Draft inspire monitoring Indicators ( 2)

1.4INSPIRE Stakeholders

Focused in developing the SNIG and preparing the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive, networks of contact points and metadata managers have been created. Their active and coordinated participation will allow the harmonised national metadata database to be formed and the SNIG and INSPIRE objectives to be achieved.

The IGP is the body responsible for coordinating the SNIG network. It is also the Member State contact point for the INSPIRE Directive and forms the first ring around the SNIG, as can be seen in Figure 12. The second ring corresponds to all the national authorities, within which the IGP is also included, together with the metadata managers and the authorities’ focal points. The INSPIRE Working Groups are interinstitutional groups which the SNIG wants to form and turn operational in order to tackle problems in specific thematic areas of INSPIRE, such as the harmonisation of data models.

PT ORIGINAL	EN TRANSLATION
Geocomunidade	Geo-community
Gestores de Metadados	Metadata Managers
Coordenação e Administração	Coordination and Administration
SNIG	SNIG
Formadores	Trainers
Ponto Focal INSPIRE	INSPIRE Focal Point
GT INSPIRE	INSPIRE WG
Pontos de Contacto INSPIRE	INSPIRE Contact Points

Figure 12 – SNIG Network

The aforementioned public authorities are involved in the process by participating in various networks and working groups.
At the moment, the following contact networks exist (Figure 13), which have different objectives:

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  The SNIG Network, which includes all producers and users registered on the geo-portal and which covers 158 authorities (Table 12.1.3 in the Annex);
  

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  The INSPIRE Focal Point Network (INSPIRE FPN), which is intended to promote the exchange of information and experience in order to support the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. This network was created in June 2007 and its initial members were those public authorities forming part of the SNIG. A total of 85 INSPIRE Focal Points have been appointed (Table 12.1.2 in the Annex);
  

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  Metadata Managers Network, which was created in 2005 and which includes representatives of public authorities who are certified to publish the authority’s information on the SNIG (Table 12.1.4 in the Annex).
  

PT ORIGINAL	EN TRANSLATION
SNIG – 158 entidades	SNIG – 158 authorities
RPF – 85 entidades	FPN – 85 authorities
RPF Core – 29 entidades	Core FPN – 29 authorities

Figure 13 – SDI Contact Networks.

Table 3 indicates the public authorities (producers and users) involved in the SDI, categorising them in terms of: user, producer or belonging to the coordination structure.
Despite there being 158 authorities in the SNIG Network, only 84 are indicated in this table. These are the authorities that have appointed an INSPIRE Contact Point (FPN).
The categories in Table 3 were identified by the authorities themselves in 2007. At that time each appointed contact point was asked to identify the respective authority as a producer/user/holder/distributor of each INSPIRE theme. No information on services was requested. Only 43 authorities responded, and these are the ones shown in the following table.
Table 3 – Authorities which are participating in the development of the national SDI, which have appointed an INSPIRE focal point and which have responded

FPN	User	Producer	Coordination structure	Observations
Central Hydrographic Region Administration	X	X
Portuguese Environment Agency	---	X	CO-SNIG member
Association of Municipalities of the Litoral Alentejano	X	---
National Forestry Authority	---	X	CO-SNIG member
National Civil Protection Authority	X	X	CO-SNIG member
Municipality of Maia	X	X
Municipality of Marinha Grande	X	X
Municipality of Povoa de Varzim	X	X
Municipality of Arouca	X	X
Municipality of Castelo Branco	X	X
Municipality of Estarreja	X	---
Municipality of Ferreira do Zezere	X	---
Municipality of Guimaraes	X	---
Municipality of Matosinhos	X	X
Municipality of Setubal	X	---
Municipality of Vila Franca de Xira	X	X
Municipality of Vila Real	X	---
Municipality of Seixal	---	X
Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Regional Development and Coordination Commission	---	X
Intermunicipal Community of Alto Alentejo	X	---
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development	X	X
Directorate-General for Energy and Geology	X	---
Directorate-General for Regional Planning and Urban Development			CO-SNIG member	INSPIRE themes distributor
Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Fisheries of Alentejo	X	X
Regional Directorate for Geographic Information and Regional Planning - Regional Government of Madeira	X	X
FPN	User	Producer	Coordination structure	Observations
Braganca Polytechnic Institute	X	X
Estradas de Portugal, S.A.	---	X
Project Structure to Restore Legality	x	---
Metropolitan Area of Porto	x	---

Water Institute	---	X	CO-SNIG member
Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Institute	X	X	CO-SNIG member
Housing and Urban Regeneration Institute	---	X
Vine and Wine Institute	X	X
Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Institute	---	X
Architectural and Archaeological Heritage Management Institute	---	X
Meteorology Institute, I.P.	---	X
Geographic Institute of the Army	---	X	CO-SNIG member
Portuguese Geographic Institute	---	x	SNIG coordinator Chairs the CO-SNIG
Hydrographic Institute	---	X	CO-SNIG member
National Statistics Institute	X	X	CO-SNIG member
Maritime Transport and Port Institute	X	X
National Energy and Geology Laboratory	x	x	CO-SNIG member
Regional Department for Science, Technology and Facilities - Regional Government of the Azores Regional Department for Regional Planning and Water Resources - Regional Government of the Azores	x x	x x