INSPIRE work programme 2025-26 (for endorsement)

Overview

This page provides an overview of the INSPIRE work programme for the period 2025 - 2026. It is a proposed extension of the Work programme for the period 2021 - 2024, as endorsed during the 12th MIG meeting with a tentative duration of 18 months and subject to discussion and endorsement by the INSPIRE MIG. The activities aim at the alignement of the existing actions to the emerging policy and technological context in the transitional period related to (1) the potential revision of the INSPIRE Directive, and (2) the emergence of common European data spaces.  The extended work programme remains focused on the following key strategic objectives:

1. Develop a future vision for the role of INSPIRE in the Green Deal Data space in particular, and the EU Common Data space in general.
2. Define the INSPIRE “crown jewels” – those data sets/themes, for which tangible benefits for environment policy, the implementation of the European Green Deal or other political priorities can be expected.
3. Develop an implementation plan to focus implementation efforts to maximise availability, ensure interoperability and reach pan-European spatial coverage for this well-defined set of priority data.
4. Continue work on simplifying and mainstreaming the technical requirements of the INSPIRE Directive, taking into account emerging paradigms, standards and technologies.
5. Define the transition from the current legal framework to a digital ecosystem for environment and sustainability.

These key objectives are grouped into the following main areas of work for the work programme:

• Area of work 1: A digital ecosystem for the environment and sustainability;
• Area of work 2: Towards a common implementation landing zone;
• Area of work 3: GreenData4All.

Actions

The actions in the table below have been endorsed in the MIWP 2021 - 2024.