[OI5-1] GI organization at the European Commission

Within the European Commission there are several key GI players. GIS activities in the Commission started since 1981 (e.g. DG REGIO, Eurostat, ) with the CORINE project, the creation of DG ENV and the creation of the European Environment Agency (EEA). Together with the DG Joint Research Centre (JRC), DG ENV and EEA are in charge of the coordination of INSPIRE: DG Environment acts as an overall legislative and policy co-ordinator for INSPIRE, the JRC acts as the overall technical co-ordinator of INSPIRE and EEA is in charge of several tasks related to monitoring and reporting, and data and service sharing under INSPIRE. Also several other EC institutions are actively involved in GI(S) policies and activities (DIGIT, DG GROW, DG AGRI, DG MOVE and many others).

External resources

• Salgé, F. (1997). Standardization in the field of geographic information: The European efforts. In Spatial Database Transfer Standards 2: Characteristics for Assessing Standards and Full Descriptions of the National and International Standards in the World (pp. 17-30). Pergamon.

Learning outcomes

• 2238 - List and describe the most important producers and users of geospatial data at the European Commission

  List and describe the most important producers and users of geospatial data at the European Commission

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [OI5-1] GI organization at the European Commission subclassof [OI5] Organizations in the GIS and T domain