical studies on land cover topics- Environmental impact assessment- Obtention of environmental indicators- Maintenance and observation of theecological stability- Land planning- Integration within environmental models- New management strategies in coast zones- Sustainable development promotion- Causes and consequences of natural orartificial processesYes Spanish SIOSE fits in the frame of theSpanish National TerritoryObservation Plan (PNOT),coordinated by the NationalGeographic Institute of Spain (IGN)and the National Centre ofGeographical Information (CENIG).It is an information on the land usethroughout Spain at a 1:25.000 scale,including one unique geometric layermaking use of a conceptualnormalized data model, beinginteroperable and harmonizedaccording to the ISO19101.Yes,accordingto ISO19115 /ISO19139Public The Community´s enviroment policy Yes,accordingto ISO19115PublicPublic- urban sprawl monitoring and assessment- spatial planning- agriculture intensity monitoring- water quality modeling- multipurpose useSpanishEnglishyes English /Czechyes English /CzechSIOSE fits in the frame of theSpanish National TerritoryObservation Plan (PNOT),coordinated by the NationalGeographic Institute of Spain (IGN)and the National Centre ofGeographical Information (CNIG).SIOSE include one unique geometriclayer making use of a conceptualnormalized data modeel, objectoriented, being interoperable andharmonized according to theISO19101ESA GSE GSELAND based dataESA GSE GSELAND based data23/03/10 v11 27

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAagricultureuse extensionGISAT Vector M11 – UrbanAtlasGISAT Raster FTSP SoilSealingGISAT Vector Corine LandCoverCENIA Vector CENIA(GISATGeoPortal &subcontracWeb Servicestor)AGI Vector GDB10LT –scale 1:10000(hidrography, transportand streetnetworks,administrativeboundaries,forests, urbanareas)AGI Vector GDB50LT –scale 1:50000(hidrography, transportand streetESRIGeodatabasePublic - urban planning yes English /CzechESA GSE GSELAND based dataGeoTIFF EEA 9 licence - urban sprawl assessmentyes English EO based GMES FTSP data focused- soil sealing intensity monitoringon urban sprawl and soil sealing- run-off modellingintensity monitoringESRI EEA 10 licence - multipurpose use yes English Pan-European LC/LU layer managedGeodatabaseby EEA.ESRI Public 11 Governmental and public support in yes Czech CENIA is organisation acting underGeodatabaseintegrated assessment of environment issuesthe auspices of the Ministry of theviain the spatial planning contextEnvironment. The objective ofWMS/WFSCENIA is to provide information onthe environment enabling the publicto get a comprehensive view of thecondition and sustainability of theenvironment. More then 50 thematiclayers relevant to land cover / landuse domain are provided via WebAny OGRvector formatAny OGRvector formatLicensed byNational LandServiceLicensed byNational LandServiceCurrently used as base-map data layer insmall-scale cartography, planning,environment, agriculture, and urbanproducts and applications.Currently used as base-map data layer inmedium- or large-scale cartography,planning, environment, agriculture, andurban products and applications.INGISstandard(national)INGISstandard(national)LithuanianLithuanianServices.Will be used as high-resolutionreference for development ofstatistical sampling frameworkWill be used as a standard vectordataset for production of essentialGSE layers (Water, Forest, SoilSealing), as well as mediumresolutionstatistical samplingframework and masking operations9 EEA data distribution policy - Data Dissemination Agreement to be applied10 EEA data distribution policy - Data Dissemination Agreement to be applied11 Some restriction can apply for other then Web Service use23/03/10 v11 28

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAnetworks,administrativeboundaries,forests, bogs,open soilareas, urbanareas)AGI Raster ORT10LT-2005 (colorortofotoimagry scale1:10 000referenceyear 2005)AGI Vector CORINELand Cover2006AGI Raster IMAGE2006(SPOT-4and IRS-6images)SEASEASEAVectorpolygonVectorhierarchyof point,polygonorregionaltopologyVectorpointCORINElandcoverCLC1990CLC2000CLC2006at 1:100.000scaleSettlementsSIDLA2001SIDLA2010at scale 1:50.000PopulationCENSUS2001,Any OGRraster formatAny OGRvector formatAny OGRraster formatLicensed byNational LandServiceLicensed byEnvironmentProtectionAgencyLicensed byEnvironmentProtectionAgencyCurrently used as base-map data layer insmall-scale cartography, planning,environment, agriculture, urban, emergencyand military applications, as well as qualitycontrol of various GIS/RS datasets.Currently used mostly for medium- orlarge-scale environmental applications andscientific researchCurrently used mostly for medium- orlarge-scale environmental applications andscientific researchESRI: shape, Public output from the international project;several application in urban planning, soilerosion, flood prevention, censusmanagement, water quality in lakes etc.ESRI:ArcInfocoverage orgeodatabasePublicbackground for census activities and anyapplications linked with administrativedistricts/regions ; applications inepidemiology, transport optimisation,environment protectionESRI: shape Public output from census that is regurarly doneeach decenium (10y); applications inepidemiology, transport optimisation,yes - Will be used as high-resolutionancillary data for photo-interpretationof satellite images and quality controlof vector and raster datasetsYes,INSPIREcompliantYes,INSPIREcompliantEnglishWill be used as ancillary data forproduction of CMS Land Cover- Will be used as supplementary sourceof information duringphotointerpretationYes English It is an up to date information onCLC within SLOVAK territory at1:100.000 scale, including a legendof classes distributed into covergroups.http://www.sazp.sk/corineYes Slovak http://atlas.sazp.sk/zsj/zsj/info.htmlYes Slovak http://atlas.sazp.sk/zsj/zsj/info.html23/03/10 v11 29

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATASEAVectorpolygonCENSUS2010attribute infolinked tosettlementshierarchywasteproductionWASTE1996WASTE1997WASTE1998WASTE1999WASTE2000WASTE2001WASTE2002WASTE2003WASTE2004TDF Vector Corine LandCoverenvironment protectionESRI: shape partly Public registry of waste production according toBasel convention, several categories ofwastes anounced on regular periodESRIGeodatabaseNo Slovakwebmaphttp://atlas.sazp.sk/zsjhttp://enviroportal.sk/odpad/verejne-informacie.phpEEA 12 licence - multipurpose use yes English Pan-European LC/LU layer managedby EEA.12 EEA data distribution policy - Data Dissemination Agreement to be applied23/03/10 v11 30

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAB2.2. Long term viabilityLong term impact at European levelAs it has been already explained, this project will undoubtedly imply a strong impact in the EuropeanCountries or Regions participating in the implementation of the pilot projects defined. Thedevelopment of harmonized Land Cover and Land Use Databases freely accessible throughinteroperable web services, together with the added-value of the implementation of high-level servicesproviding further functionalities, will certainly suppose a great step forward in the way towards theharmonization and fully interoperability of the geographical information systems and databases at aEuropean Level. Moreover, these newly developed services will be specifically aimed at a concretetarget user, already defined as intermediate-level user and with well-determined characteristics andneeds.In addition, the experience and knowledge collected along the project through the implementation ofthe different Work Packages planned, jointly with the different features of each pilot project, willproduce as a result very useful public guidelines and best practices for further initiatives developed onsuch area, which may be used in the future by other public or private organizations as well as policystakeholders. The usage of the HLANDATA results and experience for the coming INSPIRE activitiesis expected to be very advantageous.Although the aforementioned relevant consequences of the HLANDATA project are indeed veryimportant, the expected long term impact will not be achieved if the dissemination activities plannedfor the obtained results are poor. For such reason, the Consortium is made up of public and privatepartners that can assure the dissemination of the project results, not only at local level, but also at aEuropean level and to the public and private sector as well as to European geographic informationpolicy makers. The dissemination plan of the project, to be led by ISOCARP, with the support andcooperation of the rest of the partners within the Consortium, will collect all the activities to assure theimpact of the project results in a long term.Viability and sustainabilityThe set of newly developed pilot services conceived as final results of the HLANDATA Project showthemselves as public services aimed at providing high-quality functionalities to the citizens of theirrespective geographical areas. It seems reasonable to make a distinction between two different kindsof viability issues to be taken into account:- Technical viabilityThe technical viability of the HLANDATA proposal gets ensured by the fact that all foreseendevelopments to be undertaken plan to make use of already existing technologies (mainly matureinformation management and computing technologies). As already stated when referring to thematurity of the technical solution adopted, the activities to be carried out in the frame of theHLANDATA work plan do not imply any specific difficulty from a technological point of view,whereas the key point to deal with will be rather related to functional and organizational issues.In addition to this, the involvement of a set of public bodies and technological companies with wellknownand proved expertise and long experience in the field of Geographical Information Servicesreinforces the strengths of the HLANDATA technical proposal, contributing to its positiveperspectives in terms of technical viability.- Financial viability23/03/10 v11 31

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAAll the public and private entities participating in the HLANDATA project have the necessaryfinancial resources (50%) in order to assume their assigned tasks within the project. The execution ofthe project is therefore assured, if it is finally selected by the EC.After the conclusion of the foreseen tasks and once the pilot projects have been implemented, thefinancial viability of the HLANDATA final results should be guaranteed.The project pilots to be implemented will be maintained by the pilot owners in each of the cases, theservices being financially supported by these. The reason for this is that the pilot project owners areinterested in maintaining these pilot projects running even after the end of the project, as they willprovide functionalities which will help the entities in their day to day work, or will put the basis forfurther developments to be carried out by the pilot owners in the framework of INSPIRE. This is thecase for example of the• Pilots 2.1, 2.2 and 3, which will be developed in Czech Republic, Lithuania and Slovakia, andwhich have very high interest for these countries’ public administrations as they address theirday to day needs in some fields. Moreover, the pilots will give these administrationsinvaluable experience in order to be prepared to make the transposition of INSPIRE once itcomes into force in the subjects of interest for the project.• Pilot 1, which will provide some advanced functionalities which are of interest for the publicadministrations developing them, but also for external users which will have easier access tothe data of interest avoiding the bureaucratic procedures that many times have to be carriedout in order to get access to some data.Regarding the strong commitment of all the members of the Consortium in terms of the financialviability of the project, it is worth mentioning that all partners have been managing Land Use andLand Cover information for many diverse goals at regional and national levels along a significantperiod of time. The HLANDATA project represents for all participating organizations a greatopportunity to improve the dissemination and impact of the previously carried work in this area,reinforcing its consistency as contributing to its alignment with the most innovative Europeaninitiatives on this matter.In order to be able to manage the access to the implemented services in terms of user’s categories orinterests and to keep control on the particular profile of the these users, the requirement for registrationfor the users of such services has been foreseen.ScalabilityScalability is one of the main concepts behind the objectives of the HLANDATA project. The aim ofharmonizing different web services providing access to geographic information databases throughoutEurope means in fact the implementation of their respective scalability to be integrated with eachother. Such scalability will allow the coordination of individual or geographically isolated initiatives inthe context of an expected European geographic information system. The efforts committed to suchcoordination will also set the main guidelines to be followed by other European entities from the GISsector in order to adapt their own services and conventions to a newly developed Europeanframework.B.2.3. Wider deployment and useMaintenance of the solution and exploitation plansThe envisaged web services and high-level applications to be delivered as results of the HLANDATAproject will on their own be an extension and deployment of the currently existing services providingaccess to Land Cover and Land Use Geographic Information Systems in different European countriesand territories.23/03/10 v11 32

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAEach one of the public or private entities participating in the HLANDATA project as content providerswill also become end users of the achieved services and functionalities, with the already pointedpeculiarity that the intermediate-level users of such kind of implemented solutions will be specificallyconceived as target users of the delivered applications.The usefulness of the different web services and pilot projects, together with the public or semi-publicnature of most of the entities involved in the project, assure on the one hand the maintenance andfinancial viability in the future of the services, and on the other hand the free deployment of theachieved objectives and functionalities through a variety of ways. Each partner will be in charge forthe support and economical maintenance of the web services and high-level applications after the endof the project, which is in any case not problematic, provided the extraordinary benefits to be extractedby the partners from the successful accomplishment of the project objectives. At the end of the project,each of the pilot owners will develop an exploitation plan (task 4.3 within WP4) aimed at assessingand explaining the way the pilots will be adapted to an operational version aimed at giving stable andcontinuous service to the end users of these pilots. Due to the public nature of the partners developingthe pilots, these exploitation plans will not be led by the objective of getting a financial benefit fromthe exploitation of the pilots, but they will look into the ways of integrating the pilots in an operationalway in the systems they already run giving a public service to those interested parties.HLANDATA project will also be a reference initiative towards the INSPIRE transposition regardingthe Land use and Land Cover data. The experience gained in the project will be highly relevant for thedevelopment of the implementation rules and therefore the project results will be a valuable input forthis. This is why among its deliverables the project will deliver guidelines and recommendations forthe European countries for the establishment of the harmonization of their Land Use/Land Cover Dataand the development of their Land Use/Land Cover Data sharing Infrastructures.23/03/10 v11 33

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASection B3. ImplementationB3.1. Consortium and key personnelConsortium as a whole:The European Consortium committed to the development of the HLANDATA Project is made up of awell balanced group of public and private partnership comprised of 9 partners coming from 6 differentEuropean countries, with the aim of cooperating for the successful accomplishment of the plannedobjectives of the project.All the organizations involved in the project are well known stakeholders with recognized expertise inthe geographic information field and in the concrete knowledge areas addressed by HLANDATAProject. The Consortium includes among its partners several entities acting as content providers(Government of Navarre, National Geographic Institute of Spain, Institute of Aerial Geodesy ofLithuania, Latvian Technology Development Forum, GISAT and the Slovak Environmental Agency)providing the critical mass of content necessary for the project development. Regarding the necessarypresence of end users for the Pilot Projects’ validation, all the aforementioned content providers willalso play the role as final users of the developed web services and pilot applications. This is the usualdouble role played by public administrations in the field of geographic information, as they are at thesame time the owners of the geographical information and the main end users of this data for their dayto day activities.Other partners such as TRACASA and CEIT ALANOVA will play a differentiate role. They aretechnology experts playing the role of technology providers within the project, supporting the contentproviders in developing their pilot projects. CEIT Alanova, will also play the specific role of being anend user for several of the pilots, while ISOCARP will manly carry out tasks related to thedissemination activities and the validation of the achieved results. The next table shows the roles thateach of the partners will be playing in the project:Participant Participant organisation name Country Roleno.*1 (Coordinator)Gobierno de Navarra – Departamentode Desarrollo Rural y Medio AmbienteSpain - Content provider forPilot 1- End user for Pilot 12 (Participant) Trabajos Catastrales S.A. Spain - Technology provider for3 (Participant) Instituto Geográfico Nacional – CentroNacional de Información GeográficaSpainPilot 1- Content provider forPilot 1- End user for Pilot 14 (Participant) UAB Aerogeodezijos Institutas Lithuania - Content provider forPilot 2- End user for Pilot 25 (Participant) GISAT Czech Rep. - Content provider forPilot 2- End user for Pilot 26 (Participant) Technology Development Forum Latvia - Content Provider forPilot 1- End user for Pilot 17 (Participant) Slovak Environmental Agency Slovakia - Content provider forPilot 3- End user for Pilot 323/03/10 v11 34

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATA8 (Participant) CEIT ALANOVA Austria - Technology provider forPilots 1, 2 and 3.9 (Participant) ISOCARP Netherlands - Dissemination of projectresults, end user andvalidator for Pilot 2Apart from these partners, the Czech organization CENIA (the Czech Environmental InformationAgency) is also supporting HLANDATA. The National Land Service of Lithuania, under the ministryof agriculture also supports the project.It is guaranteed that for each one of the pilot projects to be developed in each participating EuropeanCountry or Territory, there will be a suitable group of organizations including the necessarystakeholders in the value chain in order for the pilot project goals to be fulfilled, as it is shown next:PILOT 1 PILOT 2 PILOT 3SPAIN / LATVIA CZECH REP / LITHUANIA SLOVAKIAGN, TRACASA,IGN/CNIG, TDFGISAT, AGISEAContentproviders:GNIGN/CNIGTDFTechnologyproviders:TRACASACEITEndusers:GNIGN/CNIGTDFContentproviders:GISAT, AGITechnologyproviders:CEITCENIAEndusers:GISAT, AGI,ISOCARPContentproviders:SEATechnologyproviders:CEITEndusers:SEAThe description of each partner and of the key people involved in the HLANDATA Project comesnext:Individual partners:PARTNER 1: GOVERNMENT OF NAVARRE (SPAIN)Partner description:The Government of Navarre (Gobierno de Navarra), an Autonomous Region in the North of Spain,has devoted a great deal of effort to the integration, management and dissemination of geographicinformation concerning the territory of Navarre. During the last years, they have been working toachieve a real Territorial Information System of Navarre (SITNA) configured as part of theCorporative Information System. This component makes available spatial data from several sources, inorder to provide services not only to the Public Administration but also to the citizens in a friendly andfree way. In this context, the Department of Rural Development and Environment contributes to suchcorporative initiative with many specially relevant actions, such as the Cultivations and Land CoverMap, pastures evaluation, potential vegetation and soils, all of them at detailed scales, continuous andup to date for the whole territory.Key staff CVs:Delia Sola, who will act as Project Coordinator, is Chief of the Section of Evaluation of AgriculturalResources within the Department of Rural Development and Environment of the Government ofNavarre. She holds an Agronomical Engineering Degree. Since 1986 she has been teacher in the23/03/10 v11 35

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAUniversity Engineering School of Technical Agricultural Engineers of Navarre, as well as associatedteacher at the Department of Agricultural Production of the Public University of Navarre. Since 1992she has been working at the Department of Rural Development and Environment of the Governmentof Navarre. She has collaborated with several research projects funded by the Government of Navarre,CICYT and other private companies. She is author or co-author of sixteen technical and scientificresearch publications. She has presented several contributions to Agricultural Congresses. Sheparticipates as representative of the General Direction of Agriculture and Stockbreeding of theDepartment at the Navarre’s Commission of Climate Change, Land Planning, Territorial InformationSystem (SITNA) and National Plan of Remote Sensing and is in charge of his Regional statisticalprograms.Ana Mª Vicente, Leader of Pilot 1, is Technical Agricultural Engineer and Agronomical Engineer.She is Chief of the Agricultural Information Systems Section within the Department of RuralDevelopment and Environment. Among her duties she is in charge of the development andmanagement of the Agricultural Geographic Information System of Navarre. Since 1988 she has beenworking at the Department of Rural Development and Environment, making an important contributionon land cover cartography, studies on land characteristics, potential vegetation and pasturesevaluation, among others. She provided several contributions to congresses and scientific meetings.She has been a member of the work group on Agriculture of the Spanish SIOSE, representing Navarre,and she is currently a member of the work group on agricultural applications of remote sensing withinthe National Plan of Remote Sensing, as well as a member of the Technical Committee of SITNA.Fernando Alonso-Pastor is Biologist and Master in Geographical Information Systems ProjectsDirection. He is from 1996 Head of the Environmental Information Unit at the DG Environment andWater of the Government of Navarre. He launched in 1991 the design and implementation of theEnvironmental Information System of Navarra, which was the first departmental information systemcreated at the Government of Navarra. He is the main responsible for the Biodiversity DataInfrastructure.Cecilia Osácar is Technical Agricultural Engineer and Biologist. She develops duties as Chief of theEnvironmental Control Negotiate, supervising the environmental aspects of the agricultural actions ofthe Government of Navarre. She has been collaborating with several works in the field of ThematicCartography since 1985. She is a Member of Navarra’s Energy and Water Forum as well, on behalf ofthe Department of Rural Development and Environment.PARTNER 2: TRABAJOS CATASTRALES S.A. - TRACASA (SPAIN)Partner description:TRACASA is a public company dedicated to providing mapping and cadastre services, as well asdeveloping and implementing information systems in the field of Territorial Engineering andInformation and Communication Technologies. The main activity lines are based on spatial data:systems production, data management and spatial tools development. It has a large experience in thedeployment of platforms for the exploitation of spatial data. European Projects in which TRACASA iscurrently participating are:- EURADIN – European Addresses Infrastructure - eContentplus Program- NATURE SDIplus – eContentplus Program- CINESPACE – VI Frame ProgramKey staff CVs:María Cabello is Director of European Projects. She has 25 years experience in information systemsmanagement and more than 18 years involved in GIS projects and spatial information withinTRACASA. Over the last five years she has been in charge of European projects, representing the23/03/10 v11 36

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATACompany in Europe and participating in several activities at global level. She will coordinate theactivities of TRACASA in the project and support coordination team.Isabel Goñi, Leader of Work Package 2 and Project Technical Coordinator, holds a MSc inAgricultural Engineering from the Public University of Navarre (2003), together with a Postgraduateprogram: Geo-information studies from the Van Hall Instituut in Groningen in 2002. She is aSenior GIS project manager and has a broad experience in the management, coordination andimplementation of governmental GIS projects. She has been involved in large international projectssuch as Crossis and EURADIN as team leader and expert.Ana Leránoz is in charge for the Area of Territorial Engineering of the Information SystemsDepartment of TRACASA, having more than 23 years experience in the management of territorialprojects related to remote sensing and IGS tools: agricultural statistics (Mars Project Action VI),territorial planning, Land Cover mapping (CORINE Land Cover, SIOSE, MCA), temporal changesdetection, cartography and so on. She currently coordinates a work team made up of 25 technicianscarrying out IGS and remote sensing projects.Félix del Barrio is responsible for the Section of Land Cover Projects within the Area of TerritorialEngineering of TRACASA, having 15 years-experience in the direction and execution of projectsrelated to land cover themes, making use of remote sensing tools and photointerpretation of imagesand ortophotos. The main project he implemented consisted of elaborating a Map of Cultivations andLand Uses in Navarra, which still remains nowadays as the most accurate one. He also took part in theSIOSE Navarra project, as well as in the MCA based on the historical ortophoto from 1956.PARTNER 3: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (SPAIN)Partner description:The National Geographic Institute of Spain (Instituto Geográfico Nacional, IGN) is the NationalAuthority for Cartography and the National Agency of the Central Public Administration with themandate of ensuring the execution of geographical information policy, whereas National Centre ofGeographic Information (Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica, CNIG) has the role of theparticipation in research programs, technological development and innovation, following Europeanand national guidelines and the duty to distribute all the geographical products and give technical andcommercial assessment concerns. The different departments of CNIG/IGN deal with projects as thenational base cartography and are involved in data exchange and fulfilment of data quality: seismicdatabases, geodesic services, etc.CNIG/IGN has been developing different projects to establish a common data model for managingnational geographic information, in order to integrate and interoperate within different data of Nationaland Regional Spanish administrations, satisfying the INSPIRE Directive and the requirements ofNational/Regional Administrations combining bottom-up & top-down approaches (integrating datafrom different sources at different scales).Key staff CVs:Nuria Valcárcel, Leader of Work Package 1, is Head of Land Cover / Land Use Department (LC/LU)within IGN Spain and Leader of CLC and SIOSE projects in Spain, with experience in the design ofObject Oriented Spatial Data Models. She has long experience in GIS and Remote Sensing projects,with an active participation in several International and European projects such as GMES Urban Atlas,and UNEP/MAP Information System Activities. She is Coordinator of Spanish SDIC (Spatial DataInterest Community) relative to LC/LU.Antonio Arozarena, Assistant Manager Cartographic Production, IGN Spain. Project Leader ofNational Plan for Observation Territory (PNOT). Project Manager of National and International23/03/10 v11 37

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATARemote Sensing projects in IGN-Spain such as: MEDBEOGASE, ETC/CL, CORINE , LACOAST,MURBANDY, etc. Active membership of AET, SELPER, EARSEL, ASTIC, IPGH and EuroSDR.Responsible of the design of SIOSE Object Oriented Land Cover Data Model. Great experience inCartography and Remote Sensing projects.Guillermo Villa, Head of Remote Sensing Department. IGN Spain. Has participated in several LandCover Projects: Corine Land Cover 90, CLC 2000, Medgeobase Maroc, etc. Participated in thedefinition of SIOSE Project and in the design of SIOSE Object Oriented Land Cover Data Model.Experience in topographic map generalization. Member of technical team in Spanish OrthophotoProgram (PNOA). Leader of Spanish National Remote Sensing Program.Mª Ángeles Benito, Section Head in Land Cover/Land Use Department, IGN Spain, has participatedin LC/LU European/national projects, such as SIOSE and CLC.PARTNER 4: INSTITUTE OF AERIAL GEODESY (LITHUANIA)Partner description:A precursor of the joint stock company “Institute of Aerial Geodesy” of Lithuania was established forthe Soviet land reform. During its fifty years of existence it became a main mapping centre inLithuania. The main target of the enterprise was the production of maps using aerial photographs inorder to create maps for land cadastre and inventory of farming lands. The whole territory of 352thousand square kilometres was covered by cadastre and land use maps at 1:10 000 scale (updatedevery 10 years). Maps at 1:25 000 scale and 1:50 000 scale were also prepared.After the restitution of Lithuania’s Independence in 1990, the Institute started to function as centre oftopographic mapping and was renamed as State Institute of Aerial Photogeodesy.In 1996, the Institute was reorganized into the joint stock company “Institute of Aerial Geodesy”(UAB Aerogeodezijos Institutas, AGI). Modernizing its production lines and applying newtechnologies, AGI became one of the most modern cartography companies in Baltic States with morethan 160 employees. Its main activities correspond to the production technologies used nowadays andcartographic products at worldwide level.Key staff CVs:Dr. Gediminas Vaitkus, Leader of Work Package 4 and Leader of Pilot 2.2, is Manager of AppliedResearch Centre and active researcher, and has not only a considerable scientific background inecology and eco-informatics (> 30 scientific publications), but also a deep knowledge and experiencein the fields of general IT, GIS, Remote Sensing and information systems design. He has got expertknowledge of Open Source operating systems and applications. He has been involved in dozens oflarge international projects as team leader and expert.Gintaras Rumšas, Technical Director, has broad experience in management of spatial data productionprocess, development of technical specifications for spatial databases and cartographic products, aswell as management of technical quality control process. Experience of project management workingwith foreign partners.Vitalijus Kalenda, Production Director, has former experience in coordinating military cartographicproduction projects and currently manages all the GIS and remote sensing production work at thecompany. Expert in cartographic standards and quality control process. Experience of projectmanagement working with foreign partners.Asta Kairienė, Database production team leader, coordinates the final stage of GIS and cartographicproduction process. Expert in photo-interpretation, cartographic standards and quality control process.23/03/10 v11 38

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATARimanta Valaitienė, Expert in photogrammetry with long-term experience in, photointerpretation andprocessing of high-resolution optical and laser-scanning data, stereoscopic photo-interpretation, aswell as quality control of high resolution optical imagery and digital elevation datasets.Evgenia Gurova works as Researcher at the Applied Research Center and has good skills in projectmanagement and international cooperation, as well as professional knowledge in the fields ofgeoinformatics, remote sensing and design of internet information systems. Advanced user skills inOpen Source operating systems and applications. Scientific experience in marine remote sensing andoceanology. Practical experience in photo-interpretation and processing of optical satellite imagery.Experience of project management working with foreign partners. Excellent communication skills.Andrey Jeliseev, Researcher at the Applied Research Center, has professional background ingeophysics and mathematical cartography. Long-term experience in photo-interpretation and qualitycontrol of high-resolution mapping products, including radar satellite imagery. Experience in OpenSource operating systems and applications. Excellent researcher capabilities.PARTNER 5: GISAT (CZ)Partner description:GISAT, operating since 1990, is the first privately run Remote Sensing and Geoinformation ServiceCompany in the Czech Republic. The mission of the company is to provide its clients with wide rangeof value-added, complete, high-quality and ‘state-of-the-art’ geoinformation services based on theEarth Observation technology. The service portfolio extends from satellite data and geomaticssoftware distribution, through specialized image & GIS data processing and analysis, up to advancedgeoinformation products and services.GISAT is an SME sized company comprised of small core team of 15 permanent staff and extensivenetwork of supporting multidisciplinary experts for specifically oriented tasks. The educationalbackground of the GISAT team is in agriculture, cartography, geography and natural sciences, landmanagement, surveying and informatics. All the staff members are holding MSc. Degree orequivalent.The application of satellite data mapping for environmental monitoring and assessment is one of thekey activities of the company. In particular, GISAT experts have been involved for more than a decadein European land monitoring activities (e.g. CORINE Land Cover Programme) and various LC/LUdata applications including land accounting and agro-environmental indicator development.With respect to the HLANDATA project, two more relevant activities shall be mentioned:1) Participation in EEA “Working Group for Object Oriented CLC model development” led by IGNSpain (as CZ NRC together with CENIA). Activity aims at the harmonization of national land cover /land use models based on the SIOSE experiences.2) Participation in ESA/EEA joint project SOSI (Spatial Observation Services and Infrastructure) ledby Siemens Austria. The aim of SOSI is to demonstrate the innovative technology of ESA SSE andservice concepts within the context of the European Shared Environmental Information System. SSEallows the integration of a wide range of heterogeneous EO and GIS services.It is also important to highlight GISAT’s presence in previous Land Cover / Land Use activities (oncontent side) – SAGE, GUS, GSELAND, its current participation in GEOLAND2 and GlobCORINE,as well as being a partner in the ETCLUSI - European Topic Link for Land Use and Spatial Analysisinvolved in CLC update support (technical team member), land use data centre development landaccounting framework development.Key staff CVs:23/03/10 v11 39

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATATomas Soukup, Leader of Work Package 3 and Leader of Pilot 2.1, holds a MSc. in Geodesy,Cartography and GIS/RS from the Czech Technical University in Prague. He has more than 15 yearsof experience in spatial data integration, visual interpretation and digital processing of satelliteimagery and spatial data processing and analysis within GIS environment. He is involved in Europeanland cover/land use mapping programmes since 1994, first as RS/GIS expert for Czech Republic andSlovakia (CORINE Land Cover programme), from 1997 then as LC expert in various internationalactivities as well as within GMES. He is a member of I&CLC2006 Technical team (as part of ETC-LUSI), responsible for technical QA/QC and data integration. Besides, he has strong expertise inapplications of land cover/land use datasets including land accounting and indicator development.Main domains of interest include environmental applications and agro-environment issues. He haslong term experience project coordination & project management within international teamenvironment (various EC and ESA projects – ETCLUSI, GSELAND, GEOLAND2, …).Katerina Jupova holds a MSc. in Cartography and Geoinformatics from the Charles University inPrague. Her key qualifications include environmental indicators calculations and interpretations, GISanalysis in various software environments, land cover and land use relevant tasks including visualinterpretation of satellite imagery, environmental accounting using land cover datasets, statisticalevaluation and interpretation of land cover data. Main domains of interest include environmentalapplications and agro-environment issues. She has been involved in number of domestic andinternational activities including ESA PECS and EEA projects as well as EC FP research cooperation(e.g. ETCLUSI, GSELAND).Jan Kolomazník holds a MSc. in Cartography, Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, Database Systemsand Spatial Statistics from the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) in 2007. He isexperienced in spatial data integration, web service development, spatial data processing, analysiswithin GIS environment and accuracy assessment. He is familiar with working in internationalenvironment as well as with processing of large datasets, due to his extensive data production and datasupport experiences from FTSP Soil Sealing or SOSI projects.Miroslav Kopecky holds a MSc. in Geodesy and Cartography from the Czech Technical Universityof Prague. He has more than 15 years of experiences in GIS application & development and spatialdata integration. His key qualifications include land cover database integration, environmentalindicators development & application and large GIS datasets management. He has been involved inmany domestic and international projects (ETCLUSI, FTSP Soil Sealing, SOSI).Erika Orlitova holds a MSc. in Automatic Control Systems and GIS at the Czech TechnicalUniversity in Prague in 1987. She is a senior data manager experienced in GIS development andprogramming, satellite data processing and interpretation, geo-information assessment, spatial analysisand thematic mapping, taking a part in various domestic and international projects related to spatialdata processing. Erika is also experienced in utilization of GIS/RS Open Source projects leading aCzech part of FP6 CASCADOSS project.Vaclav Vobora holds a MSc. in Geomatics, Geodesy and Geoinformation Systems from University ofWest Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic) in 2007. He is skilled in GIS application & developmentand spatial data integration including data modelling, programming and web services applications. Hehas been involved in many domestic and international projects (GSELAND, GEOLAND2, FTSP SoilSealing, SOSI).PARTNER 6: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FORUM – TDF (LATVIA)Partner description:23/03/10 v11 40

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe Latvian society "Technology Development Forum" was initially registered within the PublicOrganizations Register of the Latvian Register of Enterprises as “Technology DevelopmentFoundation”, on 10th March 2004. After deregistration in Association and Foundation Register on17th February 2005 its current status and title – Technology Development Forum (TDF) - has beenconfirmed.Since its foundation TDF has implemented a list of projects in accordance to the main priorities set forthis organization: education, applied science, society, entrepreneurship. As business development,especially promotion of innovative business and technological business, is one of TDF priorities, TDFparticipated in development of Technology park in Jelgava city (2005-2006) and participated inestablishment of two NGOs - "Science, innovation and testing centre"and "Science and technologicalcentre", both connected with Technology park and business incubator in JelgavaNetworking as one of the main tools for achieving results has become a part of all activities performedby TDF and through realised projects can be seen on local and international level. Local level initiallystarted from establishment of TDF, as itself it is a result of network of innovative institutions andexperts in Latvia, and later this network increased by partner institutions - state institutions, NGO's,local authorities etc. International network has been created and used for international projects andinternational initiatives and mainly involves partners from Baltic states and Europe, as well as formerSoviet states.ICT is one of the main topics for innovative business, therefore TDF has worked also in this field. Asas innitiative within last years can be mentioned internation project GRISI, that forecasteddevelopment of geomatic informative system. This system concers also development of touristicinitiatives as foreseend development of international data base including information for this sector.TDF’s members have also a broad experience in different fields, e.g. development of on-line learningsoftware tools for dissemination of knowledge, use of wireless sensors systems and processing ofsatellite data and satellite images for GIS applications.TDF’s partners have long experience with GIS developments towards SDI in the areas of tourism,rural development and environment protection working for different projects in a variety oforganizations in Latvia.Key staff CVs:Kaspars Skalbergs, Project Manager; Member of the Board of TDF, holds a Diploma in Economics,University of Latvia; and a Masters Degree in Business Administration, University of Latvia. He hasbeen involved in numerous projects, such as: Phare 2002 Baltic Sea Region Programme Project“Galileo – a Constellation to Beacon the Way in the Baltics", 2005; Interreg IIIC projects “GeomaticRegional Information Society Initiative” – GRISI, 2005-2008 and “Development of EuropeanBusiness Advisor Training and Exchange” – DEBATE, 2005-2007; EEA grants seed fund project„Establishment of collaborative network for promotion and implementation of innovative & efficientrenewable energy technologies”, 2008.Sarmite Barvika, Expert, Deputy Head, Strategic and Development Department, Strategic PlanningDivision of The State Land Service of Latvia. He holds a Diploma of Architect, Faculty ofArchitecture and Building Construction, Riga Technical University, as well as an MBA in EuropeanUnion Law and Business, Riga Stradins University. His professional experience includes architecturaldesign, territorial planning, and main responsibilities (real estate valuation, project development andmanagement, foreign cooperation) in SLS since 1998.Project experience: Land valuation project – 1998 – 2000, EULIS project – 2006-2007; EURADIN –2008; (participation in preparation of proposal); Plan4all – 2008-present (expert); Researches ofCentre for European Union Studies – 2006-2008.Development of commercial, residential objects, detail planning in Riga region (2004-2008).23/03/10 v11 41

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAOther experts: Dr.Maris Alberts, Peteris Bruns.PARTNER 7: SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY – SEA (SLOVAKIA)Partner description:The Slovak Environmental Agency (SEA) is a professional organization of the Ministry of theEnvironment of the Slovak Republic (MoE SR) with nationwide scope of powers, which focuses onthe environment protection and landscape planning in accordance with the principles of sustainabledevelopment.SEA was established by the Decision of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic of 17May 1993 as an agency of the Ministry of the Environment of the SR fully funded from the statebudget. Since 1 January 2001 it has been operating as a subsidized organisation receivingcontributions from MoE SR. In 2005 SEA was awarded the Quality Management System Certificateand the Environmental Management System Certificate in accordance with ISO 9001 and 14001standards.SEA provides the Ministry of Environment with expert and supporting documentation for draftstrategies, concepts, programmes and legal regulations; moreover it coordinates activities, holdsconferences, seminars, trainings, exhibitions and other events, compiles plans and assesses theirfulfilment, prepares or procures projects, standpoints, expert opinions, information and documents,provides professional supervision over application of environmental legal regulations and expertactivities focused on fulfilment of commitments of the Slovak Republic resulting from internationalconventions, provides the Ministry with expert assistance in the harmonization of environmentallegislation of the Slovak Republic with regulations and procedures of the European Union andcooperates with concerned expert institutions in the Slovak Republic and abroad.Key staff CVs:Jan Tobik holds Dipl. Ing. in forestry with specialisation in forest cableways from the TechnicalUniversity in Zvolen. He has had more than 7 years of experiences in Geographical InformationSystems. He has been involved in CORINE Land Cover programme of Slovakia since 2005. His maindomains of interest are system administration of Metadata systems, implementation of INSPIREdirective in Slovak Republic, network services, open source projects and GIS applications.Nada Machkova holds MSc. in Geodesy and Cartography with specialisation in astronomicalgeodesy from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. She has more than 20 years ofexperiences in spatial data integration, visual interpretation and digital processing of satellite imagery,thematic mapping and spatial data processing and analysis within GIS environment. She is involved inCORINE Land Cover programme in Slovakia since 1998. Her main domains of interest are systemadministration of unix servers, network services, open source projects, implementation of satellitedatasets in environmental GIS applications.Peter Mozolík holds university degree in information science and ecology from University MatejaBela in Banská Bystrica. At university he specialized in XML technologies - XML, XSLT, XQUERY,XPATH etc.. After he graduated, he was employed in Slovak environmental agency as web developerand system analyst. He participated in IT projects concerning water qaulity management as systemanalyst preparing UML documentation. His main domain of interest are web technologies especialyXML technologies, system analysis - UML documentation, system integration, implementation ofOGC standards.Jan Cimerman holds MSc. in Mechanical engineering with specialisation in instrumentation,regulatory and automation technology at the Technical University in Kosice. He has 20 years of23/03/10 v11 42

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAexperiences as analyst and programmer in information systems, mostly he participated at developingback-office logic by SQL language. He is member of INSPIRE work group at SEA (SlovakEnviromental Agency). At present he works as developer at environmental GIS applications usingArcIMS/ArcGIS server.Martin Koska holds MSc. in Forestry with specialisation in forest mapping and cadastre at theTechnical University in Zvolen. He has several years of experiences as GIS specialist, OGC services –WMS, WFS specialist. Now he works GIS server administrator (ArcIMS, ArcGIS), key expert in SDI(metadata, data specification, webmap services) development and implementation, participant atNATURESDIplus, member of task force group for NESIS, member of INSPIRE national level workgroup, project team manager.Miroslav Rolko holds MSc. in Informatics with specialisation in applied mathematics at the TechnicalUniversity in Zilina. He has several years of experiences as developer of discrete simulation systems.He has been participating at developing enviromental information system implementing directive96/82/ES (SEVESO II). At present he works as developer of environmental GIS applications usingArcIMS/ArcGIS server.PARTNER 8: CEIT ALANOVA (AUSTRIA)Partner description:CEIT ALANOVA is an applied research institute dealing with the future of cities & regions. CEITALANOVA acts in close cooperation with public administrations, companies and R&D institutions, tosupport and ensure the flow of knowledge between research and practical application. The teamconsists of urban planners, geographers & technicians. The main fields of activity are:• Urban-, Environmental- and Transport Technologies• Urban Planning and Regional Development, Urban Development in Information andKnowledge Society• “Cities for everybody”, “Healthy Cities”, “Smart, sustainable and integrative cities”• Urban Sustainability and Resource Management• Geographic Information Technologies and Spatial Scientific ManagementCEIT ALANOVA has been involved in several reference projects and contracts within its field ofstudy, such as:• CORP - Competence Centre of Urban and Regional Planning – Association for Support andResearch in the fields of City Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society• CentropeMAP (ongoing)• ePSIplus (ongoing)• Traffic concept Schwechat (ongoing)• ÖROK-Scenarios 2030 – Spatial development scenarios for Austria• AIRCLIP - AIRports and CLImate Protection (finished beginning of 2009)• Ways2Go – Bus Stop 3.0 (started end of 2008)• Plan4all - European Network of Best Practices for Interoperability of Spatial PlanningInformation (started May 2009)Key staff CVs:Manfred Schrenk, Engineer, Managing director of CEIT ALANOVA, holds a MSc. in SpatialPlanning and Regional Science and has been working in numerous projects on urban and transportplanning and GIS. Vice President of ISoCaRP - International Society of City and Regional Planners,Board Member of the ÖGR – Austrian Spatial Planning Society , Vice President of AGEO – AustrianUmbrella Organisation for Geo-Information , Founder and Director of the CORP – CompetenceCentre for Urban and Regional Planning.23/03/10 v11 43

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWolfgang Wasserburger, Engineer, Senior Researcher, holds a MSc. in Spatial Planning andRegional Science and has been working in numerous projects on urban and transport planning, GIS,web mapping, ICT applications.Clemens Beyer, Engineer, Junior Researcher, holds a MSc. in Spatial Planning and Regional Science,his main fields of experience are urban and transport planning, GIS, web mapping, ICT applications.Project Manager at CORP – Competence Centre for Urban and Regional PlanningChristian Eizinger, Senior Researcher, has carried out several studies in Spatial Planning andRegional Science and has been working in numerous projects on urban and transport planning, labourmarket researches, housing market researches and subsidized housing projects. Board Member of theÖGR – Austrian Spatial Planning Society, Project Manager at CORP – Competence Centre for Urbanand Regional PlanningTanja Egger, Bakk.techn., Junior Researcher, holds an BSc. on Environmental and ResourceManagement, main fields of experience are environmental and resource management, environmentaltechnologies, energy efficiency, communication, marketing and graphic design.PARTNER 9: ISOCARP (NETHERLANDS)Partner description:ISOCARP is a global association of experienced, professional planners in an international network. Itwas founded in 1965 with a vision of bringing together recognised and highly qualified planners aswell as other stakeholders involved in the development and maintenance of the built environment.ISOCARP has members from over 70 countries and is a non-governmental organisation, recognisedby the United Nations and the Council of Europe and with a consultative status with UNESCO.The aims of ISOCARP are to improve cities and territories through planning practice, training,education and research. ISOCARP promotes the planning profession in all its aspects. ISOCARPkeeps its focus on being a politically and commercially independent network of professional planners.It has grown into a worldwide organisation but has also kept a strong European emphasis. TheSociety aims at becoming a more global organisation and is particularly looking for a stronger base inAsia, Latin America and Africa, but also strengthening the traditional European base. The main toolsof ISOCARP are the yearly congresses, symposia, workshops and publications.The Objectives of ISOCARP: improvement of planning practice through the creation of a platform forthe exchange between planners from different countries, promotion of the planning profession in all itsaspects, notably from the point of view of its identity, the services it can render and the conditionsrequired for it to function, promotion of planning research, improvement of planning education andtraining, provision of information and advice on major planning issues.ISOCARP Munich Liaison Office will be responsible in HLANDATA for the dissemination andnetworking of the project, will work in the identification of leading administration and on thevalidation of the methodology.Key staff CVs:Didier Vancutsem is Programme Manager, Head of the ISOCARP Brussels Liaison Office.International Consultant in Urban and Regional Planning, Landscape Planning, Infrastructure andEnvironmental Management, based in Brussels and Munich. Lead Expert in the EU-Program23/03/10 v11 44

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAURBACTII, responsible for the URBACT Project LUMASEC (Land Use Management forSustainable European Cities).Past-Vice-President and Treasurer of ISOCARP, Professor of Rural and Urban Landscape Planning,Urban Planning at the Higher Institute of Town Planning Brussels (from 1998), Lecturer at theUniversity of Applied Sciences Munich-Weihenstephan (from 2003) and Lecturer at the University ofLille – Master Eurostudies (from 2007).23/03/10 v11 45

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAB3.2a. Chosen approachThe chosen approach has already been explained in section B1.1. (Project Concept).B3.2b. Work planThe project has been organized into the following Work Packages:WP1DIAGNOSTICLeader: IGN/CNIGWP6COORDINATIONLeader: GNWP2HARMONIZATION OF LU/LC DATA AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEBASELINE LU/LC DATA SHARING INFRASTRUCTURELeader: TRACASAWP3PILOT PROJECTS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONLeader: GISATWP3a PILOT 1WP3b PILOT 2WP3c PILOT 3Leader: GNLeader: GISATLeader: SEAWP5COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATIONLeader: ISOCARPWP4RESULTS ASSESSMENTLeader: AGIWP1: DIAGNOSTIC: Assessment of the current European situation regarding the harmonization ofthe Land Cover and Land Use geographic information, taking into account the categorization and datamodel initiatives already ongoing in that field. Being HLANDATA a project aimed at providing somerelevant value-added services, the Land Cover and Land Use will make a thorough assessment of theend users and their needs from the point of view of data harmonization: kinds of users, user purposesand required functionalities for the high-level services to be developed in the projectWP2: HARMONIZATION OF LU/LC DATA AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BASELINELU/LC DATA SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE: Based on the results of WP1, a harmonizationproposal for the Land Cover / Land Use geographic information will be provided, both from theperspective of the data categorization and the data model. This will include a methodology for theharmonization of the data and metadata models of the Land Use and Land Cover topics. Moving fromsequential nomenclature towards object oriented one will be the base for such development. Alsoflexibility to produce national, regional or specific-user driven profiles of general nomenclature will beessential.23/03/10 v11 46

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe second part of the WP will deal with the development of web services based on the harmonizationproposal, aimed at allowing some basic functionalities for the data exploitation.WP3: PILOT PROJECTS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION: WP3 will address the design anddevelopment of the three pilot projects described in Chapter 1. The starting point will be theadaptation and optimization of the generic web services developed in WP2 to the concrete value-addedservices offered by the pilot projects. In each one of the pilot projects, these will be extended with newweb services and functionalities, allowing the validation of the proposed harmonization at a Europeanlevel.WP4: RESULTS ASSESSMENT: Assessment of the results obtained and collection of a set ofapplicability experiences of the Land Use and Land Cover information within the Member States andin the European Union as a whole: energy, climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, GMESservices, etc. Elaboration of best practice guidelines in order to facilitate the creation of such kind ofdatabases in Europe.WP5: COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION: General dissemination of results andpromotion of an experts’ network composed of producers and users of this topic’s information.WP6: PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION: Coordination of the project in bothadministrative and technical terms. Management of the relations and the communication with theparticipants and the European Commission.The following Gantt chart shows the planned timing of the Work Packages and their components:23/03/10 v11 47

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAYEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3WORK PACKAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36WP1. DIAGNOSTICTask 1.1. Analysis on the currentEuropean situation in the field ofLand Cover and Land Use DataharmonizationTask 1.2 End users’ assessmentTask 1.3: Analysis of existingmethodologies for harmonizationTask 1.4: Diagnostic of thecurrent state of dataharmonization according tocategorized user requirementsWP2. HARMONIZATION OFLU/LC DATA ANDDEVELOPMENT OF THEBASELINE LU/LC DATASHARING INFRASTRUCTURE'Task 2.1. HarmonizationTask 2.2. Development of theCommon Data SharingInfrastructureWP3. PILOT PROJECTSDESIGN ANDIMPLEMENTATIONTask 3.1. Design of the pilotprojectsTask 3.2. Development &running of the pilot projectsTask 3.3. Validation of the pilotprojectsWP4. RESULTS ASSESSMENTTask 4.1. Results assessmentTask 4.2. Potential applications23/03/10 v11 48

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3 Pilot BHLANDATAYEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3WORK PACKAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36Task 4.3 Exploitation plansWP5. COMMUNICATION ANDDISSEMINATIONTask 5.1. Elaboration of aProject web siteTask 5.2. Elaboration of thedissemination planTask 5.3. Elaboration of leafletsTask 5.4. Attendance toEuropean/International GISeventsTask 5.5. Publication of articlesin magazines and newspapersTask 5.6. Organization ofseminars with local stakeholdersand one press conference withthe final project outputs per PilotWP6. PROJECTMANAGEMENT ANDCOORDINATIONTask 6.1. Consortium operatingprocedures definitionTask 6.2. Administrative andfinancial managementTask 6.3. Technical coordinationTask 6.4. Consortium meetings23/03/10 v11 49

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASuccess IndicatorsThe table below provides some indicators which have been considered to be representative enough soas to assess the state of achievement of the expected results of the project, as well as the quantitativeaccomplishment degree of the intended targets:IndicatorNo.1234567891011Objective/expectedresultDevelopment andoptimization of acommon data sharinginfrastructurePilot projectsdevelopmentAssessment of therelevance, consistenceand reliability of thepilot projects validationprocessValidation andassessment of the pilotprojects as a wholeValidation andassessment of Pilot 1Validation andassessment of Pilot 2Validation andassessment of Pilot 3Dissemination andvisibilityDissemination andvisibilityDissemination andvisibilityCreation of an experts’networkIndicator nameGiving access toharmonized datacoming fromseveral dataprovidersNumber ofimplementedservicesAmount of pilotprojects validatorsNumber of accessesto the pilot webservicesNumber of accessesto the pilot webservicesNumber of accessesto the pilot webservicesNumber of accessesto the pilot webservicesNumber ofpublications,articles and papersNumber of EUglobalwideconferences andevents in whichHLANDATA willbe visibleNumber ofaccumulated visitsat the HLANDATAproject web siteNumber ofparticipants in theexperts’ networkExpected ProgressYear 1 Year 2 Year 3Access tothe data of6 dataprovidersAccess to thedata of 6 dataprovidersAccess tothe data of 6dataprovidersNone 3 4- 3 6- 2000 5000- 800 2000- 600 1500- 600 15005 10 155 10 101500 3000 600010 20 30Technical risks and risk management plan23/03/10 v11 50

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATARegarding the technical implementation of the HLANDATA Project, there exist some risks to betaken into account, which will have to be contemplated in the frame of a risk management plan. Forinstance, the proposed harmonization model may be difficult to implement as related to the availableinformation for the development of the 3 pilot projects. This issue may be solved by adapting thestructure of the pilot project available data to the already defined model. This may imply an increaseof the foreseen costs which would have to be compensated through an adjustment of the overallproject budget.Other hypothetical setbacks to be overcome could be the withdrawal of a key expert from a member ofthe Consortium, or even the justified withdrawal of a partner. In the first case, the missing expertwould have to be substituted by another person from the same organization, whereas in the secondcase, the necessity of searching for another partner (depending on the punctual situation of the projectand on the particular role of the missing partner within the Consortium) would have to be analyzed.Moreover, some of the partners could fail to fulfil their expected tasks within the correspondingdeadlines. In such case, the mechanisms described at the Consortium Agreement would have to beaccordingly launched.It is especially important to ensure an adequate participation of the final users from the beginning ofthe project. Communication failures, lack of involvement from the partners’ side, changingrequirements, among others, could lead to unjustified delivery delays. The inclusion of a set of veryheterogeneous (or very numerous) final users within the Consortium could also entail greaterdifficulties when trying to harmonize their respective necessities. In addition, a validation plan for thefinal products, involving a wide enough amount of well-capable validators should be set out.As for the expertise and experience of the appointed work team of the project, main risks would berelated to the amount of personnel dedicated to the project, as well as their degree of involvement,their degree of awareness of the common and homogeneous objectives for the project, and also thehypothetical unexpected effect of the personnel rotation within the different work teams.From a technological point of view, different databases, whose functionalities and results have neverbeen proved yet, have been foreseen to interact together, which constitutes an added risk for thetechnological success of the project. A specific user interface will be required, new harmonizedutilities will have to be developed, new development tools will have to be integrated, and usersinteraction issues will also have to be contemplated, resulting in many possible causes for the rise oftechnological contingencies.During the mass production process, the main risks for the project will be associated to the clearnessand strictness of the defined development plan, as well as of the normalization and follow-up policiesapproved. The degree of knowledge of the standards and the methodology of the required technicalreviews will also turn out to be crucial in order to avoid risks and face any incidence at this point.Another incidental possibility to be considered could be the lack of continuity of the project once ithad been completed. However, this is not a realistic situation to be contemplated, since the existenceof a consistent Viability and Exploitation plan for the project flatly disables such a possiblecontingency.In addition, the risk management plan for the project must also contemplate the possible risksassociated to the foreseen implementation of the pilot projects. For pilot project 1, the harmonizationmodel elaborated at WP2 may not adjust properly to the content of the data to be included within suchpilot project. As already considered, this contingency could be solved by modifying the structure ofthe original data and by adapting it to the proposed model.Another risk to be taken into account would be the fact that some functionalities included within pilotproject 1 could show themselves to be more difficult to implement than expected, giving rise to delaysand increases of the foreseen expenses. A possible solution for this would be to try to make use of23/03/10 v11 51

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAanother different technology for the implementation of the affected functionalities, or, in the worst ofthe cases, to discard the development planned if the successful achievement of the whole pilot projectwere at risk.Finally, the risk that the validation enterprises for pilot project 1 do not accomplish with their acquiredcommitment face to the project should also be considered, which would imply to search for newavailable validators either within the organizations involved in pilot project 1 (Government ofNavarre, IGN, TDF), within the HLANDATA project as a whole, or even outside the Consortium.23/03/10 v11 52

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe set of Work Packages in which the whole project has been divided is shown in the next table:WT1: Work package listWorkpackageNo.(i)Work PackageTitleLeadParticipantNo. (ii)LeadParticipantShortname (iii)Total personmonthsper WP (iv)StartMonth(v)WP 1 Diagnostic 3 IGN/CNIG 56 1 6EndMonth(vi)WP 2WP 3WP 4WP 5WP 6Harmonization ofLU/LC data anddevelopment ofthe basic LU/LCdata sharinginfrastructure2 TRACASA 109 6 16Pilot projects 5 GISAT 188 10 36design andimplementationResults4 AGI 81 27 36AssessmentCommunication 9 ISOCARP 50 1 36and disseminationProject1 GN 46 1 36management andcoordinationTOTAL 53023/03/10 v11 53

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe HLANDATA project work and tasks will be carried out in a logical and organized way. This factmakes a set of deliverables that can be clearly identified, in order to facilitate the project progressfollow up, as shown in the next table:WT2: Deliverables listDeliverableNo (i)Deliverable nameWPNo.Nature(ii)Disseminationlevel (iii)D 1.1 Diagnostic report 1 R PU 6D 1.2 End users assessment report 1 R PU 6D 2.1 HLANDATA Harmonization 2 SP PU 11ProposalD 2.2 Methodology specification for 2 SP PU 11the harmonization of theavailable datasetsD 2.3 Preliminary design and 2 SP RE 12specifications of theharmonized data sharinginfrastructure to beimplementedD 2.4 Validated harmonized data 2 P PU 16sharing infrastructure from alldata providersD 3.1 Detailed design of each pilot 3 SP RE 15projectD 3.2 First partial version of the 3 D RE 18implemented pilotsD 3.3 Final version of the3 D PU 24implemented pilots includingall value-added services andfunctionalitiesD 3.4 Individual pilot results 3 R RE 36assessment reportD 4.1 Results assessment report 4 R PU 36D 4.2 Guidelines & recommendations 4 R PU 36for the harmonization of theLU/LC Data and thedevelopment of the LU/LCData sharing InfrastructuresD 4.3 Analysis and forecast of 4 R PU 36potential applicationsD 4.4 Exploitation plan 4 R RE 36Deliverydate (proj.month) (iv)D 5.1 Dissemination plan 5 R PU 3, 9, 15, 21,27, 33D 5.2 Project web site 5 D PU 3D 5.3 Leaflets and dissemination 5 O PU 12, 24, 36material with the project resultsD 5.4 Promotional video 5 O PU 36D 5.5Communication anddissemination final report5 R PU 3623/03/10 v11 54

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAD 6.1 Consortium operating6 SP CO 3proceduresD 6.2 First technical and financial 6 R CO 12reportD 6.3 Second technical and financial 6 R CO 24reportD 6.4 Final technical and financial 6 R CO 36reportD 6.5 Periodic progress reports 6 R PU 6, 12, 18, 24,30, 3623/03/10 v11 55

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe description of the different Work Packages defined for the HLANDATA project comes next:WT3: Work Package DescriptionsWork package number : 1 Start date or starting event: Month 1Work package title:DIAGNOSTICParticipant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGI GISAT TDF SEA CEIT6 6 15 6 6 5 4 4 4ISOCARPObjectives (i)The main objectives for this Work Package are shown next:O 1.1 – To explore and assess all Land Use and Land Cover initiatives and projects carried out up to themoment and being carried out at present moment in the EU territory and related international programs (byUNEP, GEOS, etc), and to get an updated inventory of existing initiatives to harmonize Land Use / LandCover Databases at Sub-national, National, European and Global levels.O 1.2 – To assess the different potential users of the Land Data and Land Use geographic information,obtaining a categorized user requirement inventory.O 1.3 – To analyze the existing harmonizing methodologies (hierarchical nomenclatures, feature datamodels, ontologies, etc.) in order to understand their current and potential use, advantages anddisadvantages.O 1.4 – To evaluate the benefits / disadvantages of using each analyzed methodology for land management.Description of work (ii)Task 1.1: Analysis on the current European situation in the field of Land Cover and Land Use dataharmonizationAs explained in the introductory part of this proposal, several important initiatives have been carried out inthe field of Land Use and Land Cover harmonization, although none of these has provided (or is expectedto provide) normalized procedures which are valid for the harmonization of these data at a European leveland for the current needs.This task will assess all these initiatives, making a thorough analysis and assessment of them and takingadvantage of those results which might be valid for the objectives of this project. Those results which mightbe usable for the harmonization objectives of this project will be selected.The running projects which are to a greater of lesser extend related to HLANDATA (such as Plan4All) willbe contacted and inquired to make the selection of the usable results and the analysis of the gaps notaddressed by them.The INSPIRE framework is another perspective to take into account within this task. It has to be taken intoaccount the fact that although at present moment there is no clear INSPIRE activities roadmap for the workwith Land Use and Land Cover datasets, by the time this project starts the roadmap will be clear and willhave to be taken into account for the development of the project activities, as these are intended tocontribute to INSPIRE as the most representative harmonization initiative related exclusively to LandCover and Land Use data from the different perspectives addressed up to the moment.23/03/10 v11 56

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAThe CEN and ISO standards for geographic information will be considered, too, as well as the EC’s GMESand SEIS programs for Land Use / Land Cover data production and sharing.Task 1.2: End users’ assessmentAny data harmonization initiative has to take into account the end users and their needs. HLANDATA isdevoted to provide value-added high-level services addressed for different kinds of users based on webservices which will provide access to harmonized data. The main issues to be addressed within this taskwill be:- Kinds of users- Different user purposes- Required functionalities for the high-level services to be developed in the projectThis will be done by obtaining a categorized user requirement inventory, with 3 user categories, (accordingto the definitions in Pilot 1 description).- Low-level users- Intermediate-level users- High-level usersThis inventory will be done using standardized user analysis techniques, such as use case description,interviews, etc.Task 1.3: Analysis of existing methodologies for Land Use / Land Cover data harmonizationIt is also necessary to review all the existing and past initiatives for harmonizing Land Use / Land Coverdata. Several projects have been carried out by Sub-national, National, European and Global authorities inorder to get this goal, most of them using hierarchical classifications and nomenclatures, withunsatisfactory results for the Land Use / Land Cover users’ community. This means in practice having toanalyze the existing harmonizing methodologies (hierarchical nomenclatures, feature data models,ontologies, etc.) in order to understand their current and potential use, advantages and disadvantages, aswell as percentage of success for this initiatives.INSPIRE compliance is also an issue to be considered and carefully described for these methodologies, aswell as ISO TC 211 and OGC standards.Task 1.4: Diagnostic of the current state of Land Use / Land Cover data harmonization according tocategorized user requirementsFinally, a diagnostic report will be produced considering the results of the three previous tasks,summarizing the analysis of the present situation and the state of the art for Land Use / Land Coverinformation, including a set of recommended procedures to follow to achieve the harmonization of thisdata. The diagnostic report will identify the categorized list of user requirements to be complied by eachprocedure.Participants:WP1 is a very important Work Package within the HLANDATA project as a whole, as it will set theknowledge basis for the rest of WPs and activities. It needs the contributions of all the partners providingthe perspective of their different national or regional situation and the perspective from their different enduser category. This is why all HLANDATA partners will contribute to and participate in all the activitiesincluded within WP1.Deliverables (iii)23/03/10 v11 57

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAD 1.1 – Diagnostic report, including an evaluation report of existing methodologies for harmonization(month 6).D 1.2 – End users assessment report, including a catalogue of user requirements, ordered by user categories(month 6).23/03/10 v11 58

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWork package number : 2 Start date or starting event: Month 6Work package title:HARMONIZATION OF LU/LC DATA AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEBASELINE LU/LC DATA SHARING INFRASTRUCTUREParticipant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGI GISAT TDF SEA CEIT ISOCARP20 21 10 20 13 8 7 8 2Objectives (i)The main objectives for this Work Package are shown next:O 2.1 – To make the HLANDATA proposal for the harmonization of the Land Use and Land Datageographic information.O 2.3 – To provide a methodology for the harmonization of the data.O 2.2 – Design, implementation and validation of the harmonized data sharing infrastructure to be used bythe pilots as the base for providing the basic data interoperability.Description of work (ii)Task 2.1: Harmonization proposalThe main objective of this task is to make the proposal for the harmonization of the Land Use and LandCover data from the point of view of the data categorization and the data modelling. The basis for the taskwill be the results of WP1, in which all the previous and ongoing initiatives related to the harmonization ofLand Use and Land Cover will have been assessed. Taking this information into account, task 2.1 willdecide on what results will be valid for this initiative, which ones will have to be adapted and in whichfields work will have to be carried out in order to reach the final harmonization proposal.After the analysis of the WP1 results, this task will make the proposal for the HLANDATA Land Use LandCover data harmonization and will agree and set out a common methodology to be applied by all partnerswithin the project, in order to carry out the harmonization of the available geographic information. Thisincludes the required methodology for the implementation of the generic web services which are to bedeveloped in task 2.2 and further implemented in the Pilots in WP3. The agreement on the data formats andmultilingual concepts to be applied by all partners and common methodology for the harmonization willalso be established here.All project participants will contribute to this task.Task 2.1: Design, development and validation of the harmonized data sharing infrastructureThe main objective of this task is to carry out the design and development of common harmonized datasharing infrastructure (based on web services) that will be the base for the pilot projects basic visualizationand information overlay functionalities. The design and implementation of this infrastructure will be basedon the harmonization methodology defined previously.The implemented web services will be systematically tested, assessed and validated along this task, both at23/03/10 v11 59

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAeach partner level and also at interoperability level.At the end of this task, the data provided by the data providers present in HLANDATA project will have tobe accessible in a harmonized way for any interested party through internet services.This task implies a common development phase among the partners making the implementation of thisinfrastructure, together with some specific developments to be carried out by each of the data providers.Participants:Based on the results of WP1, WP2 will make the proposal for the data harmonization and will specify,design and implement the data sharing infrastructure for LU/LC data.It is clear that all partners’ contributions will be needed in the 2 activities comprised within this WP, first ofall to agree on the harmonization proposal with as much support as possible (support from the partnersthemselves and support coming from their networks of collaborators), and second to implement andvalidate the baseline data sharing infrastructure which has to be implemented by all data providers withinthe project. This is why the contributions to the activities will be as follows:Task 2.1: Participation of all partners.Task 2.2: Participation of all partners with special dedication of the data providers and technologyproviders within the project.Deliverables (iii)D 2.1 – HLANDATA Harmonization Proposal (month 11).D 2.2 – Methodology specification for the harmonization of the available datasets (month 11).D 2.3 – Preliminary design and specifications of the harmonized data sharing infrastructure to beimplemented (month 12).D 2.4 – Validated harmonized data sharing infrastructure from all data providers (month 16).23/03/10 v11 60

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWork package number : 3 Start date or starting event: Month 10Work package title:PILOT PROJECTS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONParticipant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGI GISAT TDF SEA CEIT30 19 10 50 40 15 12 6 6ISOCARPObjectives (i)The main objective for this Work Package is shown next:O 3.1 – Development and validation of the value-added service associated to the project.Description of work (ii)This WP will be the responsible for the design, development and validation of the pilot projects providingthe value-added services described in Chapter 1. Preliminary assessment of the obtained results, evaluationof the implemented web services and of the harmonized geographic information database and analysis onthe potential applications will also be carried out within this WP but at a pilot level, without putting theresults in common (which will be made in WP4).PILOT COUNTRIES CONTENT PROVIDERWP3a PILOT 1: Land Use / Land CoverData Analysis SystemSpain, LatviaGN, IGN, TDFWP3b PILOT 2: Land InformationSystemsCzech Rep., Lithuania GISAT, AGIWP3c PILOT 3: Stratification of WasteDumpsSlovakiaSEAThe WP organization corresponds to the organization of the pilots, and as such the activities pointed nextare applicable to each of the pilot projects and will be carried out for each of the pilot projects, by thepartners participating in each of the pilot projects.Task 3.1: Design of the pilot projectsThe main objective of this task is to carry out the preliminary design of each pilot project to beimplemented, as described in Chapter 1. Each Pilot design will be carried out based on the results of WP2,so all of them will be based on the harmonized data sharing infrastructure implemented in WP2.Task 3.2: Development and running of the pilot projectsThis task comprises the development phase of the pilot projects to be implemented according to theprevious design.The development of the pilot projects in each of the cases implies different tasks and activities, being someof them the following:- Pre-processing of the existing base-map data layers and ancillary data (all pilots).- If necessary, acquisition and pre-processing of other data (all pilots).- Development of downstream LU/LC information layers (all pilots).23/03/10 v11 61

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATA- Development and implementation of LU/LC statistical analysis framework (all pilots).- Production of reports on land statistics according to the requirements defined by end users andstakeholders (all pilots).- Production of Statistical Land Accounting System statistical products within multi-level statisticalsampling framework (Pilot 2).- Production of cartographic products on LU/LC and land statistics (Pilot 2).- Development and implementation of a technological framework for the integration of StatisticalLand Accounting System products into the national Information Systems (Pilot 2).- Analysis of the emerging GIS technologies and introduction of new downstream thematic elementsfor the extension of Statistical Land Accounting System content for further development of thesystem (Pilot 2).Once developed, the pilot projects will be running for at least 18 months, providing freely the services forwhich they have been implemented.Task 3.3: Validation of the pilot projectsThe implemented pilot projects will be systematically tested, assessed and validated along this task. Overallassessment of the results of all projects together will be carried out in WP4.The validation of the pilot projects will be carried out by the partners on the basis of the registered dataregarding the behaviour of the end users of the value-added services implemented by such pilot projects.End users involvement is necessary in this task to provide an adequate feedback on the results of theproject. In most of the cases, the content providers themselves also correspond to the end users of theinformation (the public administrations usually will play a double role, being at the same time dataproviders and main users of the data, too). However, in other cases (such as the Spanish and Czech pilots),other external target users will be considered during the validation phase. Concretely, in Pilot 2, ISOCARPwill act as validator due to its nature of association of territorial planners.Participants:The degree of participation in WP3 is dependant on the participation of the partners in the several pilotprojects. Those partners providing a pilot project will dedicate much more effort to this task than thepartners which do not provide a pilot but support the development of one of them. However, all projectpartners will be involved in one or more pilots as shown next:PILOTCONTENTPROVIDEROTHER CONTRIBUTORPARTNERSLand Use / Land Cover Data AnalysisGN, IGN, TDFSystemTRACASA, CEIT ALANOVALand Information Systems GISAT, AGI CEIT ALANOVA, ISOCARPStratification of Waste Dumps SEA CEIT ALANOVA, ISOCARPDeliverables (iii)D 3.1 – Detailed design of each pilot project (month 15).D 3.2 – First partial version of the implemented pilots (month 18).D 3.3 – Final version of the implemented pilots including all value-added services and functionalities(month 24).D 3.4 – Individual pilot results assessment report (month 36).23/03/10 v11 62

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWork package number : 4Work package title:RESULTS ASSESSMENTStart date or startingevent:Month 27Participant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGIGISATTDF SEA CEIT12 10 10 20 10 6 3 5 5ISOCARPObjectives (i)The main objectives for this Work Package are shown next:O 4.1 – Assessment of the obtained results, evaluation of the implemented web services and of theharmonized geographic information database, analysis on the potential applications of the provided solutionfor both public and private sectors, exploitation plan of the project.Description of work (ii)Task 4.1: Results assessmentEvaluation of the achieved objectives of the project and of the performance of the different Pilots involvedincluding:- Analysis on the compliance degree with the expected goals of the project.- Technical and functional assessment of the end solution.- Discussion on the balance among different Pilots.- Quality estimation.- Analysis on the impact of the project on the field of European Geographic Information Systemsand compliance to the expectations of the CIP ICT PSP Call.Within this task, the HLANDATA project will also deliver guidelines and recommendations for theEuropean countries aimed at the harmonization of their Land Use / Land Cover data and the developmentof their Land Use / Land Cover data sharing infrastructures.Task 4.2: Potential applicationsForecast and approach to the potential applications to be exploited for the developed Pilots. Strengths andweaknesses of the achieved results.Task 4.3: Exploitation plansThis task will provide the foreseen exploitation plan for each pilot. As it has already been described inprevious chapters, due to the public nature of the partners developing the pilots, these plans will not be ledby the objective of getting a financial benefit from the exploitation of the pilots, but they will assess andexplain the way the pilots will be adapted to an operational version aimed at giving stable and continuousservice to the end users of these pilot projects.Participants:23/03/10 v11 63

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWP4 will put in common the results of the rest of WPs, constituting the conclusion of the whole project.This is why the contributions of all the partners are needed, providing their own experiences, and thereforeall HLANDATA partners will contribute to and participate in all the activities within WP4.Deliverables (iii)D4.1 – Results assessment report (month 36).D4.2 – Guidelines and recommendations for the harmonization of the LU/LC data and the development ofthe LU/LC data sharing infrastructures (month 36).D4.3 – Analysis and forecast of potential applications (month 36).D4.4 – Exploitation plan (month 36).23/03/10 v11 64

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWork package number : 5Work package title:Start date or startingevent:COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATIONMonth 1Participant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGIGISATTDFSEACEIT8 6 6 6 6 4 2 3 9ISOCARPObjectives (i)The objectives of this WP consist of:O 5.1 – Transferring the knowledge and experience obtained in the project to other local and Europeanstakeholders.O 5.2 – Promoting the scalability of the project results.O 5.3 – Promoting the use and applications of the developed harmonized services in both the public andprivate sectors.In order to achieve these objectives, a dissemination plan will be elaborated.Description of work (ii)Given the importance of this WP in the project, all partners will participate to a greater or lesser extent.Task 5.1: Elaboration of a project web siteA project web site will be elaborated within the first three months of the project, and will be updated everytwo months. The main elements of this project web site will be:- Public area: project overview, public deliverables, dissemination documents, links to partners’ websites, links to events, networks, and related projects and to the CIP-PSP programme.- Private area: project information exchange.Task 5.2: Elaboration of the dissemination planDuring the first three months of the project, ISOCARP as WP leader will elaborate a dissemination plan incollaboration with the rest of the partners, where dissemination activities at local and European level willbe defined in detail. The main elements of this dissemination plan will include: tasks, responsible partnerfor each task, addressed public and timing. Such dissemination plan will be updated every six months.The main dissemination tasks that will be included in the dissemination plan will be divided in two levels:At European level, there will be a results transference to institutions related with the INSPIRE initiative inone hand and with Land Cover and Land Use management (public administrations, ICT technologyproviders and end users) on the other hand. In the dissemination plan a list for the next six monthsactivities and the partner responsible will be defined. The results dissemination will start in the second year.At local level, the dissemination will be directed to the pilot application users, from the beginning of the23/03/10 v11 65

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAproject. This is a very important step in the project development, for the end users implication in the projectand in order to obtain a real validation.All the next tasks will be included in the dissemination plan as basic tools.Task 5.3: Elaboration of leafletsAt the end of each project phase, a leaflet with the project results will be elaborated in order to be sent tothe identified stakeholders at local and European level: policy makers, public organizations, private sectorand technological experts.Task 5.4: Attendance to European/International Geographic Information Systems eventsAn analysis of the main events on this field and the possibility of presenting project results will beevaluated by the Consortium in order to select the most adapted to the HLANDATA features. The objectiveis to attend at least three events.Task 5.5: Publication of articles in magazines and newspapersAn analysis of the magazines and newspapers interested in HLANDATA results will be elaborated.Task 5.6: Organization of seminars with local stakeholders and one press conference with the finalproject outputs per Pilot.Participants:All project partners will contribute to this WP to a greater or lesser extent.Deliverables (iii)D 5.1 – Dissemination plan (updated every six months) (months 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 33).D 5.2 – Project web site (updated every two months) (month 3).D 5.3 – Leaflets, articles and dissemination material with the project results (months 12, 24, 36).D 5.4 – Promotional video (month 36).D 5.5 – Communication and dissemination final report (month 36).23/03/10 v11 66

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWork package number : 6Work package title:Start date or startingevent:Month 1PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATIONParticipant number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Participant short namePerson-months perparticipant:GNTRACASAIGN/CNIGAGI GISAT TDFSEACEIT20 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3ISOCARPObjectives (i)This Work Package aims at the coordination of the project in both administrative and technical terms. Theobjective is to manage and to ensure coordination of efforts among all partners in order to guaranteeeffective operation of the project, timely delivery of the expected deliverables, as well as the adequatedissemination of results. Furthermore, the management of the relations and the communication with theparticipants and the European Commission will also be covered by this WP.Description of work (ii)The Project Coordinator, GN, will be supported by the supporting coordinator, the Project ManagementBoard, the Project Technical Committee and the Technical Coordinator.Task 6.1: Consortium operating procedures definitionThe main objective of this task is to prepare a project management handbook summarizing the requiredknowledge for the good management of the project (in terms of administrative forms, financial aspects,quality processes, etc.).A specific chapter will be defined for the pilots monitoring.Task 6.2: Administrative and financial managementThe following subtasks are comprised within this task:• Coordination and management of administrative matters and administrative support to all partners.• Preparation of administrative reports for the European Commission.• Ensuring of financial management (cost monitoring, accounting, cost statement preparation,distribution of subsidy).• Ensuring of compilation of project deliverables.• Ensuring of periodic reporting and communication with the EC services and the Project Officer(s)for purposes of coordination, progress monitoring, reporting, etc.Task 6.3: Technical coordinationThis task will assume the overall technical coordination, project monitoring and will ensure that the projectis carried out as planned; a specific subtask will be in charge of the Project Technical Committee, leaded bythe Project Technical Coordinator (TRACASA), which will include:• Corrective actions needed to meet the plan.• Coordination of internal project communication, meetings and workshops.• Identification and management of technical risks.23/03/10 v11 67

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATA• Pre-check of results (against project requirements and objectives) and ensuring of their internaldistribution.The Project Technical Committee, with the participation of all the Pilot Leaders and Work PackageLeaders, will take the required technical decisions to achieve the implantation of the three pilot projects insix geographic areas.If a problem cannot achieve a solution in the Project Technical Committee, the Project Management Boardwill take the responsibility in all final decisions.An Advisory Board composed by the project partners and external invited experts from the EuropeanCommission and other European Projects will be created and consulted at the end of each project WP inorder to elaborate its final conclusions.Task 6.4: Consortium meetingsProject Management Board meetings will be scheduled once a year.The Project Technical Committee meetings will be held at least twice a year. The work planning will beupdated continuously during the project. Monitoring of project activities will occur on a finer basis withsix-monthly internal reporting.The tasks of the Work Package Leaders as participants in the Project Technical Committee include theorganization of the necessary WP meetings for a common technical direction within the WP, thesupervising of the technical work of the WP and the surveillance of the progress and quality of the differenttasks. They will take care of transmitting the WP advances to the Project Technical Committee.GISAT, leader of WP3, will be responsible for the monitoring of the pilots implementation. Each pilot willbe managed by a Pilot Leader.The tasks of the Pilot Leaders include the organization of the necessary Pilot meetings for a suitablecoordination within each pilot project, the supervising of the technical work of the Pilot and thesurveillance of the progress and quality of the different tasks. They will report their corresponding advancesto the Leader of Work Package 3 (GISAT).Pilot meetings will be scheduled at least twice a year, and also whenever it be considered necessary for anadequate development of the planned tasks within each Pilot.Participants:All project partners will contribute to this WP.Deliverables (iii)D 6.1 – Consortium operating procedures (month 3).D 6.2 – First technical and financial report (month 12).D 6.3 – Second technical and financial report (month 24).D 6.4 – Final technical and financial report (month 36).D 6.5 – Periodic progress reports (months 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36).23/03/10 v11 68

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAWT4: List of MilestonesMilestone Milestone Name WP Lead Beneficiary Delivery DateNumberMilestone 1.1 Diagnostic made 1 IGN/CNIG Month 6Milestone 2.1 Data harmonized 2 TRACASA Month 16Milestone 3.1 Pilots designed 3 GISAT Month 15Milestone 3.2 Pilots running 3 GISAT Month 36Milestone 4.1 Results assessed 4 AGI Month 36WT5: List of Tentative ReviewsReview Number Tentative Timing Planned venue of Comments, if anyreview1 Month 18 To be determined Mid-term review2 Month 36 To be determined Final reviewWT6: Summary effort tableThe following table includes the information about the staff effort within the HLANDATA project:number of person months over the whole duration of the planned work per Work Package and partner.The Work Package leader is identified in each case by showing its person months figure in bold.ParticipantNo.Participant ShortnameWP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 Total personmonths1 GN 6 20 30 12 8 20 962 TRACASA 6 21 19 10 6 4 663 IGN/CNIG 15 10 10 10 6 4 554 AGI 6 20 50 20 6 4 1065 GISAT 6 13 40 10 6 3 786 TDF 5 8 15 6 4 3 417 SEA 4 7 12 3 2 2 308 CEIT 4 8 6 5 3 3 299 ISOCARP 4 2 6 5 9 3 29Total 56 109 188 81 50 46 53023/03/10 v11 69

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAB3.3. Project managementBased on the involvement of the participants in several European Projects (see the description of thepartners), in some of which the partners have been Project Coordinators; the consortium has built upextensive experiences and practices related to European Projects.Some of the public partners have developed different experiences in the area of geodesy and territorialinformation systems and would be willing to keep on working on this area, being able to providevalue-added services which have still never been offered in such way on a European level. In addition,some of the involved partners (Government of Navarre, TRACASA, National Geographic Institute ofSpain, GISAT, AGI, TDF, CEIT ALANOVA) have already been participating in other eContentplusand FP7 European projects, which ensures their experience at coordinating themselves for thesuccessful management of a European cooperation project.Being this a complex proposal, the consortium has put great care in defining the most appropriatemanagement structures for the project. All partners assume full technical and financial responsibilityfor the management of the project. This involves the appointment of a Project Coordinator and theManagement Structure shown next:Project CoordinatorDelia Delia Sola Sola - - Government of of NavarreSupporting CoordinatorMaría María Cabello - - TRACASAPROJECT TECHNICAL COMMITTEEChair: Chair: Technical CoordinatorIsabel Isabel Goñi Goñi - - TRACASAPROJECT MANAGEMENT BOARDChair: Chair: Project CoordinatorDelia Delia Sola Sola - - Government of of Navarre1 representative of of each each involved organizationADVISORY BOARDInvited experts from from other other relatedongoing projectsWP1 WP1 LEADERLEADERIGNIGNDiagnosticWP2 WP2 LEADERTRACASAHarmonization &Data Data SharingSharingInfrastructurePILOT PILOT 1 1 LEADER:LEADER:GNGNLU/LC LU/LC DataDataAnalysis Analysis SystemSystemSpainSpainLatviaLatviaWP3 WP3 LEADERLEADERGISATGISATPilot Pilot ProjectsProjectsPILOT PILOT 2 2 LEADER:GISATGISATLand Land InformationSystemSystemCzech Czech RepublicRepublicLithuaniaLithuaniaPILOT PILOT 3 3 LEADER:LEADER:SEASEAStratification ofofWaste Waste DumpsDumpsSlovakiaSlovakiaWP4 WP4 LEADERLEADERAGIAGIAssessmentWP5 WP5 LEADERLEADERISOCARPCommunication&DisseminationThe management structure has been structured in two main boards:• The Project Management Board, composed of one representative of each partner of theconsortium, which is chaired by the Project Coordinator;• The Project Technical Committee, composed of the leaders of the pilots and of the WPs,which is chaired by the Technical Coordinator of the Project.Apart from these 2 main bodies, other smaller bodies have also been defined in the project:• The Local Pilot Teams, composed of representatives of the organizations participating ineach one of the pilots.• The Work Package Teams, one per WP, composed of representatives of the partnersparticipating in the Work Packages. These WP teams are leaded by the WP Leaders.23/03/10 v11 70

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASpecific attention will be focused on all integration activities. In order to handle the complexity ofmanagement tasks arising from this project, both the organizational and administrative structures needto be carefully implemented.Project CoordinatorThe project will be coordinated by the Government of Navarre (GN), with vast experience incoordination of European Projects. The Government of Navarre has been involved in several EuropeanProjects with other partners of the consortium, having an established relationship with them. Theperson assigned to be the Project Coordinator by the Government of Navarre will be supported bythe Supporting Coordinator, appointed by TRACASA.The Government of Navarre will be the project coordinating agent and the main contact with theCommission. The Coordinator will be responsible for:• Organizing project management meetings; administration, preparation of minutes;• Follow-up and adaptation of the project planning;• Organizing, steering, checking and assuring the reporting in time towards the Commission;• The overall monitoring of progress on all work packages and setting in place procedures forensuring more detailed progress monitoring in consultation with the subgroups;• Monitoring of the expenses and allocation of the budget; assistance towards the participantsconcerning administrative aspects of the project;• Communicating with the Commission;• Preparing and communicating the yearly project progress reporting to the General Assemblyand Technical Board;• Coordinating the payments to the partners;• Providing assistance towards the participants concerning: the rules of the project, the projectplanning and individual partner planning, giving advice on all kind of matters, e.g. how to fillin cost statements, full cost system, rights, ...Project Management BoardA Project Management Board as steering and management committee will be composed of theProject Coordinator and representatives of each of the partners taking part in the project. One mainaim of this Board is to advise and support the decisions of the Project Coordinator on operational andmanagement issues. Furthermore, the Project Management Board will be an effective and efficientmanagement board. This board will be responsible for all decisions of general nature within the frameof the EC Contract and the Consortium Agreement. Especially the detailed budget allocation, any redefinitionof the overall work plan, the coordination of the activities and communication between thesubgroups, and the overall project progress assessment will be performed by this committee.The Project Management Board is responsible for all decisions affecting more than one partner, suchas contractual matters, planning, financial matters, major technical decisions, preparation of reporting.The detailed responsibilities and tasks are described in the project’s Consortium Agreement. TheProject Management Board is chaired by the Project Coordinator and his Assistant.The Project Management Board will be convened every 12 months in face to face consortiummeetings (kick off meeting in month 1 and months 12, 24 and 36). The meetings will be called by theCoordinator. The meetings will take place regularly, scheduled once a year (face to face) andwhenever needed (audioconferences). A tentative meeting agenda will be prepared in advance of everymeeting and will be distributed to all attendees by email or fax well before the meeting. The meetingswill take place in the locations of the different core partners in rotation. The meetings will besupported by approved minutes. They will include a list of actions and due dates for each of thepartners. Decisions will be taken by consensus or in case by majority vote. The project plan will beupdated at the meetings.23/03/10 v11 71

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAProject Technical CommitteeThe Project Technical Committee will be chaired by TRACASA and will be responsible for the dayto-daytechnical work. It will be convened every 6 months (kick off meeting in month 1 and months 6,12, 18, 24, 30, and the final meeting in month 36). The Technical Committee will exchange the workcarried out in the pilots together with the results in order to support the implementation and running ofthe pilots and the replication of the pilots. It will also propose the changes of the technical workprogramme of the project, evaluate the technical reports and participate in the update of theimplementation plan. It will ensure the integration and spill-over of the knowledge created in each ofthe subgroups, and thus monitor and assess the scientific progress of the project in line with theobjectives and even beyond. The Project Technical Committee will play a crucial coordination roleamong partners for the implementation of the different pilot projects in a coherent way, and will alsobe the main forum for the information exchange between Pilot Leaders and Work Package Leaders.Pilot Teams and LeadersThe project will implement 3 pilots in a total of 6 geographical areas. Additionally to the three PilotLeaders, each pilot will be locally implemented and each implementation will have a partnerresponsible:• PILOT 1: Land Use / Land Cover Data Analysis System for intermediate-level userso Leader: GNo Participants: GN, TRACASA, IGN/CNIG, TDF, CEIT• PILOT 2: Harmonized and Interoperable Land Information Systemso PILOT 2.1: Harmonized interoperable national land information systemo Leader: GISATo Participants: GISAT, CEIToooPILOT 2.2:Establishment of a national land statistical accounting system based onGMES core mapping service productsLeader: AGIParticipants: AGI, CEIT• PILOT 3: Stratification of waste dumpso Leader: SEAo Participants: SEA, CEITRegular meetings will take place in order to share the experiences and learn from them, to receive andprovide support in between pilots, to plan different measures, to jointly review objectives, and tocollect and deliver good practices.In addition, the leaders of the different pilot projects will have to report their respective progress totheir corresponding Work Package Leader, GISAT (Leader of Work Package 3), who will play a veryrelevant coordination role among the different partners and the different activities carried out withinthe pilots.Work Packages Teams and LeadersThe Work Package Leaders will assure the coordination between the different project teams thatcollaborate with the aim of exchanging intermediate results. They will assure the timely execution oftasks included in each Work Package, stimulating the interaction between the various partnersinvolved. They are also responsible for the consolidation of the specification reports and execution ofthe tasks that integrate each WP. Each organization involved will appoint a WP Manager, who is23/03/10 v11 72

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAresponsible for operational decisions, sending quarterly a short progress report to the ProjectCoordinator, guaranteeing that the partial and total objectives of the WP are accomplished, elaboratingthe reports of the WP and organising the presentation or results.The appointed WP Leaders will be the following:• WP1: Diagnostic: National Geographic Institute of Spain (IGN/CNIG)• WP2: Harmonization of LU/LC data and development of the baseline LU/LC data sharinginfrastructure: Trabajos Catastrales (TRACASA)• WP3: Pilots: GISAT• WP4: Results assessment and potential applications: AGI• WP5: Communication and Dissemination: ISOCARP• WP6: Project Management and Coordination: Government of Navarre (GN)Advisory BoardThe Advisory Board will be the organ through which external expert people recruited from otherrelated projects in the field of Land Cover and Land Use will give their advice and feedback on themain arising issues of the HLANDATA project. The Advisory Board will play a key advisory andconsultative role in the project. The main goals of this board will be the following:- Providing requirements and feedback to the project objectives.- Monitoring the main milestones of the project, updating their feedback, and providing thenecessary inputs for guiding the project research and activities towards the achievement of theproject main objectives.- Providing a final feedback on results evaluation and expectations for future evolution.Conflict ResolutionConflicts will be solved at the lowest level possible, and preferably amicably. If an agreement cannotbe reached at a task or WP level, then the Project Coordinator will mediate. If that is not satisfactory,then the Project Board will make a decision and, if necessary, will ask for the authorisation of the EC.More detailed procedures will be provided in the Consortium Agreement to be signed by the partnersbefore the start of the project. This document will formalize the rights, obligations, relationships andprocedures within the consortium, as well as any other relevant issue.General Management ProceduresPartners are responsible for:- Effective economic management and conduct of the operational work in accordance with theprogram guidelines and with ethical and legal standards.- Complying with the general terms and conditions governing grants and any terms andconditions specific to each grant or granting programme established by the EuropeanCommission.- Managing and supervising operational personnel.- Meeting reporting requirements specific to the CIP ICT PSP.- Acknowledging, whenever possible, the Coordinator's financial support for the operationalwork.Strategy of communicationHLANDATA is a project implementing 3 pilots that must interact between them, and therefore, inorder to ensure collaboration, fulfilment of goals and good general functioning of the consortium,23/03/10 v11 73

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAthere will be six monthly meetings (Project Technical Committee) including representatives from thePilot Leaders and Work Package Leaders. This will guarantee the synchronization of all the tasks,define control procedures to follow the evolution of work, solve potential conflicts between partners,define dissemination policies for results and plan the presentation of common communications. Apartfrom these meetings, teleconferences, email, ftp and web exchange will also be used as the primaryforms of communication and exchange of documents among the partners.The Consortium will hold annual full partner meetings to disseminate technical progress throughpresentation of results and peer review, co-ordinate and cohere project planning, and allow thediscovery of new perspectives and ways of making progress through interdisciplinary interaction.Consensus in decision-making is highly desirable, both for quality assurance and to ensure that thegoals and interests of the partners are respected throughout the project. Peer review will be the mainmechanism for providing quality assurance. In case of conflicting views, the Project ManagementBoard will consider the facts and decide which type of action is the best for the project.Project reporting mechanisms will specifically include an internal six monthly control report (detailingperson-months expended, achievements made in terms of results and progress, meetings attended,plans for the following period and issues arising).Project Management Board members will also contribute to the annual review report, annual costclaim and delivery of the final reports. Much of this information will be used for preparing the reportfor the Project Officer and the European Commission. Asking the partners to report in advance theirplans for the following period will allow the Project Management Board or Work Package Leaders tomake corrections to the work plan in a pre-emptive way and to ensure efficient use of resources.In addition to reporting to the Commission, the Project Coordinator will also manage other externalliaisons, including any contributions to any horizontal actions, project clusters and programmemeetings.23/03/10 v11 74

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATAB3.4. Security, privacy, inclusiveness, interoperability, standards and open-sourceInteroperability is at the core of the HLANDATA project: The harmonization proposal to be deliveredby the project, as well as the data sharing infrastructure are aimed at giving access and allowing to useand exploit geographic data which are distributed all around Europe and stored in a different way. Theharmonization proposal to be made and the data sharing infrastructure to be built according to thisproposal will allow users to access these data no matter the place where it is stored and no matter theway it is stored through network services provided by the different data providers.The project is devoted to achieving the interoperability of the Land Use/Land Cover existing data, andthis is why interoperability issues have to be considered from the very beginning of the project.Multilingual issues are closely connected to this; mainly to the data harmonization proposal to beprovided by the project.The project will not use proprietary solutions in the developments to be carried out. These will bebased on open solutions and open standards, and in own software in some cases. The services to bedeveloped, freely accessible through the web, will guarantee the use of standard services (Web MapServices – WMS, Web Processing Services – WCS, Web Features Services – WFS).It is important to remark that the set of GIS contents to be utilized and harmonized along this projectare going to be public contents freely provided by the data providers. Although, for statisticalpurposes, and also in order to control the access to the developed web services, the requirement for a(costless) licence might be introduced in the future, the nature of the harmonized datasets will remainpublic and freely available for the end users.B3.5. Resources to be committedThe approach taken by the HLANDATA project involves 6 WPs with well-defined objectives andresults that will allow the achievement of all project objectives. The project consortium considers thatan adequate mass of resources is mobilized to ensure the success of the project. In this sense, abalanced project component organization has been designed so that the resources are integrated in acoherent way within the project.The consortium believes that the HLANDATA financial plan is adequate to the planned activities andobjectives of the project. Effort distribution, equipment acquisitions and other investments havealready been planned for the full project duration during the preparation of the proposal.The financial plan for the project is shown in the next two graphs:1. GN 2. TRACASA 3. IGN 4. AGI 5. GISAT 6. TDF 7. SEA 8. CEIT 9. ISOCARPEUROS/PERSON-MONTH 4.500 4.500 4.000 2.930 5.100 4.900 5.000 5.000 5.000ACTIVITY TYPE IND IND IND IND IND IND IND IND INDRTD FUNDING RATE 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%INDIRECT COSTS MODEL Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat Rate Flat RateINDIRECT COST PERCENT. 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%23/03/10 v11 75

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATACOST CATEGORIES 1. GN 2. TRACASA 3. IGN 4. AGI 5. GISAT 6. TDF 7. SEA 8. CEIT 9. ISOCARP TOTALPERSONNEL COSTS 430.000 299.000 220.000 310.580 397.800 200.900 150.000 145.000 145.000 2.298.280SUBCONTRACTING 60.000 0 0 10.000 65.000 72.400 0 0 0 207.400OTHER SPECIFIC COSTS 30.000 20.000 20.000 42.837 20.000 27.600 20.000 15.000 15.000 210.437OVERHEAD COSTS 129.000 89.700 66.000 93.174 119.340 60.270 45.000 43.500 43.500 689.484TOTAL COSTS 649.000 408.700 306.000 456.591 602.140 361.170 215.000 203.500 203.500 3.405.601Requested Grant 324.500 204.350 153.000 228.295 301.070 180.585 107.500 101.750 101.750 1.702.800Next, an explanation is given about the costs to be charged to some of the cost categories above:Other specific Costs:There are several types of costs included under this category.In the case of GN (10.000 €) and TDF (5.500 €), the costs for the organization of workshops orseminars at local or national levels with selected target-audience, translation expenses, renting ofmeeting rooms, printing of leaflets and so on have been included here.Travel and Subsistence CostsThis cost category includes: travel and subsistence costs for the whole project, travel costsrelated to Project Management Board and Project Technical Committee meetings, travel costsassociated to meetings with the EC, and so on.The following amounts per partner have been foreseen:o GN: 20.000 €o TRACASA: 20.000 €o IGN: 20.000 €o AGI: 20.000 €o TDF: 20.000 €o GISAT: 20.000 €o SEA: 20.000 €o CEIT: 15.000 €o ISOCARP: 15.000 €Equipment CostsAs for the equipment budget lines, TDF would like to include such expenses (a total of 2.100€) in the budget for the purchasing of some required software licences.Consumables CostsAGI has included some costs under this category for the purchase of some satellite images andlayers (22.837 €).Subcontracting:In the procurement of external services described in the project as subcontracting, both the regulationof the European Commission and those national regulations that might be more restrictive regardingthe different partners will be considered and respected.Some of the partners (GN and AGI) have included subcontracting budgetary lines (60.000 and 10.000€ respectively) aimed at the assumption of some dissemination tasks which could not be otherwiseundertaken by such kind of partners. These dissemination subcontracting lines include the design andissue of promotional materials (from project websites to promotional videos). In the case of GN(Project Coordinator), their subcontracting amount also comprises some support tasks related to theadministrative management of the project.23/03/10 v11 76

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATALatvian TDF has allocated a subcontracting item of 72.400 € which is essential for the development ofan internet-based learning tool associated to their participation in the pilot project led by GN.The Czech partner GISAT has foreseen a 65.000 € subcontracting with CENIA (Czech EnvironmentalInformation Agency). It is intended that CENIA will support GISAT by federating the actorsinvolvement based on its leading role in the INSPIRE process in the Czech Republic. They will alsosupport the design and implementation of the Czech pilot project in organizational aspects, takingadvantage of their experience from the FP6 NESIS project.B3.6. Dissemination / Use of ResultsAmong the principal project objectives we find the following:• To make the assessment and disseminate the obtained pilot results within their respectivefields of action.• To promote the creation of an experts’ network composed of producers and users of thisinformation.In order to achieve these objectives, a comprehensive dissemination plan will be implemented. Suchcommunication and dissemination plan will ensure the deployment of the experience gained by thedifferent pilot projects, as well as the exchange of information, and will also make easier the extensionof the realized harmonization tasks to other possibly interested partners throughout Europe, since theforeseen deliverables might always be replicated by other entities from the Geographic InformationSystems sector. This plan will also provide the promotion strategy as well other details as for examplenational and European dissemination workshops, publication of the results, etc. There will be anappropriate budget for dissemination activities foreseen. The dissemination plan will be discussed andupdated each six months.Strategies: Usual communication strategies will be used in the dissemination activities: joint projectweb site, joint e-newsletters and leaflets (translated to the necessary languages), press/media releases,organization of events, participation in events and collaboration in its organization.The different strategies to be implemented will be:• Collaboration with other related European Projects that are working in related areas.• Expert panel as the source of expert network, with high relevance in the entire project.• Real demonstrators. The implemented pilots will be used in the dissemination activities,sowing the indicators obtained in the assessment WP.All partners are committed to maximize the potential impact of the knowledge to be created in termsof its dissemination to relevant stakeholders that can take advantage of the project results forharmonization and standardization of Land Cover and Land Use information at various levels and newapplications. The support of the EU will be recognised in all the publication and disseminationactivities resulting from the project.Audience: The user groups cover a wide spectrum of profiles and have distinct needs. Therefore thedissemination activities will be different according to the specific needs of each group. To achievethese objectives the Consortium will undertake different types of activities.ISOCARP, as Leader of the Dissemination Work Package, will be responsible for coordinating thedissemination activities. However, all partners will contribute and carry out specific disseminationactivities especially at their own country for diffusion in the different sectors. In this sense, everypartner is committed to disseminate the project in their own networks and associations. Information ofthis project will also be made available in conferences and meetings from other eContentplus and CIPICT PSP projects in order to create synergies between projects.23/03/10 v11 77

CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3Pilot BHLANDATASome specific dissemination actions will be the following:• Each partner will use their own web page to present the projects results.• TRACASA will elaborate a booklet with the applications and technologies used, directed totechnological companies.• IGN/CNIG, together with the public partners within the Consortium, will collaborate in thediffusion to Land Use and Land Cover data owners preparing technical documents forharmonization.• ISOCARP, as Leader of the Dissemination Work Package, will manage the contacts withEuropean institutions related to INSPIRE.Some of the dissemination tools to be used in the project are:• Project website: This task is devoted to the design, development and continuous update of thepublic part of the project website that will contain general information such as: background,objectives, structure, consortium, agenda, public deliverables, etc. The task will becoordinated by ISOCARP, who will act as the webmaster of the project. Each partner willprovide information to the webmaster and will be required for feeding the website.• Project Identity: A Project Logo will be designed, as well as communication templates thatwill include the Project Logo and the CIP PSP Logo. Besides, an informative brochure(including a presentation of the project, objectives, partners, etc.) will be elaborated,electronically distributed and made available at the Project website.• Attendance to congresses, industrial fairs, exhibitions and commercial meetings.• Participation in scientific and industrial publications.• Presentation of the Project in European Events where the partners participate.• Press release in local and national media, presenting the project.• Elaboration of a Post-project dissemination plan. In order to guarantee the continuity of theproject, the consortium will design a dissemination strategy to be carried out once the projectis finished. This plan will include the analysis of the possibilities of setting up an experts’network composed of producers and users of Land Use and Land Cover information.B3.7. Conditions for the pre-financingThe pre-financing is to be forwarded by the coordinator to TDF and ISOCARP in two equalinstalments, the first of which in connection with the payment of the pre-finance to the consortium.The second instalment should cover the remaining part of the pre-finance and should be paid aftermonth 6. It is the duty of the coordinator to monitor the costs of the partners and adjust the instalmentsaccordingly.23/03/10 v11 78