INSPIRE Knowledge Base

INTERO

Description
Organisation: 
Italian National earTh & Environment Research cOmmunity
Acronym: 
INTERO
Details
Mission and Objectives: 
Discuss issues related to INSPIRE influence on the National System of End-users (both operational and scientific) dealing with the Earth & Environment sector, as far as data model, network services and encoding systems are concerned.
Formal Mandate: 
National Government
Mandate: 
Agreement
Activities: 
Working Groups, Technical specification development, projects.
Membership: 
Italian Prime Minister's Office Department of Civil Protection - Italian National Research Council - Ministries of : Defence, Environment, Regional Affairs - Italian Agency of Territory - Italian Regions : Basilicata, Calabria, Friuli, Sicilia - Mediterranean Agency for Remote Sensing and Environmental Control - Tern Consortium
Typology: 
Regional
Sectorial
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

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

  • submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  • yes
  • allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  • yes
  • participate in the review process
  • yes
  • contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules
  • yes
  • implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  • yes
  • collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
  • yes
  • register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  • yes
  • contribute to awareness raising and training
  • yes
    Geographic Domain
    National
    ITALY
    Societal Sector
    Central Government, Civil Protection, Applied Research, Local Agency
    Specific Expertise
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development
    The Earth and Environment Department of the CNR has been working (at the National and International level) on the following main areas: Earth System: interaction among land, sea, atmosphere and Biosphere; Global changes; Environmental systems quality; Water and land systems sustainability; Natural and man-made risks; Earth Observation; Pollution control and Environmental recovery. The Civil Protection Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers is the operative arm of the President of the Council, when it comes to coping with the protection of the country's people and goods, undergoing particular threats and dangers deriving from conditions of natural, environmental or anthropic risk. The mission of the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory considers the following main sectors: nature protection, quality of life, environmental research and development, environmental safeguard, soil defence.
    Environmental application domains
    Natural and man-made Hazard Prevention and Management; Environmental Monitoring
    Primary Business
    Emergency services, Public safety, Environmental Management, Software development, Standardization, Remote Sensing, Architecture Design
    INSPIRE Data Themes
    Coordinator
    Producer
    User