Overview
This page provides an overview of the INSPIRE work programme for the period 2025 - 2026. It is a proposed extension of the Work programme for the period 2021 - 2024. This extension was endorsed by the MIG after the 19th MIG meeting with a duration of 18 months. The activities aim at the alignement of the existing actions to the emerging policy and technological context in the transitional period related to (1) the potential revision of the INSPIRE Directive, and (2) the emergence of common European data spaces. The extended work programme remains focused on the following key strategic objectives:
- Develop a future vision for the role of INSPIRE in the Green Deal Data space in particular, and the EU Common Data space in general.
- Define the INSPIRE “crown jewels” – those data sets/themes, for which tangible benefits for environment policy, the implementation of the European Green Deal or other political priorities can be expected.
- Develop an implementation plan to focus implementation efforts to maximise availability, ensure interoperability and reach pan-European spatial coverage for this well-defined set of priority data.
- Continue work on simplifying and mainstreaming the technical requirements of the INSPIRE Directive, taking into account emerging paradigms, standards and technologies.
- Define the transition from the current legal framework to a digital ecosystem for environment and sustainability.
These key objectives remain grouped into the following main areas of work for the work programme:
- A digital ecosystem for the environment and sustainability;
- Towards a common implementation landing zone;
- GreenData4All
Actions
The table below contains an overview of the actions in the extended MIWP together with the closed ones from the previous work programme.
| MIWP-ID | Area of work | action | status | focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 1. A digital ecosystem for the environment and sustainability | Towards a digital ecosystem for the environment and sustainability | continued | Continuation of work related to INSPIRE Good Practices and novel approaches for data sharing and simplification of existing approaches. |
| 2.1 | 2. Towards a common implementation landing zone | Need-driven data prioritisation | closed | Work continued under Actions 2.5, 3.1 and the newly proposed 3.2. |
| 2.2 | 2. Towards a common implementation landing zone | Roadmap for priority-driven implementation | closed | Work continued under Actions 2.5, 3.1 and the newly proposed 3.2. |
| 2.3 | 2. Towards a common implementation landing zone | Simplification of INSPIRE implementation | closed | Data-service linking simplification work completed. The governance of INSPIRE artefacts is moved to Action 2.4. |
| 2.4 | 2. Towards a common implementation landing zone | Central INSPIRE infrastructure components | continued | Continued work on the streamlining and simplification of central INSPIRE components, including the governance of INSPIRE artefacts (former Action 2.3.1). |
| 2.5 | 2. Towards a common implementation landing zone | Alignment of INSPIRE and High-value dataset implementation | continued | Continued work on the alignment of HVD and INSPIRE and activities towards the reduction of reporting burden and stramlining the implementation. |
| 3.1 | 3. GreenData4All | GreenData4all initiative | continued | Activities related to the potential revision and consequent implementation of the legal instrument(s). |
| 3.2 | 3. GreenData4All | GreenData4All transition | new | Assessing the impact of GreenData4All measures on the current INSPIRE implementation, developing a transition roadmap and guidelines to support the transition. |