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SUBMITED TO:
First supervisor: Dr. Ir. W.T. de Vries
Second supervisor: Ing. L. Raidt









MSc Thesis Proposal
Version: 03.08.2014


Student: Vlatko Dimovski
E-mail: v.dimovski@student.utwente.nl
Course: MSc in Land Administration

Title:
Assessing the impact of INSPIRE in relation to SDI
development and implementation in Non-EU-
Member States: Case Study for Macedonia
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Background and Justification ........................................................................................................ 3
2. Literature review ................................................................................................................................. 4
3. Research problem ............................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Conceptual framework ................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Hypotheses or anticipated results ................................................................................................ 7
4. Research objectives and research questions ...................................................................................... 8
4.1 Main objective .............................................................................................................................. 8
4.2 Sub objectives and research questions ......................................................................................... 8
5. Research design .................................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 Location of the research ............................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Operational plan ........................................................................................................................... 9
5.3 Research framework ................................................................................................................... 10
5.4 Approach and methods used in data collection; data processing and data analysis ................. 11
5.5 Method of data collection, data processing and data analysis .................................................. 12
6. Thesis structure ................................................................................................................................. 13
7. Workplan ........................................................................................................................................... 14
8. References ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 17














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1. Introduction
1.1 Background and Justification
Establishing an operational Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is deemed important for informed
decision making on sustainable development. Initially, the need of SDI development is recognized
worldwide. As a consequence there are many countries that started defining and developing their
SDI country-concepts. However there are concepts that evolved from national to regional level, one
of these initiatives is the European Union SDI (EUSDI) INSPIRE. INSPIRE is a community SDI initiative
for establishing an infrastructure for spatial information by the 27 Member States of the EU. The EU
Member States must comply with the INSPIRE Directive (Directive 2007/2/EC) which aims to set up
an SDI and to simplify access to spatial data and spatial data services in Europe as stated by
Badowski (2009).

In relation to this initiative, there is interesting phenomenon occurring in the past few years where
INSPIRE has become more than a standard intended only for EU Member States. This can be seen
from the fact that more and more Non-EU Member States (N-EUMS) are taking in consideration this
Directive as part of their National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) when it comes to developing
strategy and policy formulation. This even extends the socio-organizational dimension where even
the technical dimension i.e. Implementing Rules (IR) are considered. The reasons for doing that are
different for different countries. However, INSPIRE can be recognized as one of the most complex
and most demanding Directives in EU. This questions why would some of these N-EUMS impose
these standards into their (N)SDI even when they are not obliged to do that. Following this view,
there is a need to understand this phenomenon and what are the reasons and extent to which this
Directive can be enforced in N-EUMS.

As it is the case in many others countries, the Republic of Macedonia has also recognized the need of
developing a (N)SDI. Republic of Macedonia is a N-EUMS that is on the beginning of its (N)SDI
establishment. The first real initiative regarding the development of (N)SDI is stated in the NSDI
Strategy developed by the Agency for Real Estate Cadaster (2012) where the INSPIRE Directive is
taken in consideration. The aim of this strategy is to serve as a basis for the future steps needed to
come in relation to policy formulation and future implementation as well as to provide (N)SDI in
compliance to the INSPIRE Directive. There are few assumptions which could be the reason for this.
Some of them is that Macedonia is an EU Candidate Member State, another issue concerns the
problem existing for many years with lack of national standards in relation to spatial data definition
which in a way can be seen as an easy way solving the issues by adopting the INSPIRE data
standards. However, there are many more viewpoints that can be taken in consideration. This makes
Macedonia qualified for a country case research pointing to the need to understand this
phenomenon.

In order to assess the impact of INSPIRE in relation to Macedonian country case there is a need of
developing an assessment approach based on approximation model for evaluating the INSPIRE
implementation in SDI country context. The literature review reveals a good practice in previous
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project- EuroSDR Project Atlas of INSPIRE, which has evaluated the SDI development through
Inventory of INSPIRE experiences of the European National Mapping Agencies by making an
inventory of experiences when implementing INSPIRE, under the assumption that these experiences
implicitly develop the SDI (Vries et al., 2011). As stated by Vries et al. (2011) the focus on research of
the Atlas of INSPIRE is based on the NMAs, and their practices of INSPIRE implementation activities.
Their practices therefore clearly affect the dominating public views and activities towards SDI
development (Vries et al., 2011). With respect to this view the NMCAs can be considered as relevant
sources do derive information regarding the SDI development and implementation progress.
Additionally, many countries in relation to the scope of building EU SDI which is discussed by Masser
(2007) are managed by the NMCAs as leading organizations. This focus will be used as direction for
this research where the impact of INSPIRE on the Macedonian (N)SDI will be viewed through the
perspective of the Macedonian NMCA.

The current research concerns how the INSPIRE Directive impacts the SDI development and
implementation in Non-EU Member States: Case Study for Republic of Macedonia through the
perspective of the NMCA. The dilemma covers few perspectives, offering few propositions which can
lead to some further conclusion. INSPIRE Directive may be strictly designed to corresponds to the
EUMS SDI context or that is also applicable to N-EUMS context. The reasons for complying can be
proven to be relevant, by supporting the Macedonias (N)SDI goals or wrong by becoming additional
burden. It may occur that the INSPIRE Directive is not the only relevant solution or that it can only be
partly implemented in Macedonian (N)SDI context. However, there are many perspectives that can
be taken in consideration. The relevance of this research lies in a better decision making in the
future concerning the (N)SDI not only in Macedonian context but also in other N-EUMS country
context.

2. Literature review
The concept of the overall scientific literature and reports for this research can be structured as
knowledge on particular topics shown in the Table 1.
The proposed research has few key terms that need to be taken in consideration and upon which
the literature research is based on: INSPIRE experiences and implementation strategies, (N)SDI
development and implementation, NMCA role, Macedonian (N)SDI.

This is just a small part of the related literature based on the key concepts and the purpose and
types of literature sources used for this research. This example gives overview of some of the
previous research in this domain, the concepts which represent the basis for the current research
and the tools and techniques used.

SDI development and implementation is a complex scope of decisions, planning, actions and process.
The previous researches gathered by Nedovic-Budic et al. (2011) give different aspects of SDI
implementation and development, using empirical investigation and proposing different range of
methods. This complements the European context of SDI and one of the main concept of the current
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research the INSPIRE Directive (European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, 2007)
which is the basis for starting any INSPIRE related research, so it is largely taken in consideration
during this research too. In relation to this the INSPIRE webpage (European Commission, n.d.) offers
variety of useful reports (Monitoring and Reporting), data specifications, the State of Play reports
that covers the period 2004 2011 and all additional documentation that is used as a data source
and as a information source of existing practices.

Purpose Type of literature sources
Concepts and views on SDI and INSPIRE (European
context)
SDI literature, documentation available on INSPIRE
website, related journal papers etc.
Conducted SDI strategies and policies Country strategies, policies, laws, NMCA related
journal papers etc.
Development and implementation methods SDI and INSPIRE developing and implementation
related papers, positive and negative experiences
etc.
Assessment SDI and INSPIRE assessment methods and views
literature etc.
Data (EUMS, relevant N-EUMS, Republic of
Macedonia)
Country monitoring reports, Previous research
reports, all available relevant SDI, LAS and INSPIRE
literature and documentation for R. Macedonia etc.
Research methodologies and methods Methodologies and methods applied in precious MSc
and Phd research, relevant existing literature and
online sources
Table1. Structure of used scientific literature

A certain perspective on the SDI and the INSPIRE Directive on a global level can be found in the
article by Tonchovska & Adlington (2011). Here are also considered several countries in the World
Bank ECA region such as Croatia, Moldova, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro, Macedonia and others and
theirs starting positions in developing and implementation of their National Spatial Data
Infrastructure. This gives certain direction of the current research. There are not many literature
sources from the past concerning this perspective however in the past few years can be found
enough sources presenting certain picture of INSPRE Directive outside the EU Community.
Information, drawn from a survey over few EU Countries and a few EU candidate countries, on:
Transposition status of INSPIRE, Implementation strategy, Coordination and Cooperation, Measures
to improve data and service sharing, and Other questions can be found in the report made by
Crompvoets et al. (2010). Ceti et al. (2013) are giving an overview of the status of National Spatial
Data Infrastructures (NSDIs) development including the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies
(NMCAs) and the efforts towards implementation of INSPIRE in the Balkan countries. Kroiss (2013) in
his report gives detail analysis of SDI legislation and alignment with the INSPIRE Directive in the
Balkan countries. However none of this related works really focus on the INSPIRE Directive which
helps formulate the related research problem that strives to find the impact and extent of INSPIRE in
N-EUMS.
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These Balkan countries have certain similarities such as the role of the NMCA which is one of the
main concepts of the current research. Bai (2009) gives an interesting review of the framework for
establishment of the Croatian SDI and their State Geodetic Administration (SGA) important role. The
importance of NMCA to NSDI from legal and organizational point of view is pointed out by Kok
(2009). It puts the NMCA as main coordinator of communication between stakeholders, as main
lobbyer for SDI regulation.

Specific part is dedicated to the literature sources covering the country case that is considered in this
research. This covers the first initiatives in relation to the Macedonian (N)SDI. Todorovski (2010),
points out the importance of gathering experience while developing NSDI. He gives overview of the
spatial data and the key actors to develop an (N)SDI (Todorovski, 2009). The concept and the
development of the Macedonian (N)SDI is considered covering the main legislation, leading
organization and international cooperation.
(Dimova (2010) describes the different forms of data managed by AREC that need to migrate into
digital form to fit the NSDI. Overall she points out the importance of NMCA i.e. AREC to NSDI from
technical point of view. The NSDI Strategy for the Republic of Macedonia (Agency for Real Estate
Cadaster, 2012), will be used to draw many base information about the Macedonian NSDI. The
status of the NSDI and INSPIRE in Macedonia in 2011, the NSDI Strategy implementation funding and
the supposed role of coordination of the Agency for Real Estate Cadastre is presented by
Vandenbroucke & Biliouris (2010).

Another article consulted for the research is Atlas of INSPIRE evaluating SDI development through
an inventory of INSPIRE experiences of European national mapping agencies (Vries et al., 2011). This
article provides, as described in the introduction, information on the effect of INSPIRE
implementation over the SDI development and the two emerged models of implementations, with
regard to the national mapping agencies. This type of literature presents a background not only on
the concepts but also on the tools & techniques that can be applied for the current research.

3. Research problem
The current research will review the link between INSPIRE Directive and the N-EUMS or more
specifically the N-EUMS (N)SDI. The research problem concerns how the INSPIRE Directive impacts
the SDI development and implementation in Non-EU Member States viewed from the perspective of
the NMCAs. In this research NMCAs are taken as a relevant source of information based on which
the assessment will be made. This can be supported by the previous research Atlas of INSPIRE
Evaluating SDI development through an inventory of INSPIRE experiences of European national
mapping agencies by Vries et al. (2011).

In order to understand and undertake the assessment, as it is described in the conceptual
framework (Figure1), it is important to see the impact that the implementation of INSPIRE had on
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the EUMS (N)SDI and general on EU SDI. This is necessary in order to draw information that will help
to structure the assessment criteria for the INSPIRE impact over (N)SDI of N-EUMS.

Although this research is addressing a certain group of N-EUMS, in order to assess the impact of the
INSPIRE Directive in relation to SDI development and implementation in N-EUMS the research
problem is narrowed down for in-depth study to a country case for Republic of Macedonia.
Concerning the good practices and the existing cases of development and implementation in EUMS,
the Netherlands Kadaster will be considered. The current research will assess the impact of INSPIRE
Directive in relation to the Macedonian (N)SDI development and implementation and the extent to
which can be enforced or comply to this Directive.

3.1 Conceptual framework

Figure 1. Conceptual framework

This framework shows the main concepts of this research and their relations. As presented in Figure
1, this framework is specific because it reviews the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive in EU
SDI context and addresses the impact of the same Directive in N-EUMS in relation to development
and implementation of (N)SDI. The linkage despite the INSPIRE Directive applies over the
interrelation of the NMCAs.

3.2 Hypotheses or anticipated results
The hypothesis concerns that the development of (N)SDI by Non-EU Member States as the case of
the (N)SDI of Macedonia, by taking in consideration the INSPIRE Directive can contribute to cohesion
and positive international cooperation with the EU SDI and EU Community through implementing a
COMPARISON of gathered data EXTENT OF IMPACT

IMPLEMENTATION
(country reports)

IMPACT
(case study for Macedonia)

INSPIRE
Directive
NMCA EU SDI
Non EU-MS
(N)SDI

Development

Implementation
interrelation interrelation
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combination of technologies, policies and institutional arrangements to improve data access and
sharing processes.
The main organization that should lead the process is the NMCA that plays the main role in sense of
organization with the most important spatial data sets (fundamental data) and historical prove in
policy formulation and implementation.
In addition it will also provide good direction for countries that are in the early phase of SDI
development and a possibility to extend the data framework by taking in consideration the themes
in the Annexes of the INSPIRE Data Specifications.

4. Research objectives and research questions
4.1 Main objective
To assess the influence of the INSPIRE directive in developing of SDI on national level in Non-EU
Member State.
To reflect on how this influence can be taken in consideration through a case study focusing on the
Macedonian NMCAs in (N)SDI.

4.2 Sub objectives and research questions
Sub objectives Questions
Sub objective 1

To assess the current use of the infrastructure for
spatial information sharing in EU and the benefits
of implementing the INSPIRE Directive.
What is the progress of implementation of
INPIRE Directive of EU Member States?
How can be described the current stage of
functionality and use of INSPIRE?
What are the main bottlenecks and benefits
noted from the current stage of implementation
of INPIRE Directive in EU Member States?
Sub objective 2

To assess the role and the influence in national
strategy and policy making of the NMCAs in regards
to SDI development.
Are the NMCAs the leading organizations in SDI
development in the EU Member States and N-
EUMS?
Are the NMCAs relevant to steer the process of
SDI development and implementation in Non-
EU Member States?
How and why the NMCA in Macedonia should
or would comply to INSPIRE Directive?
Sub objective 3

To detect and reflect on the impact of INSPIRE
Directive in relation to SDI development and
implementation in Non-EU Member States: Case
Study for Macedonian (N)SDI.
What is the concept of the Macedonian (N)SDI?
What are the possible reasons to develop a
Macedonian (N)SDI in compliance with the
INSPIRE Directive?
What is the scale/scope of action affected by
the INSPIRE Directive in the Macedonian
(N)SDI?
To which extent the enforcement or compliance
with the INSPIRE Directive can really steer and
direct the course of action in relation to the
Macedonian (N)SDI?
Table2. Sub-objectives and research questions

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5. Research design
5.1 Location of the research
The location of the research i.e. the case study area is specified for the Republic of Macedonia with
main focus on the NMCA there. Additionally small part of the fieldwork will be conducted in the
Netherlands with focus on the Netherlands Kadaster which is needed to provide additional
information, good example and data needed to assess the impact in relation to the case study
applied for Macedonia.

5.2 Operational plan
The research will be carried out in three phases: pre-fieldwork, fieldwork and post-fieldwork phase
as shown in Figure 2. These three phases are covering the empirical work that focuses on finding the
actual values of each of the elements and arrows of the Macedonian (N)SDI context in the INSPIRE
Directive.

Pre-fieldwork phase
The pre-fieldwork phase covers the definition of the research problem which is based on an actual
research problem and a literature review. For this research problem research objectives and
research questions along with certain hypothesis is defined. Additionally in this phase the case study
area was defined where the fieldwork will be conducted.
For this purpose in this phase will be considered all the necessary fieldwork preparations such as
establishing communication with the relevant organizations, defining needed data and specifying
the sources from where they can be obtained, preparing questions for interviews and surveys
structured according to specific target groups. The methods of data collection, type of surveys and
interview and selection of respondents for interviews, surveys and observations will be carried out.

Fieldwork phase
The fieldwork phase covers the data collection, structuring and processing. The data sources are
structured as primary data and secondary data. The data collected on fieldwork is defined as primary
data and it applies to the specified case study in Republic of Macedonia and small part in the
Netherlands Kadaster. The secondary data is collected based on desk study research. The methods
of data collection, processing and analyzing are considered carefully in relation to the research
questions defined in Table 2.

Post-fieldwork phase
The post-fieldwork phase covers the data analysis and interpretation. In this phase based on the
processed primary and secondary data that is collected as part of the fieldwork phase, data analysis
and interpretation will be conducted. The concept of this phase is covering the results and the
outcome of the analysis based on which will be assessed the impact of INSPIRE Directive in relation
to the Macedonian (N)SDI. Additionally the discussions are included. At the end, based on this
outputs certain conclusion and recommendations will be presented.

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5.3 Research framework
Figure 2. Research framework
PRE
FIELDWORK

Actual research problem

Literature review

Define research problem

Define research objectives

Define research questions

Fieldwork preparation:
Case study area: Macedonia
Needed data: documents, legislations,
reports, spatial data etc.
Questions for surveys
Questions for interviews
FIELDWORK

Data collection

Primary data

Secondary data

Interviews, Surveys, Observations,
Spatial Data Samples


Desk study

Primary: NMCA Macedonia
Primary: Kadaster Netherlands

Secondary: Government organizations/
Public agencies (municipalities, ministries
etc.); Private sector (Telecom, Energy,
Surveying companies etc.); Academics in
Macedonia
INSPIRE Documentation
Country monitoring reports
Previous research reports
Developing and
implementation related
journal papers
Assessment methods and
views
SDI development literature
NMCA related journal papers


Structure data
Process data

Structure data
Formulate indicators

POST FIELDWORK

Data analysis and interpretation

Apply indicators on Macedonian NMCA in (N)SDI

Identify IMPACT

Discuss

Conclusion and Recommendation

Identify extent

Identify reasons

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5.4 Approach and methods used in data collection; data processing and data analysis
Case Study and T method
The current research is based on Case Study Methodology. The case study method embraces the full
set of procedures needed to do case study research. These tasks include designing a case study,
collecting the studys data, analyzing the data, and presenting and reporting the results (Yin, 2012).
In this research the focus of interest of the phenomenon described in the background of this thesis
proposal is based on a real life problem concerning the explanatory question: How the impact of the
INSPIRE Directive in developing of SDI on national level in Non-EU Member State can be taken in
consideration through a case study focusing on the Macedonian NMCAs in (N)SDI.
However the overall concept of research can be explained using the T method shown in Appendix
1 where first certain concepts are reviewed from a wider perspective covering certain types of
aspects and their interrelations and second they relate to an in-depth research concerning the case
study for the Macedonian (N)SDI which is the focus of this thesis.

Type of data sources
The primary data can be also divided as primary and secondary in relevance of the organizations
from where the data is obtained. The relevance is in relation to the concept of this research. The
main primary data source is the NMCA i.e. Agency for Real Estate Cadastre (AREC) in Macedonia and
the Netherlands Kadaster. The focus is on the departments and individuals that are included in
policy making, development and implementation of the (N)SDI, data production, data and services
providers and standardization.
The secondary data source in relation to other relevant organizations such as government
organizations and public agencies, private sector and academics is not so relevant for the outcome
of this research because of the focus on the NMCA. However if there is no limitations that depend
on the feedback of the organizations, the possibility to participated can really contribute to better
formulation of the outcome of the research. Additionally data collection using desk study research is
also considered.

The secondary data will be collected using desk study research which will be based on literature
review concerning the INSPIRE documentation, INSPIRE implementation related journal papers and
existing practices, assessment methods and views, SDI developing and implementation literature,
NMCA related journal papers, country monitoring reports and previous research reports which are
shown in a structured way in Table 1. Additionally the data from this information sources will be
used to formulate an indicators framework.

Type of surveys and selection of respondents
The primary data will be collected based on interviews, surveys and observations. The data will be
structured according to specific target groups and departments/organizations from where the data
will be obtained. Additionally will be collected samples of spatial data and information for those data
sets as part of the needed documents.

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Generally the interviews will be carried out with top-level staff and project managers concerning the
policy and strategy formulation and their view in relation to the research questions. This gathered
data will be qualitative. The quantitative data will be gathered through surveys/ questionnaires that
are intended for lower level staff focusing on the implementation process. These surveys will be
divided in a way that will cover specific parts such as the data specifications, standardization,
organization, ICT etc. The primary data sources will be structured according to qualitative or
quantitative data and will be processed accordingly.

5.5 Method of data collection, data processing and data analysis
Data collection
The methods used for data collection, data processing and data analysis are based on multiply data
sources and data sets used to validate the results for the case study. However considering the
involvement of the T-method as overall concept of research this will mainly apply to the Case Study
for Macedonian NMCA in relation to the (N)SDI.
The basic approach for primary data collection is based on quantitative and qualitative method. This
is suitable since the collected data is derived from different sources. The quantitative method is
used to cover broad questions and other relevant data where the used approach for this method
should be trough questionnaire/surveys. The qualitative method has an in-depth approach to
understand the why and how of the studied problem. The gathering of answers for this method is
mostly done through interviews, but also can be taken in consideration observation and reflection
notes and other materials.

In relation to the secondary data sources a desk study research method will be applied. This method
covers the summary, collation, synthesis of existing previous research results and related literature.
The secondary source data is already analyzed and as such it represents a data that is ready to use or
that can be used to define certain perspectives or to formulate certain indicators.
For the purpose of defining the impact, a certain indicators will be formulated. This indicators will
help identify the similarities and differences of the elements and arrows of the Macedonian (N)SDI
context in the INSPIRE Directive thought which the impact will be assessed.

Data processing
Considering the fact that in this research is collected data sets from multiply sources data the data
will be accordingly processed to the method of data collection i.e. quantitative data will be processes
statistically and qualitative data will be processed based on structured/organized, code the data,
descript the patterns and themes of the data. The mixed method research will be used as an
approach to complement each other in sense of different data and different stages of research. The
rest of the data such as data from secondary sources will be structured according to specific aspects
related to this research which will be used in the process for data analysis.

Data analysis
The integration of the quantitative and qualitative data leads to maximizing the strengths of the
quantitative and qualitative data and minimizing their weaknesses. This integration, presenting the
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quantitative results can be used to complement the qualitative results of different data and different
stages of research. In this way will be established a certain relationship.
The data analysis will be based on deriving certain factors and indicators that should be used to find
the actual values of each of the elements and arrows of the Macedonian (N)SDI context in the
INSPIRE Directive. The data analysis will include data decryption, structure and representation in a
form of report of findings from where it will be interpreted. Based on these results the outcome will
be discussed taking in consideration the dilemmas, assumptions and hypothesis and conclusions will
be derived.

6. Thesis structure
The thesis contains 6 chapters. At the beginning of the thesis, before the start of chapter 1 is placed
the following content: Title, Abstract, Acknowledgments, Table of contents, List of figures, List of
Tables and Abbreviations.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 will represent an introductory part which gives the background and justification of the
research problem, covering the research objectives for the main objective and the sub objective
along with the corresponding research questions. Additionally the hypothesis, the conceptual
framework and the research design which refer to the used research methodology will be presented.
At the end of this chapter the structure of the thesis and the work plan are presented.

Chapter 2: Relations - INSPIRE Directive and the role of NMCA in SDI
This chapter will cover the literature review on which the whole research will be based and should
provide basic understanding of the concepts that take part in this research. Here will be considered
the need of SDI development on national level in European context, the INPIRE Directive concept,
some existing views, perspectives, and methods of development and implementation of this
Directive in EU-Member States. However the main consideration will be pointed to the views of the
Non-EU Member States in relation to the impact of the INSPIRE Directive on their (N)SDI and the role
of the NMCAs in relation to SDI development and implementation will be considered.

Chapter 3: Study area and research methodology
Chapter 3 reflects the data collection and processing process as well as the research design
considering the methods, frameworks and techniques used for data collection and data processing.
Additionally it will define the study area with all the data sources, types of respondents and
respectively the type of surveys and interviews. In this chapter besides the primary data it will also
be collected data from secondary sources that will be used to formulate a framework of indicators
based on which the assessment will be conducted.

Chapter 4: Assessment of the impact of INSPIRE
This chapter will analyze the data collected and presented in Chapter 3 and give certain data
interpretation. Based on this data analysis the assessment of the impact is defined in relation to the
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Macedonian (N)SDI. The assessment will be done through the perspective of the NMCA by taking in
consideration different types of (N)SDI aspects/dimensions.

Chapter 5: Views on the impact of INSPIRE in relation to the (N)SDI in Macedonia
Chapter 5 is considering the derived results in Chapter 4, the existing views, perspectives and
methods of INSPIRE development and implementation on European level in relation and focus on
the Macedonian case study. Here the results from the assessment are presented. Based on this
informations certain discussions will be made in relation to the Macedonian (N)SDI concept and the
extent to which can be enforced. The outcome formulates certain views on the impact of INSPIRE in
relation to the (N)SDI in Macedonia.

Chapter 6: Conclusion and recommendations
This chapter summarizes the conclusion drawn from the research in this thesis. Here based on the
outcome of the assessment that was made and the discussions that will be initiated some
recommendations will be given for further research concerning the impact of INSPIRE in relation to
SDI development and implementation in Non-EU-Member States and specifically for the case study
of Macedonia.

7. Workplan

Table3. Workplan



Activities
1
Ini ti al research
proposal
2 Li terature revi ew
3
Fi el dwork
preparati on
4
Fi el dwork-data
col l ecti on
5
Anal ysi s of
col l ected data from
pri mary and
secondary sources
6
Refl ecti ons of the
resul ts from the
anal yses on one
rel evant case study
7
Mi d-term
presentati on
8
Concl usi ons and
recommendati ons
9 Fi nal correcti ons
10
Submi ssi on of fi nal
MSc research
11
Presentati on
preparati on
12 Defense
Dec-2014 Jan-2015 Feb-2015 Mar-2015 Aug-2014 Sep-2014 Oct-2014 Nov-2014
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Appendix 1
The T method approaches the current research from a two interrelated perspectives. The first one is
the horizontal perspective where certain concepts are reviewed from a wider perspective covering
certain types of aspects and their interrelations. These concepts as shown in Figure 3 are addressing
the INSPIRE, NMCAs, EUMS SDI and the N-EUMS (N)SDI. Most of this perspective in relation to data
and information will be covered by desk study research as part of the literature review.
The second perspective is the vertical line that applies the relations of these concepts on a case
study for the Macedonian NMCA in relation to (N)SDI. This gives in-depth possibility to investigate
the research problem which is the focus of this thesis.


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