Merck Moving Beyond Passwords: FIDO Paris Seminar.pptx
Leveraging SMEs’ strengths for INSPIRE
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Leveraging SMEs’ strengths for
INSPIRE
Dialogue session at Geospatial World
Forum, Rotterdam (NL)
16.05.2013
SEIS & INSPIRE IN ACTION
Giacomo Martirano (Epsilon Italia)
g.martirano@epsilon-italia.it
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SUMMARY
Who we are and what we are doing (in brief)
Tips to stimulate the dialogue session debate
˗ The main barriers we identified
˗ Barriers seen as challenges
˗ Turning challenges into opportunities
3. 3/14Who we are (in brief)
We are a small enterprise specialized in geospatial
technologies
We are based in South Italy
We are deeply involved in EU co-funded projects
dealing with geospatial information in general and
with INSPIRE implementations in particular
4. 4/14What we are doing (in brief)
We are implementing SEIS using INSPIRE
˗ We are involved in the execution of a contract for the
implementation at national level of SEIS (Shared
Environmental Information System) for 5 themes: Air,
Water, Soil, Noise and Radiation.
˗ We are responsible for the design of the SEIS theme-
specific geodatabases
˗ We are focusing on INSPIRE EF DS (and on O&M), so
more on the data “production” side of the data chain
5. 5/14The main barriers we identified
Organizational barriers (within the consortium and
with the Client)
Technical barriers
Financial barriers
6. 6/14The main barriers we identified
Organizational barriers within the consortium:
˗ Misalignment of technical competencies between
partners responsible for the development and further
integration of project components strictly correlated.
˗ Lack of coordination, both at technical and
management level
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Organizational barriers with the Client:
˗ Misalignment of technical competencies between the
Client and the Supplier.
˗ Heterogeinity of the organizational structures of the
Client’s departments/agencies responsible for the
management of the relevant geospatial information
8. 8/14The main barriers we identified
Technical barriers:
˗ Misalignment between the national reporting
obligations set by EEA and the INSPIRE obligations set
by the Implementing Rules on the interoperability of
spatial datasets.
˗ Complexity of data modelling activities needed to
merge the many applicable schemas into one single
geodatabase structure for each SEIS theme
9. 9/14The main barriers we identified
Financial barriers:
˗ Competitive tender won offering a price much lower
than the reference one (- 38 %)
˗ Unfavourable payment clauses (30% advance
payment after the contract signature) and 70%
balance payment at the end of a 24 months project
after final acceptance of all deliverables)
10. 10/14Barriers seen as challenges
Investing in filling-in knowledge gaps:
˗ increasing manpower allocation (in terms of 50% FTE)
in order to deepen the technical and technological
aspects
˗ self-training (thorough analysis of INSPIRE DS and
practice with the data transformation tools and the
data harmonisation workflows)
11. 11/14Barriers seen as challenges
Investing in filling-in communication gaps:
˗ spending more effort in supporting less aware
partners and also the Client
Investing in filling-in cash-flow gaps:
˗ getting from the bank an increased credit limit
12. 12/14Turning challenges into opportunities
The increased technical competencies:
˗ increased our competitiveness
˗ increased our productivity
˗ created new market opportunities