Process of transition and SDI : interaction, effects and the role of the NMCA
Bacic, Zeljko
In the past twenty years, many European countries have experienced a process of transition from the Socialist setting into the market economy and political environment. Under specific transitional circumstances, these countries develop in parallel their spatial data infrastructures (SDI). The processes that arise from the situation are somewhat different from the processes happening in the developed countries because their premises differ as well as their motors of changes and immediate goals. Further differences exist also between countries in transition due to different historic legacy, culture, motors of economic development and political environment. In the context of the economic and social transition, the SDI establishment is therefore a task that encompasses the recognition of political and social needs and the provision of adequate solutions to these needs, the accumulation of knowledge and capacities needed for the SDI establishment and the communication with the subjects that needs to promote the basic SDI idea formed in such a way that the subjects can understand and accept it. The afore-said clearly indicates that the SDI institutional framework and its clearly defined SDI role by the development stakeholders are extremely important and sensitive for the future of the SDI in any country.
Event: GSDI 11 Spatial Data Infrastructure Convergence : Building SDI Bridges to address Global Challenges
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