HABITATS Social Validation of INSPIRE Annex III Data Structures in EU Habitats

Update: 25/05/2011

The objectives of HABITATS project

The HABITATS project focuses on the evolution of INSPIRE standards through a participatory validation process building a trans-European social network to generate usage scenarios and requirements, and assess the impact of project outcomes, to directly feed into interactive data/metadata modelling of the four INSPIRE data themes 16-19.

Widespread user validation is grounded in 7 pilot services covering these data themes across Europe, and led by content-providing partners:

• Wild Salmon Monitoring (IE)
• La Palma Protected Marine Area (ES)
• Hiking Trip Planner (IT)
• Soria Natural Reserve (ES)
• Sheep and Goat Herd Management (IT)
• Economical activity at marine coastal benthic habitats (LV)
• Czech National Forest Programme (CZ)Monitoraggio dei Salmoni selvatici (Irlanda)

The validation pilots involve multi-stakeholder partnerships in which users actively participate in the co-design of the network services, and develop on-demand integration on the pilot service mash-up platforms. Validation pilot partnerships develop and test organisational / institutional arrangements for service sustainability and business models that underpin the project’s sustainability and exploitation strategy.
Specific and realistic quantified indicators measure the envisaged improvements in
availability, access and use.

The role of ISPRA
Partecipants for ISPRA as User Engagement are the following: Matteo Guccione, Michela Gori and Gabriella Rago.

• Brochure (pdf 900 kb)
• Habitats website