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Description
SDIC Title UK Local Government
Acronym UKLG
Details
Mission and Objectives The local government community is represented by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA). The LGA promotes better local government and works with and for member authorities to realise a shared vision of local government that enables local people to shape a distinctive and better future for their locality and its communities. They aim to put local councils at the heart of the drive to improve public services and to work with government to ensure that the policy, legislative and financial context in which they operate, supports that objective. The IDeA was created by local government, for local government and to lead local government improvement by sharing good practice through self-challenge and innovation.
Mandate To represent and consult with the UK local government community the impact of INSPIRE.
Formal Mandate National Government
Main Activities To provide advice, analysis, research and intelligence to local government to promote better local government. To coordinate the Mapping Services Agreement (MSA) for local government in the UK. To be the stakeholder for the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) and National Street Gazetteer (NSG).
SDIC URL
Membership LGA, IDeA, local government
Typology Regional Sectorial
Comments
Contact information for SDIC
Contact Person Steven Brandwood
Organisation Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
Function GI Programme Manager
Address Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG
Country UNITED KINGDOM
Tel 07884312242
Fax  
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  3. register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  4. participate in the review process
  5. implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  6. contribute to awareness raising and training
  7. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: TransNational
Description of geographic extent UK
Societal Sector local government
Specific Expertise
Metadata
Data Specifications
Network services
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes
Title UserProducerCoordinator
Addresses
Transport networks
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development - Domain expertise in addresses and transport networks - Specification development with accompanying guidelines - Specification implementation - Participation in standardisation work (BS7666) - Experience in geographic information product development - GI software development (hubs for data flows to and from hundreds of organisations, moving evercloser to real time transactions) - Data analysis and assesment - Research in the field - Member of INSPIRE Action Working Group
Primary Business Supporting local government business 
Environmental application domains Urban, rural and transport developments  

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