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Description
SDIC Title OGC Iberian and Latin-American Forum
Acronym OGC ILAF
Details
Mission and Objectives The mission of the Iberian and Latin-American Forum is to address the OGC outreach and education needs of government, academic, research and industry organizations both in Iberian countries and Latin American countries. The Forum also provides a coordination mechanism to prioritize Spanish and Portuguese speaking people interoperability requirements and communicate these requirements into the OGC standards process. Finally, the Forum will establish and maintain coordination with the OGC European Forum on issues relevant to the broader European interest in the OGC international process. The objectives of the Iberian and Latin-American Forum are to increase the profile and awareness of geospatial interoperability standards in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, with national and local government as well as commercial and industry organizations, academic and research organizations, to provide a forum for the collaboration of developers and users of spatial data products and services, and to assist in the definition of a set of standards to meet the requirements of Iberian and Latin American countries.
Mandate Informal organization interested in OGC related activities.
Formal Mandate None
Main Activities Workshops and technical specifications assesment.
SDIC URL http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ILAFpublic/WebHome
Membership national and local government of Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Latin-American countries; commercial and industry organizations; academic and research organizations.
Typology Regional Thematic
Comments
Contact information for SDIC
Contact Person Joan Capdevila
Organisation Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Function Director Servicio Regional en Cataluña
Address Bergara 12, 4 planta
Country SPAIN
Tel +34 93 520 96 20
Fax +34 93 520 96 28 
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. participate in the review process
  3. implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  4. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: International
Description of geographic extent Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Latin-American countries
Societal Sector All
Specific Expertise
Network services
Data and Service Sharing
INSPIRE Data Themes
Title UserProducerCoordinator
None    
All    
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development None.
Primary Business Standardization, Software development, Architecture design, Consulting/Tecnical services  
Environmental application domains  

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