NIPP - 19th NSDI workshop within the project "Capacity Building for the establishment of the NSDI"

On February 2, 2021, in organization of the State Geodetic Administration, the 19th NSDI workshop was held, as the first in a series of workshops under the common name "Inclusion of local and regional self-government units in the National Spatial Data Infrastructure". This workshop was held as a virtual workshop through the Microsoft Teams platform as part of the implementation of the project "Capacity Building for the establishment of the NSDI" which is co-financed by the European Social Fund. The workshop was attended by 37 participants, representatives of local and regional self-government units from the area of Varaždin, Međimurje and Koprivnica-Križevci counties, as well as SGA employees.

The 19th NSDI workshop was opened by Antonio Šustić, deputy director general of the State Geodetic Administration, who introduced the SGA and the basic regulations for which it is responsible: Law on State Survey and Real Estate Cadastre, Geodetic Activities Act and National Spatial Data Infrastructure Act.

The picture shows Antonio Šustić, deputy director general of SGA, at the opening of the 19th NSDI workshop, held in the form of a webinar

Those present were greeted by Ljerka Marić, MSc, Head of the Spatial Data Infrastructure Sector, who emphasized the dual role of the SGA, as a data provider (Digital cadastral plan, Register of Spatial Units…) and coordination of the establishment and development of the NSDI. She briefly introduced the Spatial Data Infrastructure Service, whose internal organizational unit is the NSDI Service, responsible for the implementation of the NSDI Act. The participants were also greeted by Tomislav Ciceli, MSc, Head of the NSDI Service, who presented the ESF project "Capacity Building for the establishment of the NSDI", within which a new cycle of NSDI workshops is held.

The first, introductory lecture entitled “Introduction to NSDI; Anyone can easily find, understand and use spatial data" was held by Tomislav Ciceli, MSc. The lecture presented the legal, strategic, technical and time framework for the establishment, maintenance and development of the NSDI, in order to acquaint the representatives of local and regional self-government units with the same, but also with the obligations arising from them.

The picture shows Tomislav Ciceli, MSc, giving an introductory lecture at the 19th NSDI workshop

This was followed by a short questionnaire, in order to obtain feedback from an interaction with the participants on the knowledge of the NSDI, its purposes and the obligations of the participants as representatives of the NSDI subjects. The results showed that most participants understand well the goals and benefits of NSDI, but active involvement is needed to achieve them.

The picture shows the answers obtained to the 3rd question from the questionnaire. The answers obtained indicate a good understanding of the purpose of NSDI by the workshop participants.
The picture shows the answers obtained to the 8th question from the questionnaire. The obtained answers indicate a good understanding of the advantages of including spatial data to the NSDI by the workshop participants.

After the questionnaire Tanja Rodin, MSc, presented the NSDI Registers, which represent the first step in involving subjects in the NSDI. Thereby she interpreted the provisions of the NSDI Act relating to issues such as: who is the subject of the NSDI, what are the spatial data and which spatial data are part of the NSDI, as well as the procedure for registering subjects and sources of spatial data in the NSDI Registers.

The picture shows Tanja Rodin, MSc, giving a lecture at the 19th NSDI workshop

The next lecture "NSDI Metadata Catalog / NSDI Geoportal" was given by Iva Gašparović, PhD. This lecture was dedicated to the final step of including subjects in NSDI, accompanied by detailed explanations of metadata input in order to facilitate the inclusion process to NSDI subjects, and to ensure further maintenance and development of spatial data sources and related metadata under the jurisdiction of the NSDI subjects.

The picture shows Iva Gašparović, PhD, giving a lecture at the 19th NSDI workshop

Through the lecture "Network Services" Tanja Rodin, MSc, explained the development and types of network services, in accordance with the INSPIRE Directive, which was transposed into Croatian legislation through the NSDI Act.

The last lecture "GeoHrvatska" was given by Iva Gašparović, PhD, who briefly presented the GeoHrvatska browser, as one of the basic products of the NSDI intended for citizens.

19th NSDI WORKSHOP PROGRAM
TIME	AUTHORS AND PRESENTATION TITLES	FORMAT
10:00–10:05	Workshop opening (Antonio Šustić, deputy director general)
10:05–10:15	Introduction to the workshop (Ljerka Marić, MSc, and Tomislav Ciceli, MSc)	PDF
10:15–10:55	Introduction to the NSDI; Anyone can easily find, understand and use spatial data (Tomislav Ciceli, MSc)	PDF
10:55–11:10	Interaction with participants
11:10–11:30	NSDI Registers (Tanja Rodin, MSc)	PDF
11:30–11:40	Pause
11:40–12:05	NSDI Metadata Catalog/NSDI Geoportal (Iva Gašparović, PhD)	PDF
12:05–12:30	Network services (Tanja Rodin, MSc)	PDF
12:30–12:40	GeoHrvatska (Iva Gašparović, PhD)	PDF
12:40–13:00	Discussion
13:00	Workshop closing

Access to the NSDI website from which it is possible to download forms for the purposes of project implementation (all forms are in Croatian language).

19th NSDI workshop within the project "Capacity Building for the establishment of the NSDI"

The picture shows the answers obtained to the 3rd question from the questionnaire. The answers obtained indicate a good understanding of the purpose of NSDI by the workshop participants.

The picture shows the answers obtained to the 8th question from the questionnaire. The obtained answers indicate a good understanding of the advantages of including spatial data to the NSDI by the workshop participants.