Geoinformation project group

This project will link processes and data related to spatial planning, construction, environmental protection, water management, and natural conservation. This will include horizontal integration of existing information systems, with open, full, and easy access to digital data and services. Standards for linking processes, data, and services will be harmonized. Services will be created for data access and exchange, and there will be a single entry point to easily accessible, open data. Given that the project is essentially a state digitalization effort, the project team will also include the ministry responsible for state information technology (IT) information and the country’s data cloud.

Project Office

The Project Office will manage the coordination of this significant investment, offering support in administration, IT, legal affairs, and other specialized areas. It will see to promoting the project among the professional and lay publics.

Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia

The Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia’s part in the project is in establishing the fourth (temporal) dimension of the national coordinate system as a cornerstone of digital location.  It will develop a modern national topographic system, link that system to spatial monitoring, digitalize the state topographic data model and update obsolete data, and digitalize Lidar (laser scanning) data.

Missing engineering infrastructure will be digitalized, along with the process of registering such infrastructure. Floor plans will be vectorized and visualized as part of digitalization, and a system for verifying cadastral data will be introduced. A system will be produced for analyzing and modeling the value of real estate with the goal of increasing transparency in the real estate market. The project will also see a foundation set for linking locational data and services. To increase and improve how digital data and services are used, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia will establish a knowledge center and base for its employees’ long-term education.

Directorate for Spatial Planning and Construction

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning’s Directorate for Spatial Planning and Construction will provide project support to local communities, especially in updating municipal spatial planning acts and establishing systems of recording buildable land. Data on spatial planning acts and recording building land will be publicly available, serving as an important source of information for investors in seeking the right locations for investments. Regional user-support centers will be founded to increase the usage, utility, and interoperability of digital location data. These regional centers will also help the state and local municipalities with spatial planning and ensure harmonized methodology for undertaking tasks. It will see to the linking of processes and data related to spatial planning, the environment, water, nature, and real estate, and the spatial IT system will be connected to other IT systems.

Water Directorate

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning’s Water Directorate will construct an IT system for all public agencies involved in environmental protection, a hub for effective monitoring and record-keeping on environmental conservation efforts while also providing support for management and analysis both and home and abroad.

The Slovenian Water Agency

The Slovenian Water Agency will contribute to the project data on landslides and erosion, showing geological formations comprised of rocks subjected to weathering and geological formations affected by marine waves (cliffs). The upgraded eVode IT system will facilitate connections with other spatial planning and environmental systems, as well as provide a hub for submitting opinions and approvals about water usage, as well as for other procedures closely linked to the project as a whole. The services developed will aid policymakers in making better decisions more quickly. Part of the system is made up of the online Water Atlas portal, which will provide the public with curated information. Proper hardware will also make up part of the project.

Environment Directorate

The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy’s Environment Directorate will construct an IT system to support the drafting and publication of documentation and decisions, public participation, oversight, recording and disseminating data, and issuing/changing environmental permissions and other decisions, environmental assessments, initial proceedings, etc.

This system will support processes and help inform the public, as well as aid in drafting reports to the European Commission.

In terms of comprehensive assessments, the system will be linked to the system for spatial planning, which will facilitate public debate and publication. According to the Environmental Protection Act (ZVO-2), a special platform will be launched for comprehensive environmental assessments, linked to the Environmental Atlas and the Natura 2000 data.

The Slovenian Environment Agency

The Slovenian Environment Agency will construct a comprehensive information system with database and application for managing data on the state of the environment (water, soil, etc.). The objective is to link the systems with external shareholders as a starting point for accelerating development investments in the digital and green transition, improving the business environment, and reducing red tape for target groups. Digitalization will help optimize processes of monitoring and verifying data, while increasing efficiency and reducing risk. At the same time, its service will aid decision-makers in planning and monitoring policy and measure implementation for improving the quality of water, air, and soil in accordance with the requirements of Slovenian and European legislation; at the same time, its updated website will make it easier to inform the public and decision-makers about air, water, and soil quality.