Open Data: EU Policies and Activities

re:publica XI 13 April 2011, Berlin Open Data EU Policies and Activities Carl-Christian Buhr European Commission (All expressed views are those of the speaker.) http://slidesha.re/euopendata

The European Commission as...
...Policy Maker
e.g. PSI , INSPIRE
...Data Collector
e.g. Eurostat , Tenders Electronic Daily
...Funding Agency
e.g. Research & Innovation
has a bearing on the
development of Open Data.
http://ec.europa.eu/

Neelie Kroes Maroš Šefčovič Digital Agenda e-Commission , ISA The College of Commissioners Michel Barnier IPR http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ Máire Geoghegan-Quinn R&I , ERA

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @ NeelieKroesEU http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda 101 Actions DAE

Neelie on Open Data “ I believe governments should embrace open data .” , 05/04/2011 “ My ideal of eGovernment puts the citizen at the centre always […] One example is the re-use of public sector information . We know its potential but still our organisations are dragging their feet. I say yes to open data! ”, 08/10/2010 http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @ NeelieKroesEU

Policy Maker
DAE 21 : Open up public data resources for re-use
Networking & Awareness Raising
Share-PSI.eu (W3C, ETSI, etc.): A Digital Agenda Big Idea . Workshops on 11 May and 16-17 June ; Open Data Challenge .
LAPSI : Network on Legal Aspects of PSI,
Milan event on 5-6 May .
PSI Member State Expert Group
link

Review of the PSI Directive
DAE , p. 9: “By 2012, review the Directive on Re-Use of Public Sector Information, notably its scope and principles on charging for access and use.” [2003, transposed into national laws]
Art. 1(2) d-f: Excludes broadcasters ,
cultural , educational and research orgs.
Art. 6 on charging: cost-oriented with ROI
Review -> Public Consultation -> New Proposal?

Public Consultation A full report (67 p.) on the results is available . Respondents PSI Potential Fully Reached?

PSI Holders 60% against amendments 50% for scope extension Support guidance Public Consultation Substantive amendements? Y 80% N 9% Soft law? Y 50% N 28% Technical adjustments? Y 77% N 5% Amendments? Accessible = Reusable?

Legislators need to agree http://europarl.europa.eu/ http://consilium.europa.eu/ European Parliament Council of the European Union

Data Collector 2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive Covered Translation memories Audio-visual material Excluded Material with third-party IPR Research results of the EC’s Joint Research Centre Special cases (e.g. in Competition investigations ) link link link

Towards a data.gov.eu WP 2011 , p. 46 & prior notice on TED (tender by 06/11): „ 1)[...] to define, to design, to test and to launch a pilot data.gov.eu infrastructure that would: a) make available the data resources created by the European Commission, European agencies and the other institutions; and b) become the Web portal to establish together with the Member States an integrated and shared EU-wide governmental data information system ; 2) provide a first prototype of the data.gov.eu infrastructure (main objective of the procurement); and 3) define an upscaling strategy in view of it becoming the recognised and widely used European access point to government information. “ 3 November 2010: Pan-European data portal workshop link

Research Funding ICT Challenge 4 : Digital Libraries and Content Semantic Web, Linked Data etc. Next call summer 2011, EUR 50m Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data link link link Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock

Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010) “ The Commission will promote open access ... It will aim to make open access to publications the general principle for projects funded by the EU research Framework Programmes […]”. Open Access http://www.openaire.eu link

Scientific data link ” Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.

Related Activities http://europeana.eu http://europeanalabs.eu/ DAE 79 : Sustainable Europeana [2012] DAE 85 : Review Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information [2011] link

Selected Pointers
The Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Material on the PSI Directive
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm
Commission Open Access Policies
http://www.slideshare.net/ccbuhr/access-to-scientific-information-the-role-of-the-eu-7094764
Eurostat Statistics Portal
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/themes
Contacts
<web>http://bit.ly/{ NeelieKroesEU , cc_buhr }</web>
<twitter> @ NeelieKroesEU , @ ccbuhr </twitter>
<facebook> http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes </facebook>

http://blog.rings-kommunikation.de	109
http://paper.li	19
http://twitter.com	2
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com	2
https://twitter.com	1

Open Data: EU Policies and Activities

by Carl-Christian Buhr

Accessibility

Categories

Upload Details

Usage Rights

5 Embeds 133

Statistics

Open Data: EU Policies and Activities Presentation Transcript