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Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (Arctic SDI) www. arctic-sdi. org Status report Steering Committee Meeting Kiruna Sweden 31. Oktober – 1. November Magnús Guðmundsson Director General National Land Survey of Iceland www. arctic-sdi. org 1

The Arctic SDI - the vision An Arctic SDI – based on sustainable co-operation between mandated national mapping organisations – which will provide for access to spatially related reliable information over the Arctic to facilitate monitoring and decision making www. arctic-sdi. org 2

Project Organisation Decision making bodies The Board Project Owners (NMA’s DG or corresponding managerial level) Advisory Group (acknowledged professionals) Steering Committee Inkl. PMG Support & Marketing Reference group: Arctic council Liaison (NMA’s ASDI Coordinators) CAFF WG Executive bodies TWG Technical Working Group www. arctic-sdi. org AWG Administrative Working Group (Data Access Terms) www. arctic-sdi. org The Arctic SDI is a user driven project – input from AC Working Groups, IPY and other User Groups is of most importance 3

PROJECT FRAMEWORK - Project phases Arctic SDI Structuring Phase 2010/2011 Establishing Phase 2011/2012 www. arctic-sdi. org Operational Phase 2012/2013 4

1 st Board Meeting 30. 03. 2012 q To fully support the Arctic SDI project as described in the project plan that was agreed on the meeting of Arctic SDI Steering Committee in Reykjavik in April 2011. v The participating Board Members gives their support to the discussed Mo. U. The document will then be signed by the DG, and returned to Magnús Guðmundsson no later than June 1 2012. q To give access to reference datasets provided by the NMAs of selected, relevant national topographic and other types of data such as land cover, hydrology, and other data that may be available. q To continue to establish a co-operative network amongst the national mapping agencies (NMAs) surrounding the Arctic in order to provide national geospatial map data as a baseline for analysing and monitoring. www. arctic-sdi. org 5

1 st Board Meeting 30. 03. 2012 q To continue developing the structure of the Arctic SDI project f. x. terms of reference for the Board, Steering Committee and Working Groups. v Terms of Reference for the both the SC and the Board is to be established. It is decided that the Chairman of the Board with assistance from Martin Skedsmo will come up with a draft for To. R for the Board and the SC no later than May 1. q It is decided that the PMG will be part of the SC. q To make a paper to be ready by Arctic SDI Steering Committee in 15. June 2012 for the SAO meeting in november 2012 to prepare meeting of the foreign ministers in Kiruna in 2013 q Meetings of the Board twice a year and more if needed via teleconference. Next meeting of the Board in September 2012, to be held in Moscow. www. arctic-sdi. org 6

1 st Board Meeting 30. 03. 2012 v User groups to be better defined, or user cases made. Focus on emergency and education for user cases. TWG and Chairman of the SC is to seek a broader cooperation with the user community. v It is decided that the Advisory Group is not to interact with the Board, or to be part of the decision making bodies. The Advisory Group is to support the project v It is decided that during the Establishing Phase, that each participating NMAs will organize their own financing. v It is decided that each participating member, is to point out a technical POC to be a member of the TWG www. arctic-sdi. org 7

1 st Board Meeting 30. 03. 2012 v It is decided that the TWG is to continue the work with the prototype as planned – refer to the updated Project Plan (V 2. 0). This is supported. v It is decided that the Arctic SDI workflow will stand as a guidance document for the further progress of the project. www. arctic-sdi. org 8

2 nd Board Meeting 14. 09. 2012 v Mo. U – important to fulfill and sign the Mo. U as soon as possible, at the end of this year. Look into the possibilities of making the Mo. U less of a Mo. U. v Project plan – dynamic document that will be worked on as long as the project carries out. The project plan is to be discussed during the SC meeting in more details, but the Board will have the full responsibility of the To. R for the SC. v Technical support. There is a need of more engagement from all countries, and access to tecnical staff, and datasets/services to be included in the portal. v Decisions in the Board is to be taken in consensus, as within the Arctic Council. www. arctic-sdi. org 9

2 nd Board Meeting 14. 09. 2012 v Flexible Board meetings, with the involvement of other Nordic Director Generals when interest. v Emergency and Risk management stands out as the most important theme for the project. v To. R for TWG and SC. Adopted at this meeting, with a two week notice for comments. It will then be finalised. Mr Palmer and Mr Skedsmo (PMG) shall receive the necessary comments from the Board, and will then send this back, updated within two weeks. v The protocol will be sent out no later than a week after the Board meeting, with a two week notice to comment before it is finalised. www. arctic-sdi. org 10

2 nd Board Meeting 14. 09. 2012 v Time and place for the next Board meeting: Canada in March 2013. www. arctic-sdi. org 11

Finally • From the start of this back in 2008, we are now building a large project. Needs for more resources and more developed governance ! • Input from the user community is of utmost importance for a successful result. More action needed here. • With an increasing focus on the Arctic, good reference map data is invaluable. Great Interest in the project. • Sustainable NMAs produces the best reference data available. Magnús Guðmundsson & Martin Skedsmo August 2012 www. arctic-sdi. org 12

Thank you ! www. arctic-sdi. org From the Arctic SDI SC meeting in Moscow 12 – 13 September, 2011 Palmér Owe Bengt Palmér Kjellson and Skedsmo & Martin Skedsmo Owe Palmér & Martin Skedsmo March October 2012 2011 April 2012 www. arctic-sdi. org 13