Build-up of a business model for sustainable NSDI
Cetl, Vlado & Ivan Landek & Ante Roncevic
Experiences from most countries worldwide show that initial funds for setting up the first generation NSDI come from the state budget. However, the NSDI development process has several phases, including implementation, maintenance and further development, which requires a long-term stable finance mechanism. Therefore, a short-term finance mechanism can rely on the state budget, but for sustainable development it is necessary to define a long-term one. Development stage of the existing NSDI is closely related to this. In the early phase of the NSDI set-up, it is not possible to gain benefits alongside reasonable costs, and financial support is necessary. In this phase it is unlikely to expect bigger engagement from the private sector, and the financing relies on the state budget. Further development and the move from the 1st-generation to 2nd-generation NSDI marks its ability to stimulate productivity and the spatial data and service market, to achieve benefits and contribute to the overall society welfare. Support for this process is achieved through building a business model for sustainable partnership and a business network, and for functioning joint services. This paper gives theoretical views of the build-up of an NSDI business model, as well as practical experiences of the work group for building the NSDI business model in Croatia.
Event: International Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructure 2010
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