ProGIS

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• ProGIS
• www.progis.fi
• President Tiina Tuurnala, director, Finnish
  Maritime Administration
• Founded 11. October 1993
• Finnish Association for Geographic Information

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National GI Burning Issues their relationship
to the wider Europe
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• INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information
  in Europe)
• What has been the involvement of your
  organisation within your country?- seminar,
  consultation, participation in national council
• Has a shadow INSPIRE coordinating committee been
  set up?- yes, National Council for GI
• Which Government Ministry is leading on
  INSPIRE?- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Which is the most challenging issue of INSPIRE in
  your country?- economic impacts/funding,
  implementation rules
• On which topics of INSPIRE should EUROGI
  concentrate?- general promotion, supporting the
  discussion between stakeholders
• Do you expect any support from EUROGI for doing
  your INSPIRE activity ?- lobbying, promotion
  material

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• Galileo / GMES
• Is your country involved in the development and
  implementation of these two initiatives?- yes
• Which Government Ministry leads on these
  initiatives- Ministry of Trade and Industry
• Is your organisation involved in these
  initiatives?- No (Members are active)
• How do you see these initiatives in relation to
  the PSI Directive, the Freedom of access to
  Environmental Information Directive if at all?

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• Implementation of the PSI Directive in your
  country
• URL of the named Ministry Name of the Government
  Ministry leading the PSI implementation.
  www.vm.fi (ministry of Finance)
• that provides the PSI implementation details.
  www.vm.fi and www.om.fi (Ministry of Justice)
• Has the Ministry undertaken a public consultation
  on the implementation of the PSI Directive? (An
  Impact Assessment). If Yes what was the outcome?
  If No is one expected? National circulation of
  a proposal for comment - summer 2002 directive
  text approved 25.9.2003 implementation 18
  months (by a rough estimation June 2005)
• Has your organisation been involved in the
  national process of implementing the PSI
  Directive? If Yes how has the organisation been
  involved. If No is there a reason? (use bullet
  points)- No
• In your opinion are public sector employees at
  all levels aware of the PSI Directive? Give your
  reason. (use bullet points)- should be better
  aware, the implementation has not yet been very
  visible in Finland
• Has a Freedom of Information law been implemented
  within your country? If Yes state the year it
  came into force. If No is such a law
  envisaged?- yes, 1919 (seehttp//home.online.no/
  wkeim/foil.htm)

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• Burning GI Issues
• GI data pricing.