CENIA

Czech Environmental Information Agency (CENIA) is a subsidized organization of the Ministry of the Environment. The basic purpose of the organisation is professional, information, data and research support for the performance of state administration and the operation and development of information systems within the scope of its activities. CENIA thus provides validated data and information in the field of the environment, provides mapping services and manages and operates a number of information systems. It provides the technical infrastructure for the fulfilment of reporting obligations, deals with waste and circular management issues and carries out assessment and certification activities in the field of integrated prevention. It cooperates with all providers of data sources in the Ministry of the Environment as well as with a number of research, scientific and university institutions. In the Czech Republic, CENIA is the contact point for the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe INSPIRE.