MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION
Environmental Information System:
Challenges and Opportunities
Teimuraz Murgulia
19 November 2014
FOREWORD
Printed payroll form
MoENRP circa 2014
FOREWORD
SEEA is a successor to the
widely used SNA.
Considering international
bodies, backing it, replacement
to happen quite soon.
MoENRP Functions
Biodiversity Protection
Management of Natural and
Anthropogenic Hazards
Water Resources Management
Management of Nuclear and
Radiation Threats
Atmospheric Air Protection
Forestry Management
Land and Natural Resources
Management
Protected Areas Management
Solid Waste and Chemical
Substances Management
Environmental Impact Assessment
and Permits
Climate Change Mitigation and
Adaptation
Environmental Supervision
MoENRP Functions
National Environmental Agency
Geological Studies
Meteorology and Hydrology
Monitoring
Licensing
Environmental Education and
Information Center
Formal Education
Informal Education
Public Awareness
Information Systems
Legislative Foundation
31
EU
8/17
>30
>80
MEAs
AA/DCFT
SDGs
Laws
Bylaws
∞
Strategies, policy papers, studies, recommendations, indicators
International Cooperation
Key Findings
No Strategy, No Coordination
Many local deployments
12 unrelated GIS servers
No UX consistency
No data policy
No interoperability framework
And sure, no security
Major challenge – Knowledge Management
DONOR 1
PROJECT A
HARDWARE
(50%)
MEASUREMENTS
LOCATION
DONOR 3
UNFCCC
PROJECT C
HARDWARE
(50%)
POLICY
AA/DCFTA
EARLY
WARNING
PROJECT B
MHEW
DONOR 2
Other Challenges
Data from sensor grids (4D)
Application submission
Real-time control
AI Triggering
GIS integration
Remote Sensing ready
And interoperability
Interoperability Architecture
SYSTEM CORE
DATA
BI + AI
COMM. SVC + UI
[GIS]
SERVICES
UI
EXT. APPS
[GIS]
OpenData & OpenServ
OpenServ
UI
EXT. APPS
OpenData & Remote Sensing
Immediate Opportunities
Solid Waste Management Module
GIS Integration Solution
Universal Application Submission
Species & Habitats Module
Licensing Module
Sensor Grid Module
+Legal Editor
+Being Mobile Friendly
Our first try to develop
mobile software in-house.
Multi Hazard Early Warning System
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND
NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION
Thank you!