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Moldova: Improving Spatial Data Services following EU standards

This EU twinning project builds on the first twinning project from 2014 – 2016.The outcomes demonstrated the benefits of having and sharing spatial data between different stakeholders, following the INSPIRE directive. 
This project tackled the lack of understanding of the basic principles of a national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI). 

Principles such as:
•    availability and accessibility of spatial data
•    a national data sharing policy 
•    organizational and financial capacities in the spatial data domain
•    cost recovery guidelines
•    spatial data for decision-making 
•    crisis management

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The overall objective of this twinning project was to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Moldova in to implement the Association Agreement and the European Union accession process.
The specific goal was to enhance the e-government structure in Moldova through improved spatial data sharing and cooperation among authorities. This in line with EU standards and international best practices.

The project achieved the following results:

  1. establishment of a sustainable NSDI Governance
  2. development of a NSDI cost recovery model
  3. use of the existing spatial data in Moldova enabled
  4. capacity building and awareness raising
  5. review of existing NSDI legislation and proposal for improvements

Croatia – State Geodetic Administration 
Poland – Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography
The Netherlands – Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) 

Croatia was the lead member state, and Poland and the Netherlands (RVO) were junior partners.
The Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre was the main beneficiary of this project. They worked in close collaboration with other main NSDI stakeholders in Moldova. In order to develop, manage, and maintain a geospatial data infrastructure.
Kadaster International was one of the implementing expert organisations, supporting RVO in the execution of the project.

February 2020 – October 2023

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