High technology at low cost in the management of cap subsidies in catalonia
From EPSA - European Public Sector Award
It is never easy for an administration to reinvent itself. Nevertheless, in such socioeconomic contexts as the current one, public administrations need to advance mechanisms and procedures which enable them to simplify tasks, increase productivity, use resources efficiently as well as keeping material costs down. The administration, as a public body, needs to ensure its objectives are fulfilled at all times. In this project, all these ideas are realised.
The pioneering approach of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (DAAM) is designed for the management and control of the Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) agricultural subsidies. The approach consists of carrying out on-thespot (OTS) checks through the use of recently captured aerial images in the same year for which the subsidies are sought. Different platforms are used such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) combined with other air-borne sensors of the Catalan Cartographic Institute (ICC). Through the use of this working method, the simplification of management, minimisation of costs and an extraordinary increase in performance have all been achieved. It also allows for 90% of the inspections of land parcels to be carried out from the office, separating the checks from climatic and orographic considerations and providing an objective portrayal of the farming exploitation. The administrative processes that affect the recipient are also simplified. What the European regulations envisage for the adjudication of the subsidies has been rigorously applied using this methodology. Several factors have been crucial in the success of this project. The opportunity of having flight expeditions and its innovative OrtoXpress services available from the ICC, which have enabled access to images in only a few weeks after the flights have been made; the integration of orthophotographs through the WMS protocol in the application of management controls (CON); the willingness and involvement of the design team behind the project and the involvement of the rest of the organisation that has participated in it.
All of these circumstances have made this innovative project a European reference, recognised at Bergamo in November 2010 with the prize awarded for the best paper at the 16th Annual International Conference on Geographic Information Systems (SIG) Teledetection and the CAP organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission (EC) advisor in aspects related to the management and control of CAP European agricultural subsidies.
| Award info | |
| Award category: | smart public service delivery |
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| Award type: | nominee |
| Award year: | 2011 |
| Project type | |
| Sector: | Environment, climate change, agriculture (incl. food safety) and fishery |
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| Keywords: | IACS, on-the-spot checks, aerial image, DMC, UAV, ortoXpress |
| Short English description: | Public administrations need to advance mechanisms and procedures which enable them to simplify tasks, increase productivity, use resources efficiently as well as keeping material costs down. The administration, as a public body, needs to ensure its objectives are fulfilled at all times. In this project, all these ideas are realised. |
| Further information | |
| Organisation: | Catalan Government – Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Environment |
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| Homepage: | http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/DAR |
| Level of government: | regional level |
| Size of organisation: | >100 |
| Number of people involved: | >15 |
| Country: | Spain |
| EU membership: | EU member |
| Language code: | en |
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