The GEO-WB6 Metadata Portal
The GEO-WB6 Metadata Portal is an open and innovative platform that enables users to discover, evaluate, and share geospatial metadata across the Western Balkans. It does not store the data itself, but describes the original sources where it is located. Built under the GEO-WB6 project, it addresses regional data fragmentation by improving standardized access to geoinformation. The portal provides Western Balkan stakeholders with tools to store, access, and publish metadata on spatial data covering agriculture, rural development, and environmental protection.
Why it matters
In the Western Balkans, there is potential for better use of geoinformation. However, several challenges currently limit its full utilization.
Several barriers limit effective data use: users struggle to identify what data exists, where to find it, and how to apply for it. Data management infrastructure is still under development, leaving information scattered across institutions with different standards. Building technical capacity and establishing clear data-sharing frameworks are critical steps.
The Metadata Portal serves as a digital catalog that helps you discover which geospatial datasets exist for the Western Balkans, understand what content they contain, see their geographic and temporal coverage, assess their quality characteristics, find where they are located, identify the responsible institution, and learn under what conditions you can access and use them.
What it offers
- Metadata catalog from all six WB6 countries
- Compliance with INSPIRE & ISO 19115 standards
- A powerful search engine, filtering and searching by country, theme, source etc.
- Open storage, access and publication.
Who can use it?
- Researchers & Academia
- Public Institutions
- Businesses
- NGOs & Citizens
About the GEO-WB6 Project
This portal is part of the GEO-WB6 project, funded by German Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity and implemented by Agricultural University of Tirana and Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies. more