INSPIRE Knowledge Base
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SINAnet

Description
Organisation: 
Italian Environmental Information System
Acronym: 
SINAnet
Details
Mission and Objectives: 
The architecture of the Italian system resembles the EEA/EIONET model, in order to attain the following objectives : to take advantage of experiences, organisational and technical concepts, standards and tools developed in EIONET framework; to promote the Italian participation in European initiatives aiming at building an effective European environmental information system; to ensure a better integration between the European environmental information system and the Italian one, thus streamlining data flow between European and Italian Systems.This framework of knowledge management allows Italy, through Environmental Protection Agency (APAT), to interact with other environmental information systems.
Formal Mandate: 
National Government
Mandate: 
The National Environmental Information System is a project having the aim to delineate a strategic line by a National Environmental Information System. The system is able to operate on environmental monitoring and collecting data for the environmental phenomena understanding, and it intends to support the decision makers from local to national level.
Activities: 
operation and development of the National Environmental Information and Monitoring System; collection, evaluation, integrated assessment, reporting, publication and dissemination of environmental data and information;
Membership: 
It is based on a cooperating system among the main institutions having competences on environmental data recovering and management. The network consist in: Regional Focal Points,Italian Environmental Agency System (APAT, ARPA/APPA), Main National Institution (IPR) (as Italian Statistic Institute, River Basin Authority, etc..)
Typology: 
Regional
Sectorial
Thematic
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
  • collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
    • yes
  • contribute to awareness raising and training
    • yes
  • be kept informed
    • yes
    Geographic Domain
    National
    National
    Societal Sector
    Central and Regional Government
    Specific Expertise
    Specific Expertise: 
    Metadata
    Network Services
    Monitoring and Reporting
    Data Specifications
    Data and Service Sharing
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development
    SINAnet provides technical support to the Ministry for the possible follow up of the INSPIRE Directive and is directly interested in being involved as the formal responsible for several relevant programmes, such as production and collection of national data sets and database management or the national geothematic cartography.
    Environmental application domains
    energy, soil, geology, inland and marine waters, natural hazards, metrology, biodiversity, forests, agriculture, urban environment, CORINE Land Cover etc.
    Primary Business
    Environmental protection
    INSPIRE Data Themes
    Coordinator
    Soil, Land use, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Oceanographic geographical features, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Energy Resources
    Producer
    Hydrography, Protected sites, Land cover, Geology, Soil, Land use, Environmental monitoring Facilities, Natural risk zones, Atmospheric conditions, Oceanographic geographical features, Bio-geographical regions, Habitats and biotopes, Species distribution, Energy Resources
    User
    Geographical names, Administrative units, Addresses, Cadastral parcels, Transport networks, Elevation, Orthoimagery, Statistical units, Buildings, Human health and safety, Utility and governmental services, Production and industrial facilities, Agricultural and aquaculture facilities, Population distribution and demography, Meteorological geographical features, Sea regions, Mineral Resources, Coordinate reference systems, Geographical grid systems