Public Sector Information : management and opportunities of re-use Rob Davies, MDR Corfu, 10 December 2003

What is ePSINet? Accompanying Measure funded under the EU e-Content programme August 2002 to January 2005 Follows on from PSINet Preparatory Action Helping create conditions for more effective re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector information support the European Directive

ePSINet Partners Essex County Council (UK) EURA (Denmark) ITTIG (Italy) MDR (UK) PwC Luxembourg Zenc (Netherlands) + Country Co-ordinator in each member state (Dionisis Moschopoulos)

ePSINet: broad aims (1) Build a community of stakeholders around PSI re-use Country co-ordinators and support groups Stakeholders: administrations, re-users, consumer representatives Promote knowledge-sharing relationships between sectoral organizations Dialogue with European Associations for PSI

ePSINet: broad aims (2) assist adoption of beneficial regulatory, standards, and information management frameworks for PSI providing structured access to knowledge Help grow global market potential for European PSI content pan-European content USA 5X ‘vision’

Issues and challenges: Recognition of PSI as a single economic sector ‘Citizens’ information (rights and duties) political processes local services (e.g. education, health, employment, entertainment) (Cultural) (Education) Tourism Health, safety, consumer protection Geographic (e.g. meteorological, land, environment) Statistics Financial and economic Legal and regulatory Business (Scientific research)

Issues and challenges: Diverse starting points across Europe Limited PSI re-use infrastructure e.g. Portugal, CEE The ‘post-modernists’ e.g. Sweden Well-established, but unique business environments e.g. UK Public sector cost-recovery models e.g. Germany

Other issues and challenges What do PSI sectors really want to know? Needs assessment Will the Directive have the teeth? Emerging practice in regulation UK Regulatory Impact Assessment/ consultation What PSI exists? Registries of PSI Linkage to PSI-IPR Project

ePSINet: main mechanisms ePSIGate web portal Country Co-ordinator-led dissemination National meetings: France, Austria, Portugal, Greece, Italy, UK… Policy Conference, November 2004 sustainability: European co-ordinating body/permanent network for PSI?? US dialogue (and elsewhere)

ePSIGate web portal Knowledge-sharing guidelines: regulation management standards performance News, alerting, discussion and advisory services targeted to the needs of PSI stakeholders

ePSIGate News

ePSIGate alerts

ePSIGate FAQ/online advisory service/discussion forum

Guidelines on regulation (1) Basic layer information for all member states political, legal systems innovations access to PSI privacy and data protection copyright and database protection competition law distribution and commercial exploitation pricing and licensing

ePSINet basic regulatory layer (1)

Index Introduction General Information Political System Legal System Policies and Innovations Access to PSI (Public Sector Information) Privacy and Data Protection Copyright Competition Distribution and Commercial Exploitation Pricing and Licensing

ePSINet basic regulatory layer (2)

Guidelines on regulation (2) Collect and validate more detailed legal information linked to legal cases Best practice in public sector mandating case studies – forthcoming Monitor transposition of Directive into national law access point for comparative information

Guidelines on PSI Management PSI Management issues: descriptions and evaluations Technologies, Architectures, Access channels, Workflow, Content processes, Implementation issues Regular updates – more advice Case studies

The ePSINet standards map Navigable and downloadable Topic Map format standards relevant to PSI What is each standard for? Links to websites..or descriptions provided

Standards map: index

Standards map: level one - overall taxonomy

Standards map: levels two and three

Standards map level four; description and links

Standards map: web sites and descriptions

Guideline: PSI Performance How to measure performance? impact assessment benchmarking systems cost-benefit analysis usages Directive implementation, economy, businesses? Updates

Cases and instances Good practices Disputes Transposition of Directive

Dispute reports

ePSINet-looking forward Feedback from national meetings, dialogue with stakeholders building up Conclusions from Austria meeting (included CEE participants) Beginning of post-Directive agenda? Validate through Country Co- ordinators/national meetings EPSINet Policy Conference November 2004

European Policy Conference Policy and Practice in the Commercial Exploitation of PSI About 150 major stakeholders in European PSI State-of-the-art assessment/consensus building Impact of the Directive Post-Directive Agenda European network for PSI?

Post-directive agenda: starting point? (1) Media and technology-neutral approach Quality control/liability for PSI? Co-ordination of reuse-schemes enabling single identification of content licencing of PSI different layers (federal, regional, local; administration, legislation, jurisdiction) Strengthening practice/competences e.g. PPP

Post-directive agenda: starting point? (2) PSI re-use as an integral part of e- government policy as well as market policy What Public Sector Information exists? Local information Core standards Interoperability Data collection Attention to the digitisation and long-term preservation of PSI

..and more New business areas: what are they? Pan-European products: what kind?

EPSINet-CEE Extends EPSI network to EU candidate countries Jointly Managed with EPSINet several common partners + OSI Co-ordinator: Cities on the Internet Association, Poland Starts ?February (20 months) County Co-ordinators being appointed tendering procedure

To become a member.. Go to Click on ”register” Fill out the user friendly registration form Receive your confidential password via e- mail Register, and visit the member’s area

We need from you Register on ePSIGate and interact Promote stakeholder registrations national lists, journals, meetings, websites Participate in national ePSINet groups Contribute to needs assessment Contribute cases/disputes/illustrations

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