A joint initiative of Infologica and Plovdiv chamber of commerce and industry, held on 13 June in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The aim of the workshop was to inform small and medium enterprises, public institution and organisation about smeSpire project and the opportunities which offers INSPIRE directive. The workshop was a joint initiative of Infologica company and Plovdiv chamber of commerce and industry. The workshop was held on 13 June in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.The aim of the workshop was to inform small and medium enterprises, public institution and organisation about 

More than 30 participants from different branches mainly in the field of geodesy, cartography, information and communication technologies, education and environment protection participated in the workshop.

During the workshop had been presented the current status and implementation of INSPIRE directive in Bulgaria,

 adoption of data and services standards, smeSpire project – overview, aims, project results.

Speakers at the event were Lilyana Turnalieva, Head of department “Spatial datasets” at Executive Agency “Electronic Communication Networks and Information Systems”, Martin Ford from GiSt, Georgi Georgiev, Zhenya Valcheva and Vassilen Dontchev from Infologica.

The discussion during the workshop considered new opportunities for innovations business opportunities about SMEs and public sector in regard to the implementation of INSPIRE directive on national level.