Who's who in INSPIRE

Consolidation Team (CT)

The Consolidation Team (CT) consists of staff of the European Commission from the three DGs, DG Environment, Eurostat and JRC.

Role: Its role is to coordinate the IR development.

DG Environment acts as the overall legislative and policy co-ordinator for INSPIRE,

Eurostat acts as the overall implementation co-ordinator and supports the IR developments on data sharing and monitoring.

JRC acts as the overall technical co-ordinator of INSPIRE, and is responsible for the development of IRs for metadata, data specification and network services. JRC is also responsible for the development of the INSPIRE geo-portal.

INSPIRE Committee (IC)

The regulatory nature of the Implementing Rules requires the Commission to present them to a Regulatory Committee of Member Statesrepresentatives, referred to as the INSPIRE Committee.

Role: The INSPIRE Committee has the general task to assist the Commission and to deliver its opinion on the draft Implementing Rules proposed by the Commission. This opinion shall be delivered in the form of a vote.

Member State Contact Points (MSCP)

Each member state must designate a Contact Point, usually a public authority, to be responsible for contacts with the Commission in relation to INSPIRE.

Role: The role of the contact points is to provide results about the transposition of INSPIRE in National legislation.

The contact points will also be responsible for providing regular information about the implementation of INSPIRE in their country and report on behalf of the Member State to the Commission.

Initial Operating Capability Task Force (IOC TF)

The Initial Operating Capability Task Force (IOC TF) was set up in June 2009 to help and support Member States in the implementation of INSPIRE services and ensure interoperability with the INSPIRE geoportal the European Commission. The IOC TF consists of the representatives, from all Member States, responsible for the Architecture design and the service implementation of the National SDIs.

Role: The initial focus of the IOC TF is on the implementation of the INSPIRE Discovery and View Services.