INSPIRE Conference 2015

1. Tomasz Nałęcz - Polish Geological Institute; tomasz.nalecz@pgi.gov.pl
Krystyna Michałowska - Agriculture University in Cracow; michałowska@interia.eu
HOW OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA PRINCIPLES WILL INFLUENCE
THE FUTURE OF INSPIRE?
OPEN GOVERMENT is a synonym for various public policy
visions and concepts geared towards increasing transparency, par-
ticipation and cooperation.
Open government is the governing doctrine
which holds that citizens have the right to
access documents and proceedings of the
government and allow for effective public
oversight. In its broadest construction, it op-
poses reason of state and other considera-
tions, which have tended to legitimize
extensive state secrecy.
www.wikipedia.org
Open data is the idea that certain data should
be freely available to everyone for use and
dissemination as they wish, without restrictions
imposed by copyrights, patents or other me-
chanisms of control. The goals of the open
data movement are similar to those of other
"Open" movements such as open source,
open hardware, open content, and open
access
www.wikipedia.org
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA PRINCIPLES
NEW APPROCHE
LICENCING VS. OPEN DATA
Licening (charging) for Public Information Approche
Open Public Information Approache
CHARGE FOR
INFORMATION CUSTOMERS
DATA
PROVIDER
In 2009, the Obama Administration released three memoranda related to transparency in
government: one focused on administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), focu-
sed on transparency and open government, and finally an Open Government Directive
(OGD). Data.gov web page is a gateway for government agencies in publishing their data
to society. Nowadays 83 government agencies and 291 publishers deliver data to the portal.
Open Data topic is under research worldwide (US, Canada, UK, Germany, Austria, France,
Denmark, Switzerland, Germany Austria) to exploit its potential. Also EU made important steps
to get closer to open data idea by introducing INSPIRE and Public Sector Information (PSI) di-
rectives
Switzerland (economic benefit measures):
Dr. A. Burgi-Schmelz in his „Study on the economic impact of open government data” by to-
gether data provider revenue loss, (new) tax revenue, efficiency gains and switching costs,
which gave CHF 2.9 mln to 20.3 mln over three years for Swiss federal administration
INSPIRE MEETS OPEN DATA IDEA
IN ONE PLACE / www.geo.admin.ch
COM
PLETE
PRIMARY
TIMELY
ACCESSIBLE
MACHINE
PROCESSABLE
NON-
DISCRIMIN-
ATORY
NON-
PROPRIETARY
LICENSE-FREE
Denmark (Strong demand for information):
2012 – 800 users
2013 – >10.000 users
OTHER:
OGP was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for
domestic reformers committed to make their governments more
open, accountable and responsive to citizens
INSPIRE DIRECTIVE
INSPIRE Directive is very relevant to Open Data initiative (ODI), as much of the public informa-
tion being made available is spatial data.
INSPIRE base of Data Specification deliver base information for decision makers with comple-
te Pan European picture • Based on INSPIRE principles, data is collected at one primary level
The most timely INSPIRE data is needed for spatial analyses • INSPIRE portal should be acces-
sible 7/24/365 • According to INSPIRE interoperability, all services are machine processable
INSPIRE data should be to wide public delivered with non-discrimination • Base on geospatial
standards, INSPIRE data is available in non-proprietory formats • Data presented in INSPIRE
portal should not be subject to any copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret regulation
INSPIRE should be a part of ODI. Governmental bodies deliver spatial data to the public free
of charge (in most cases) by the geoportals.
Government
spending
Economy
Demo-
graphics
Health
& social care
Labour
market
Environment Government
operations
Population
health
Education
Crime &
justice
Business
Geospatial
Transport
Housing
Personal finances
Agriculture
PlanningSocial
conditions
Arts,
sports &
recreation
Energy,
resources
& utilities
UK open data official portal presents over 370.000 data sets
covering categories ranging from government spending to
energy consumption
source: data.gov.uk
FUTURE OPEN DATA INITIATIVE BENEFITS FOR INSPIRE:
One-stop-portal for spatial and not-spatial data with INSPIRE compliant services • New innova-
tive products and apps - identify opportunities for financial and social improvements • Massive
use of data, increase government data quality • Crowdsourcing – identification of gaps in in-
formation • Transparency and trust in government data • Real prevention of duplication of
data collection
Open data portal
37,500 DATASETS
data.gov.uk
www.ons.gov.uk
data.london.gov.uk
NEW IDEAS
NEW COMPANIES
NEW JOBS
DATA
PROVIDER TAX INCOMECUSTOMERS
SCAN CODE SMARTPHONE
AND LEARN MORE...
on www.pgi.gov.pl