Gathered participants at the beginning of the workshop were welcomed by Ljerka Marić, Head of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Sector of the State Geodetic Administration, who stressed the importance of adopting the NSDI Strategy to all NSDI stakeholders.
Tomislav Ciceli, Head of the NSDI Service, presented the Strategy itself with a focus on basic elements; vision, mission and strategic goals. As the ultimate NSDI goal, a vision is highlighted that reads "Everyone can easily find, understand, and use spatial data."
Also there were presented activities at the level of each strategic goal that are planned to be realized.
In continuation, there was an active discussion among the participants who expressed their satisfaction with the written strategy and planned activities and stressed the need to strengthen inter-institutional co-operation in order to achieve our goals and obligations. Participants were asked to submit their comments and suggestions in the given term in order to timely fulfill all the prerequisites for adopting the strategy.
