Regional SDI cooperation : SEE inspiration in South-Eastern Europe
Bacic, Zeljko & Zeljko Obradovic
The development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and the involvement of individual countries in global activities, such as the establishment of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) through the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI), require from any country and its institutions, regardless of the level of their development, to build significant scientific, organizational and financial capacities. The challenge of the NSDI establishment in the transitional countries, e.g. in the area of South-Eastern Europe, is greater because these countries face in parallel the development of the market economy, State structures and institutions, including the modern National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies (NMCA), by regulating the situation in obsolete registers (cadastre and land registers) as well as a number of other problems. Aware of these facts and having realized that the lack of knowledge and capacities is the main constraining factor to building the NSDI, the NMCAAs of South-Eastern Europe have agreed to cooperate and thus accelerate the development of the SDI in their respective States as well as the implementation of land administration reforms. Apart from exchanging the information and documents, and organizing regional annual conferences, the agreement encompasses the implementation of joint projects and the strengthening of regional and bilateral ties between the agencies.
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