The information accessible on this area of the INSPIRE site has been provided by Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisation (LMOs) via the ongoing Call for Expression of Interest for INSPIRE development.

The information includes:

LMO Description
Organisation Eurostat- Statistical Office of the European Commission
Details
Level of authority Europe
EU countries
Formal Mandate Eurostat’s mission is to provide the European Union with a high-quality statistical information service.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

This is a key task. Democratic societies do not function properly without a solid basis of reliable and objective statistics. On one hand, decision-makers at EU level, in Member States, in local government and in business need statistics to make those decisions. On the other hand, the public and media need statistics for an accurate picture of contemporary society and to evaluate the performance of politicians and others. Of course, national statistics are still important for national purposes in Member States whereas EU statistics are essential for decisions and evaluation at European level.

International statistics are a way of getting to know your neighbours in Member States and countries outside the EU. They are an important, objective and down-to-earth way of measuring how we all live.
Main Activities Eurostat collects a broad range of statistics.

DG Environment, the Joint Research Centre and Eurostat are the 3 DGs responsible for INSPIRE. Eurostat is the overall implementation coordinator and will operate the EU Geoportal.
Eurostat is responsible for the INSPIRE secreteriat and the INSPIRE Committee and for 2 drafting teams: the drafting team on monitoring and reporting and the drafting team on data and service sharing.
LMO URL http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home  
Comments While unit E1: Farms, agro-environment and rural development, as an active TWG member, is represented separatly, all the other units are represented by this LMO.
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person Eiselt Beatrice
Organisation Eurostat- Statistical Office of the European Commission
Function Administrator
Address Rue Alcide de Gasperi, 2920 Luxembourg
Country LUXEMBOURG 
Tel +352 4301 35087
Fax  
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
  1. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  2. collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
  3. participate in the review process
  4. contribute to awareness raising and training
  5. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: Europe
Description of geographic extent: EU
Societal Sector European public authority
Specific Expertise
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes
Theme UserProducerCoordinator
Coordinate reference systems    
Geographical grid systems    
Geographical names  
Administrative units    
Transport networks  
Hydrography    
Elevation    
Land cover  
Statistical units  
Buildings    
Land use  
Human health and safety    
Environmental monitoring Facilities    
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities    
Population distribution and demography  
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development Coordination of the drafting team on monitoring and reporting, coordination of the drafting team on data and service sharing.
Primary Business Statistics, GISCO database 
Environmental application domains  

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