carl-christian buhr: open data – eu policies and activities

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re:publica XI13 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


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The European Commission as...

...Policy Makere.g. PSI, INSPIRE

...Data Collectore.g. Eurostat, Tenders Electronic Daily

...Funding Agencye.g. Research & Innovation

has a bearing on the

development of Open Data.

http://ec.europa.eu/


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Neelie Kroes

Maro efovi

Digital Agenda

e-Commission, ISA

The College of Commissioners

Michel Barnier

IPR

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/Mire Geoghegan-Quinn

R&I, ERA


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http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,

@NeelieKroesEU

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

101 Actions

DAE


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I believe governments

should embrace open data.,05/04/2011

M

y ideal of eGovernmentputs the citizen at the

centre always [] One

example is the re-use ofpublic sector information.

We know its potential butstill our organisations are

dragging their feet. I sayyes to open data!,08/10/2010

Neelie on Open Data

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,

@NeelieKroesEU


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Policy Maker

DAE 21: Open up public data resources for re-use

Networking & Awareness Raising

Share-PSI.eu (W3C, ETSI, etc.): A DigitalAgenda 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.

PSIMember State Expert Group

link


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Review of the PSI Directive

DAE, p. 9: By 2012, review the Directive onRe-Use of Public Sector Information, notably

its scope and principles on charging for accessand use. [2003, transposed into national laws]

Art. 1(2) d-f: Excludesbroadcasters,

cultural, educational and research orgs.

Art. 6 on charging: cost-orientedwith ROI

Review -> Public Consultation ->

New Proposal?


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Public Consultation

Respondents

PSI PotentialFully Reached?

A full report (67p.) on the results

is available.


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Substantive amendements? Y 80% N 9%

Soft law? Y 50% N 28%

Technical adjustments? Y 77% N 5%

Amendments?

Accessible

= Reusable?

PSI Holders60% against amendments

50% for scope extension

Support guidance

Public Consultation


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Legislators need to agree

http://europarl.europa.eu/

http://consilium.europa.eu/

European Parliament

Council of the European Union


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Data Collector2006 Decision on re-use of Commission

Information to be adapted in line with PSIDirective

Covered

Translation memories

Audio-visual material

Excluded

Material with third-party IPRResearch results of the ECs Joint Research Centre

Special cases (e.g. in Competition investigations)

link

link

link


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Towards adata.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 pilotdata.gov.eu infrastructure that would:

a)make available the data resources created by the EuropeanCommission, European agencies and the other institutions; and

b) become the Web portal to establish together with theMember

States an integrated and shared EU-wide governmental datainformation system;

2) provide a first prototype of the data.gov.eu infrastructure (mainobjective of the procurement); and

3) define an upscaling strategy in view of itbecoming the recognisedand widely used European access point to government information.

3 November 2010: Pan-European data portal workshop

link


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Research Funding

ICT Challenge 4: Digital Libraries andContent

Semantic Web, Linked Data etc.Next call summer 2011, EUR 50m

Creating Knowledgefrom Interlinked Data

link

link

link

Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock


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Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010)

The Commission will promote open access

... It will aim tomake open access topublications the general principle forprojects funded by the EU researchFramework Programmes [].

Open Access

http://www.openaire.eu

link


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Scientificdata

link

Our Vision is a scientific e-

infrastructure that supports

seamless access, use, re-use, and

trust of data. [...] the datathemselves become the infrastructure a valuable asset, on which

science, technology, the economy and

society can advance.


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Related Activities

http://europeana.eu

http://europeanalabs.eu/

DAE 79: Sustainable

Europeana [2012]

DAE 85: Review Directive onPublic Access toEnvironmental Information[2011]

link


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Selected Pointers

The Digital Agenda for Europe

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Material on the PSI Directivehttp://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 Portalhttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/th

emes

Contactshttp://bit.ly/{NeelieKroesEU, cc_buhr}

@NeelieKroesEU, @ccbuhr

http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes

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