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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	Environmental Information Centre
Details
Level of authority	National Poland
Formal Mandate	The Minister of the Environment on the 17th November 2011 gave the Environmental Information Centre new tasks, including be a contact point for the Ministry of the Environment Council on Infrastructure for Spatial Information and other units of INSPIRE, cooperation with the National Coordinator and the National Council of SIP and the leading bodies of INSPIRE, also developing strategies of create, maintain and develop infrastructure for spatial information department of the environment.
Main Activities	The support for units of the Ministry of Environment will consist on coordination of work on spatial data themes, which are the responsibility of leading bodies: Minister of the Environment, Chief National Geologist, Chief Nature Conservator, Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection, The President of the National Water Management Authority: Annex I: 8, 9, Annex II: 4, Annex III: 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
LMO URL	www.ekoportal.gov.pl
Comments	The leading bodies such as: Chief National Geologist, Chief Nature Conservator, Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and The President of the National Water Management Authority are sybject to The Minister of the Environment, who is also a leading authority. Therefore, The Environmental Information Centre on behalf of the Minister will coordinate the work on all spatial data themes under the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment.
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person	Maciej Rossa
Organisation	Environmental Information Centre
Function	Director
Address	ul. Wawelska 52/54, 00-922 Warszawa
Country	POLAND
Tel	+48225792215
Fax	+48225792688
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
allocate experts to Drafting Teams submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies participate in the review process implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules contribute to awareness raising and training be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain:	National Description of geographic extent: Poland
Societal Sector	central government
Specific Expertise	Metadata Data Specifications Network services Data and Service Sharing Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes	Theme User Producer Coordinator Coordinate reference systems     Geographical grid systems     Geographical names     Administrative units     Addresses     Cadastral parcels     Transport networks     Hydrography   Protected sites   Elevation     Land cover     Orthoimagery     Geology   Statistical units     Buildings     Soil     Land use     Human health and safety     Utility and governmental services     Environmental monitoring Facilities   Production and industrial facilities     Agricultural and aquaculture facilities     Population distribution and demography     Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units     Natural risk zones   Atmospheric conditions   Meteorological geographical features   Oceanographic geographical features     Sea regions     Bio-geographical regions   Habitats and biotopes   Species distribution   Energy Resources   Mineral Resources
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development	In December 2011 we started work on setting up an internal Working Group for INSPIRE and the INSPIRE contact point in the Ministry of Environment. Director of the EIC in December 2011, attended a meeting of the INSPIRE Committee in Brussels for a summary of test specifications for spatial data themes listed in Annex II and III of the INSPIRE directive. Implemented (12.2011) trial version for Web Catalog Serwice consistent with the requirements of INSPIRE, realized through the catalog metadata. Implemented (12.2011) a trial version of Web Map Sevice consistent with the requirements of INSPIRE, the browser realized by mapping. Preparatory Action has been taken for the implementation (in accordance with the roadmap INSPIRE) trial version of Web Feature Service and Web Coverage Service, in accordance with the requirements of the INSPIRE.
Primary Business	Environmental Management
Environmental application domains

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