[geo-discuss] Fw: INSPIRE Democratic Process 2/2006

Fri Jan 27 16:11:54 UTC 2006

(Trying to help Benjamin with the petition today, more as it happens.)

----- Forwarded message from Christopher Corbin <corbinceh at ntlworld.com> -----

To: EGIP <european-gi-policy at jrc.it>

If you wish to participate in the next stage of the democratic process on
the proposed INSPIRE Directive then now is the time to start preparing for
the second reading of the proposed INSPIRE Directive.  As there is plenty of
reading and thinking to be done the following is just a rough outline as a
suggestion I am sure there are other ways as well which will lead to
success. 

1. Read the co-decision guide pages 5 through to 7 that can be downloaded
from URL http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cmsUpload/code_EN.pdf
The purpose of this step is to appreciate what is allowed and what is not
allowed during the second reading and then develop your lobbying strategy
accordingly.

2. Read the outputs from the first reading Council (See below), Parliament,
Committees and the European Commission.

3. Identify MEP's you may wish to address and think about the position that
you may wish to put to them.  It is important to understand the political
party line rather than the MEP's views and positions.  MEP's may toe the
national party line that they are affiliated to.  If they are affiliated to
the political party in power in their country then they are likely to adopt
the Member State Government line.

4. Share your views on what ever forum you are connected to and identify
with to see if there is any support for your ideas - if you cannot gain
consensus in your peer group then think hard about going to the politicians.

5. Consider EU and National policies that might be in conflict with any of
the 1st reading positions.  For example data not available for security
reasons but Europe has a open skies policy, satellite imagery is available
from sources outside of the EU.  What is needed here is real live examples
that can be referred to -0 not words - not myths - but real substance.

6. Formulate your lobbying line so that it is in the language of the
politicians and presented in a way that is in tune with the key policy areas
at the EU level.

Time scale for the above 2 to 3 weeks - not long - especially if you wish to
use techniques like a mass lobby.

It is important for all data users to get involved and civil society.

Share ideas on how to prepare.

The objective is to reach a consensus and a positive route forward.

In parallel with the above ascertain your National position and if this is
documented share it irrespective of the language it is presented in - it is
useful to know where to locate it.

Debating your point of view amongst the GI community is great but it is the
people now making the final decisions that need to be engaged.

It is worth reminding oneself that politicians are by enlarge dependent upon
their constituents engaging with them and providing them with information
that enables them to operate effectively.

In case you have not already spotted that the Council document archive has
been updated with the Statement of the Council's Reasons today 27th January
2005.  The document description and PDF URL is below.

12064/2/05 (6 pages)
REV 2
ADD 1

Title:    COMMON POSITION adopted by the Council 23 January 2006 with a view
to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European
Community (INSPIRE)
Date of document: 23-01-200
Date Archived: 27-01-06

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st12/st12064-re02ad01.en05.pdf

The background documents in case you do not have them were posted to the
Council Archive in November and December 2005 and can be downloaded from the
following URL's.  This set of documents provides an audit trail of what has
been taking place with respect to the proposed INSPIRE Directive within the
Council

12064/05 (40 pages)
Title:    COMMON POSITION adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption
of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
Date of document: 18-11-2005
Date Archived: 20-11-05

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st12/st12064.en05.pdf

12064/05 (6 pages)
ADD 1
Title:    COMMON POSITION adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption
of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)
Date of document: 18-11-2005
Date Archived: 22-11-05

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st12/st12064-ad01.en05.pdf

15148/05 (2 pages)
Title: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the
Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the
Community (INSPIRE) [first reading] Adoption of (cp + s) (a) a common
position (b) a statement of the Council's reasons
Date of document: 05-12-2005
Date Archived: 7-12-05

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st15/st15148.en05.pdf

15148/05  (3 pages)
ADD 1
Title: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the
Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the
Community (INSPIRE) [first reading] Adoption (cp + s) of the common position
of the statement of the Council's reasons Statements
Date of document: 05-12-2005
Date Archived: 8-12-05

http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/05/st15/st15148-ad01.en05.pdf

Good luck - give it a go.

Chris

Chris (Corbin)

Brighton
Sussex
England

Telephone: +44 (0) 1273 553110
email: corbinceh at ntlworld.com

EGIP Archive:  http://www.ec-gis.org/egip/

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