The legal component, one of the key segments for NSDI development in Republic of Macedonia
Sonja Dimova
According with the legal regulation of Republic of Macedonia, the national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) is establishing technological, legal and administrative framework for inter-institutional cooperation, which supports the initiatives for e-government and enables the integration of the spatial data from different sources into one network. The most important element for the development of the NSDI law is the NSDI strategy, which was developed before several years. It comprised 7 components: Define Strategic Mission and Vision, Build Business Case, Define Governance Structures, Legal Framework, Interoperability Infrastructure, Outreach and Capacity Building and NSDI Implementation Roadmap. In our case, the key component for real NSDI development is the legal, because in its framework was developed a draft version of the NSDI law. Macedonian government adopted the strategy in 2012 and established a working group for finalization of the text on NSDI law, which is good base with defined framework. NSDI law of Republic of Macedonia was adopted by parliament in 2014 (http://nipp.katastar.gov.mk/geoportalCms/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/law-on-NSDI-eng.pdf). The Law of the NSDI enables the creation of a legal framework to define the sources of spatial data and access, metadata and services and to define conditions and methods of use and access to data and services. At the same time the law provides for setting up of the administrative unit and technical support of the NSDI within AREC. Also in accordance with Article 29 the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre (AREC) is responsible for establishing, maintaining and providing public access to the NSDI geo-portal, maintenance of metadata services, a registry of metadata and associated trainings. The NSDI law is perpared according to INSPIRE directive 2007/2/EC (https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/documents/directive-20072ec-european-parliament-and-council-14-march-2007-establishing). Adoption of the NSDI law created legal premise for formal implementation of the national spatial data infrastructure in compliance with INSPIRE.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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