Best Practice 92 - ESPUS (Effective management of spatial data and services) Country: Slovakia Policy domain: Geospatial skills, Geospatial framework Level of government: National Process owners: Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic Short description: The ESPUS (Effective management of spatial data and services) project was launched in 2020 with a focus on "soft skills" support to INSPIRE implementation in synergy with eGovernment. The project aims to improve the functioning of public administration through efficient access to and use of spatial data and services. Four main areas are…

Best Practice 91 - Slovak Semantic Interoperability Framework Country: Slovakia Policy domain: Digital government, Geospatial Level of government: National Process owners: Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic Short description: The Slovak Semantic Interoperability Framework (SSIF) was initially created in 2013. Its objective is to establish semantic interoperability in all Slovak public administration systems and, additionally, to ensure data interoperability with all European countries. From 2016 a linked open government data focused community started to publish linked open data…

Best Practice 90 - Sveriges Dataportal Country: Sweden Policy domain: Open data Level of government: National Process owners: Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) Short description: Valuable information and data are produced, processed and shared from public bodies consisting of state authorities, regions and municipalities as well as from public companies. Sweden's national data portal promotes the re-use of data for the benefit of the entire society. The portal gathers and shares data for re-use to make it easier for users to find and explore it across sectors and domains. The portal…

Best Practice 89 - Identification of valuable data sets in accordance with the Open Data Directive Country: Sweden Policy domain: Open data Level of government: National Process owners: Lantmäteriet Short description: In order to improve location-enabled processes and services, Lantmäteriet, in collaboration with relevant actors, has been commissioned by the Government to identify valuable amounts of data and which actors are affected by these in accordance with the revised PSI Directive (Open Data Directive). The assignment included an analysis of societal benefits and budgetary consequences…

Best Practice 88 - Swedish API strategy Country: Sweden Policy domain: e-Government Level of government: National Process owners: Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) Short description: DIGG is leading the establishment of a common national digital infrastructure where API management is a priority focus area. Since digital services are largely based on the availability of APIs for consumers and producers, it is of great importance that organisations manage APIs efficiently from a holistic perspective. Organisations sharing their APIs via Sweden's data portal can activate the API search…

Best Practice 87 - Smart Built Environment Country: Sweden Policy domain: Regional and urban development, Construction Level of government: National Process owners: Lantmäteriet Short description: “Smart Built Environment” is a programme based on the unique feature of integrating Building Information Models (BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and industrialised construction developments. Its aims are to take a holistic approach to the opportunities that digitalisation can bring and to catalyse the dissemination of new opportunities and business models across the built environment…

Best Practice 86 - Praia em Directo Country: Portugal Policy domain: Bathing information Level of government: National Process owners: Agencia Portuguesa do Ambiente e Instituto Hidrográfico Short description: Praia em Directo is an application that provides real time information collected through monitoring stations and equipment installed in coastal and inland bathing areas. This allows the collection of various information on weather conditions, estimation of inflow to the sand and area surrounding the beach, as well as the beach occupancy index made available for 80 bathing areas…

Best Practice 85 - Project POWER Country: Poland Policy domain: Geospatial competencies, e-Government Level of government: National Process owners: Central Office of Geodesy and Cartography (GUGiK) Short description: GUGiK is implementing, as part of the Knowledge Education Development Operational Programme for 2014-2020 (POWER), a project entitled "Raising digital competences of e-administration - educational and training activities for users of spatial information infrastructure - stage II". The aim of the project is to strengthen the skills and knowledge of public administration in the…

Best Practice 84 - Widok monitoring portal Country: Poland Policy domain: e-Government Level of government: National Process owners: Ministry of Digitisation, National Institute of Telecommunications Short description: Widok is a monitoring portal implemented to collect and analyse data on the use and performance of digital public services. The data collected include digital take-up, completion rates, user satisfaction, traffic statistics, cost per transaction and keywords that bring users to websites via search engines. The platform is being adapted to the needs and suggestions of Polish…

Best Practice 83 - Strategy for Responsible Development Country: Poland Policy domain: Social, economic, regional and spatial development Level of government: National Process owners: Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy Short description: The Strategy for Responsible Development (SRD) defines the basic conditions, goals and directions of the country's development in the social, economic, regional and spatial dimensions for the period from 2020 and 2030. Its main objective is "creating conditions for the growth of incomes of Polish residents while increasing cohesion in the social, economic…

Best Practice 82 - Norway Digital Country: Norway Policy domain: Geospatial Level of government: National Process owners: Norwegian Mapping Authority Short description: Norway Digital is a formal collaboration between organisations that are responsible for providing established NSDI information and / or who are major users of such information. The partners in the collaboration are municipalities, counties and national agencies that are suppliers and users of geographical data and online services. There are common technical and administrative obligations based on the Geodata Act (https:/…

Best Practice 81 - Registration of avalanches Country: Norway Policy domain: Disaster forecasting and management Level of government: National Process owners: NVE - Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) Short description: The monitoring of landslides and avalanches includes an overview of spatial and temporal distribution of such events, their number, type and size. An event inventory is particularly critical after a warning for risks of landslides or avalanches, to evaluate if the warning level and the warning area were correct and to improve…