As a part of the program for the Norwegian State visit to Slovakia, a number of professional events were arranged, and one was a seminar on Geographic Information for Development. The seminar was arranged in co-operation between the mapping and cadastre agencies of Norway and Slovakia.

* The main objective of the seminar was to exchange information and experiences related to the establishment of National Spatial Data Infrastructures in the two countries and their participation in the EU INSPIRE Program.
* A second objective was to explore the potential of establishing contacts and  the interest for co-operation between the two authorities as well as between private sector companies in Norway and Slovakia.  The latter should be understood in relation to the EEA financial mechanism, under which the Government of Norway is providing grant funding for projects in a number of EU members, including Slovakia. It is a potential that such projects could be for geographic information.

The programme of the seminar

Presentations to be downloaded.

Implementing Norwegian funded projects with the State Geodetic Administration in Croatia - Fredrik Steiwer, Project Management and Mapping AS

Protecting land in Norway through stateownership and public restrictions on private land  - Helge Onsrud, Statens kartverk

Private sector and its contribution to the NSDI - Øystein Halvorsen, GBL

New Architecture Concepts of Information Systems - Steinar Høseggen, Geomatikk IKT AS

Presentation of Norwegian Mapping Authority - Knut Arne Gjertsen

Status of the basic reference to pographic database for NSDI in Slovakia -  Luboslav Michalík, Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava

Establishing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure(NSDI)for Norway –a joint effort by manystakeholders - Kåre Kyrkjeeide, Statens kartverk

Status and Perspectives of the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority–Availability of Geographic Information in Slovakia - Hedviga Májovská, Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority of the Slovak Republic

Statens kartverk’s activities abroad - Helge Onsrud

Implementation of GIS solutions by private sector - Peter Pavlicko, Sevitech

Mapping the World from the air  - new technologies and products -  Jan Sirotek, BLOM

INSPIRE implementation in Slovakia