HELCOM

Description

Organisation:

Helsinki Comission

Acronym:

HELCOM

Details

Mission and Objectives:

The Helsinki Commission, or HELCOM, works to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution through intergovernmental co-operation between Denmark, Estonia, the European Community, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.

Formal Mandate:

International

Mandate:

Intergovernmental environmental organization

Activities:

HELCOM, which is works as:an environmental policy maker, an environmental focal point, a body for developing Recommendations, a supervisory body dedicated to ensuring that HELCOM environmental standards are fully implemented and a co-ordinating body.

Membership:

Governments and scientific institutions in the contacting parties

URL:

http://www.helcom.fi

Typology:

Regional

Thematic

PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development

participate in the review process

yes

be kept informed

yes

Geographic Domain

International

Baltic Sea

Societal Sector

Regional

Specific Expertise

Specific Expertise:

Metadata

Monitoring and Reporting

Data and Service Sharing

Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development

HELCOM Secretariat uses and makes available information that contracting parties create.

Primary Business

Marine environment

INSPIRE Data Themes
Coordinator	Transport networks, Protected sites
User	Administrative units, Addresses, Transport networks, Hydrography, Protected sites, Elevation, Land cover, Orthoimagery, Geology, Statistical units, Buildings, Soil, Land use, Human health and safety, Utility and governmental services, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Area management / restriction / regulation zones & reporting units, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Meteorological geographical features, Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Energy Resources, Mineral Resources, Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems, Geographical names

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