
The State Authority for Geospatial Information will come under the Prime Minister.
Some changes in the draft law "On some additions and changes to the law no. 72/2012, "On the organization and operation of the National Infrastructure of Geospatial Information in the Republic of Albania" determine, among other things, this.
The report underlines that in addition to the changes in the law which correct the change of ASIG's dependence from the former Minister of Innovation and Public Administration to the Prime Minister, the institutional structural reform necessitated the revision of various aspects of the existing legal and institutional framework related to the sector of geospatial information, this also related to the legal provisions regarding BIG (Geospatial Information Board).
Some of the changes and additions are proposed for the positioning of ASIG within the IG sector, in a central role in relation to other institutions, as well as within the cooperation with public authorities responsible for IG topics, aiming at the production and generation of accurate information, qualitative and in accordance with the approved standards, usable for the benefit of governance and the well-being of the citizens," the report states.
The same assesses that the draft law foresees the clear positioning of ASIG vis-à-vis other institutions of the sector, its central, coordinating and monitoring role, as well as the new architecture of the organization of functions in this institution. The adoption of this draft law will positively affect the increase in the use of IG by public institutions, private enterprises and the public, the added value of geospatial data, their reuse without restrictions in the function of decision-making and technological services.
The news that the approval of this draft law aims to bring, grouping them according to the four strategic goals defined in the Policy Document for the Governance of the IG Sector 2020-2030, related to the strategic goal availability of geospatial information, strategic goal two for the use of geospatial information , strategic goal three for the functionality of the state IG system and strategic goal 4 good administration of the geospatial information sector.