public sector information : management and opportunities of re-use rob davies, mdr corfu, 10...
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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 600 + 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 1 2003 (20 months) County Co-ordinators being appointed
tendering procedure
To become a member..
Go to http://www.epsigate.org 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
