Organization of National and Thematic Meetings By Olga McHenry ePSIplus Meetings Co-ordinator Network Kick off Meeting Prague, October 30/ funded by eContentPlus

National Meetings

National Meetings up to 35 national meetings at least 1 per country plus “reserve” meetings - specific emerging issues from individual countries or cross-border issues between 50 and 100 participants Between Nov and Oct

National Meetings Participants: Public sector (incl. content/legislation regulators) Private sector Associations

National Meetings Agenda: based on conclusions of Thematic meetings focusing on: - Legal and Regulatory Progress and Impact - Public Sector Organization and Culture Change - Encouraging PSI Re-use Businesses - The Financial Impact – Pricing and Charging - Information Management, Standards and Data Quality country specific issues

National Meetings Network Partners (!) Key role in: Identifying participants / speakers for the meetings Identifying country specific issues for discussion

National Meetings Network partners are assisted by: - analysts (chair meetings, summarize conclusions, contribute to the agendas, selection of speakers, etc.) - meetings coordinator (agendas, participants, speakers, logistics, budgets, etc.)

CountryAnalyst AustriaRob / Brian BelgiumMarc BulgariaGerhard CyprusChris Czech RepChris DenmarkChris EstoniaMichal FinlandChris FranceGerhard GermanyGerhard GreeceRob HungaryMichal IcelandRob / Brian IrelandRob / Brian ItalyRob CountryAnalyst LatviaGerhard LithuaniaMarc LuxembourgRob / Brian MaltaChris NetherlandsMarc NorwayRob / Brian PolandMichal PortugalRob RomaniaRob / Brian SlovakiaMichal SloveniaRob / Brian SpainMarc SwedenRob / Brian TurkeyRob United KingdomRob

Year 2006Year 2007 OctNovDecJanFebMarch Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Rep Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Year 2006Year 2007 SeptSeptOctNovDecJanFebMarch Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom

ePSIplus.net: National Meetings Thematic Meetings All information will be available on the web (!)

Thematic Meetings

Thematic Meetings 15 Thematic Meetings 3 within each of 5 thematic action areas between 50 and 100 participants representation from majority of participating countries

Thematic Meetings Approximate schedule: Legal and Regulatory Progress and Impact - Months 4, 14, 24 Public Sector Organization and Culture Change - Months 7, 19, 21 Encouraging PSI Re-use Businesses - Months 9, 15, 23 The Financial Impact – Pricing and Charging - Months 8, 16, 22 Information Management, Standards and Data Quality - Months 6, 12, 18

Thematic Meetings Analysts responsible for each thematic area: Legal and Regulatory Progress and Impact / Marc de Vries Public Sector Organization and Culture Change / Rob Davies Encouraging PSI Re-use Businesses / Gerhard Wagner The Financial Impact – Pricing and Charging / Chris Corbin Information Management, Standards and Data Quality / Brian Green

Thematic Meetings First Thematic Meeting: Area: Legal and Regulatory Progress and Impact Date: 12 January 2007 Place: The Hague, Netherlands Working title: Life after the PSI directive: addressing the next frontier of legal barriers

Thematic Meetings First Thematic Meeting: Aim of the meeting stimulate further debate on the legal issues surrounding re-use of PSI identify legal issues that impediment re-use set the agenda for the next meetings bring together leading experts in the field and allow for cross fertilization

Thematic Meetings First Thematic Meeting: Target audience public sector lawyers involved in setting the framework and implementing it practicing lawyers involved in supporting clients Academic Researchers in this area Competition Authority personnel

Practical details National and Thematic meetings

Reimbursements (where involved): after cost claim form completed and received cost claim and bank details forms can be downloaded from the ePSIplus website IMPORTANT (!) - timely submission - copies of all claimed receipts attached - bank details form ed - cost claim form mailed (the original) - signed cost claim form

Presentations practical information schedules, etc. Will be always available on the ePSIplus website:

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