Geographic Information Network in Europe Workshop on GI & Data Policies Marne-la-Vallée May 02 Organisers: AFIGéO on behalf of EUROGI Hosts: EUROGEOGRAPHICS François Salgé secretary general of CNIG Workshop chairperson

Workshop on Data Policies Objectives Update on recent developments in national/regional polices affecting GI use Link GI policy to wider debates (enlargement, environment, information society) Develop framework to inform policy at EU (e.g. INSPIRE) and national/regional levels, including accession countries.

An example of conflicting policies Reference data The government A ministry Call for tender Subsidising policy 50%Policy requirement Public tendering Offer: full cost Public money expenditure : 150% Competition law Cost recovery policy

The six GINIE / INSPIRE commandments : data shall be collected and maintained where done most effectively seamlessly combinable across sources and Europe scalelessly combinable barrierlessly abundant for good governance discoverable together with its fitness for purpose and usage condition easy to understand, well documented, user- friendly displayable

The ultimate objective of the workshop identify the data policy components which will enable – eventually and efficiently an access – technically - financially - legally easy to "general interest" geographic information by – citizens, governments and value added resellers

Preliminary questions? What is data Policy and for who? Which data? – public sector, general interest Which roles and which actors – who order, pay and accept – who ensure delivery according to best practice – who do the work Which legitimacy, regulation

List of relevant policies Extracted from INSPIRE – Data and information policy – Open access to PSI – Aarhus convention – Cost models for sharing data – Commercial exploitation of PSI – Charging policies – Data management Identified from Ctry repts

List of identified constraints and facilitators will be identified from country reports

List of amendment to on going policies will be identified from country reports

Facts that cannot be destorted e.g. Brits are Brits, French are French, etc. will be identified from country reports

Workshop deliverables recommendations from the group in depth analysis of the countries represented template for analysis of “all” European countries all PPT presentation uploaded on GINIE websites a WS report within 6 weeks (Fr and En) an executive summary (max 8 pages) in 12 languages

Merci

the brain-storming sessions two groups: Data Policy components enabling easy access – financially – legally chair person and rapporteur – Chris Corbin and xxx – Max Craglia and yyy questions to be discussed