Giorgio Saio
GISIG - Geographical Information Systems International Group
Italy

Biography
Graduated in Computer Science Engineering, Co-ordinator and legal representative of the GISIG Association, in particular in charge for the networking activities and the promotion of new initiatives, also in charge for the projects co-ordinated/participated as partner by the Association, within various European Programmes (e.g. ICT-PSP, FP7, IST, EESD, GMES, LdV). As representative of the Association, he participates in various GI European and International Panels.

Abstract
eENVplus - eENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS WITHIN INSPIRE

The wider objective of eENVplus (EC co-funded project by ICT-PSP programme) is to support, at European and national levels, the implementation of INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) and SEIS (Shared Environment Information System for Europe) through deployment and integration (to ensure interoperability) of value-added eEnvironment services and applications available at national level or through past/on-going key EC-funded project.
The ICT solutions to be deployed by eENVplus follow both a top-down philosophy, by deploying operational implementation requirements for sharing environmental information according to the European ICT policy context, and a bottom-up philosophy, by re-using and making interoperable, existing solutions for environmental data-sharing already developed by recent projects and initiatives.
At the EU level, several initiatives try to maximise the benefits interoperability at multi-levels:
• European Interoperability Strategy (EIS)
• Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA)
• Public Sector Information Directive
• Digital Agenda for Europe
• INSPIRE Directive
eENVplus has identified existing services/tools, developed by other EC-funded projects, which will be re-used and integrated to provide operational and interoperable added value services in order to satisfy the needs and the requirements of the local, national and European environmental directives and policies.
To ensure interoperability between the components of the infrastructure, significant attention will be paid to compliance to standards by:
• Selecting relevant protocols and guidelines,
• Providing strict validation services and
• Contributing to the revision of the standards and implementing rules based on the feedback gathered by the operational implementation those standards.
To offer the actual eENVplus outcomes implementation in a variety of different situations (nature conservation, air quality, water, etc.) and user needs, it is intended to implement 9 environmental scenarios in 10 pilots. The pilots with their scenarios will allow to better streamline the tools available to the project into the main flow of INSPIRE compliance, with evident implications on interoperability among applications, existing or planned.