[SDI-Europe] Fwd [EGIP]: socio economic impact of SDI in Catalonia Report published today

[Piergiorgio Cipriano]

Interesting paper from Catalunya!
Apologise for cross-posting.


"Max Craglia" <massimo.craglia at jrc.it>
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02/04/2008 17.32

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Subject socio economic impact of SDI in Catalonia Report published today

See
 http://www.ec-gis.org/inspire/reports/Study_reports/catalonia_impact_study_r
 eport.pdf



 >Publication details:
 >
 >Title:
 >The Socio-Economic Impact of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia
 >
 >Abstract:
 >This report presents the finding of a study undertaken in 2007 by the
 Centre
 >of Land Policy and Valuations of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
 on
 >the socio-economic impact of the spatial data infrastructure (SDI) of
 >Catalonia. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
 commissioned
 >the study and recommended the methodology. The study is based on a sample
 of
 >20 local authorities participating in the Catalan SDI, together with 3
 >control local authorities not participating in the SDI, and 15 end-user
 >organisations, of which 12 are private companies operating in the
 Geographic
 >Information (GI) sector, and 3 are large institutional users of GI. The
 >study found that the total direct cost of establishing and operating the
 >Catalan SDI (IDEC) over a five year period (2002-06) was of  Euros 1.5
 >million, of which Euro 325,000 for each of the first two years (2002-03)
 >necessary to launch the SDI, and Euros 283,000 per annum to operate and
 >develop the infrastructure in the three subsequent years (2004-06). Human
 >resources represented 76% of the costs during the launch period (the rest
 >being capital investment), and 91% during operation.
 >
 >The economic benefits in terms of increased internal
 >efficiency of local public administrations for 2006 alone exceed Euros 2.6
 >million per year. Therefore the study concludes that the total investment
 to
 >set up the IDEC and develop it over a four year period (2002-05) is
 >recovered in just over 6 months. Wider socio-economic benefits have also
 >been identified but not quantified. In particular, the study indicates that
 >web-based spatial services allow smaller local authorities to narrow the
 >digital divide with larger ones in the provision of services to citizens
 and
 >companies. The illustrative case-study of the difference between two local
 >communes, one which enables citizens to query their cadastral parcels and
 >get all the necessary planning and building permission on line, while the
 >other requires the process to be done by hand after making an appointment
 >with the local technician illustrates well the opportunities offered by the
 >IDEC. In addition to evaluating the socio-economic impact of the SDI in
 >Catalonia, the study reflects on the indicators used for the study and the
 >limitations encountered in collecting the necessary information, with
 >suggestions for future work in this important field of research.
 >
 >
 >

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