Download or read book Support to the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Directive 2007/2/EC on Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The INSPIRE Directive was adopted in 2007 to establish the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Union for the purposes of the EU environmental policies and policies and activities that may have an impact on the environment. INSPIRE aims to improve the availability, quality, organisation, accessibility and sharing of spatial information amongst various levels of public administration, across different sectors and across borders to assist in policy-making with a direct or indirect impact on the environment. The INSPIRE Directive reacts to the growing need for sharing and exchanging interoperable spatial data across Europe for policy-making by removing obstacles to the sharing of spatial data across public authorities. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the Directive and its implementation in line with the Better Regulation Guidelines. The evaluation covers the period between 2014 and 2020. Geographically, it covers all 27 EU Member States and four EEA/EFTA countries.1 Asregards the thematic scope, this evaluation study supports the evaluation of the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and covers all provisions of the Directive and its Implementing Rules. Moreover, the study contributes to the wider coherence assessments required for the 'GreenData4All' initiative as part of the European Data Strategy. The evaluation was conducted in the period from October 2020 to September 2021. Data was collected through an extensive desk research, interviews with key stakeholders, Focus Group interviews with selected Member State authorities, targeted surveys with spatial data, environmental, agricultural and marine communities, a public consultation and a validation workshop.