re:publica XI13 April 2011, Berlin

Open DataEU Policies and Activities

Carl-Christian Buhr

European Commission

(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)http://slidesha.re/euopendata

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 thedevelopment of Open Data.

http://ec.europa.eu/

Neelie Kroes

Maroš Šefčovič

Digital Agenda

e-Commission, ISA

The College of Commissioners

Michel Barnier

IPR

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

R&I, ERA

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU

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

101 Actions

DAE

“I believe governments should embrace open data.”, 05/04/2011

“My ideal of eGovernment puts the citizen at the centre always […] One example is the re-use of public sector information. We know its potential but still our organisations are dragging their feet. I say yes to open data!”, 08/10/2010

Neelie on Open Data

http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU

Policy Maker

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

Networking & Awareness Raising

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

PSI Member State Expert Group

link

Review of the PSI Directive

DAE, p. 9: “By 2012, review the Directive on Re-Use of Public Sector Information, notably its scope and principles on charging for access and use.” [2003, transposed into national laws]

Art. 1(2) d-f: Excludes broadcasters, cultural, educational and research orgs.

Art. 6 on charging: cost-oriented with ROI

Review -> Public Consultation -> New Proposal?

Public ConsultationRespondents

PSI PotentialFully Reached?

A full report (67 p.) on the results is available.

Substantive amendements? Y 80% N 9%

Soft law? Y 50% N 28%

Technical adjustments? Y 77% N 5%

Amendments?

Accessible = Reusable?

PSI Holders

60% against amendments

50% for scope extension

Support guidance

Public Consultation

Legislators need to agree

http://europarl.europa.eu/

http://consilium.europa.eu/

European Parliament

Council of the European Union

Data Collector2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive

Covered

Translation memoriesAudio-visual material

Excluded

Material with third-party IPRResearch results of the EC’s Joint Research CentreSpecial cases (e.g. in Competition investigations)

link

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Towards a data.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 pilot data.gov.eu infrastructure that would:

a) make available the data resources created by the European Commission, European agencies and the other institutions; and b) become the Web portal to establish together with the Member States an integrated and shared EU-wide governmental data information system;

2) provide a first prototype of the data.gov.eu infrastructure (main objective of the procurement); and3) define an upscaling strategy in view of it becoming the recognised and widely used European access point to government information.“

3 November 2010: Pan-European data portal workshop

link

Research Funding

ICT Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content

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

Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data

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link

Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock

Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010)

“The Commission will promote open access ... It will aim to make open access to publications the general principle for projects funded by the EU research Framework Programmes […]”.

Open Access

http://www.openaire.eu

link

Scientific data

link

”Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.

Related Activities

http://europeana.euhttp://europeanalabs.eu/

DAE 79: Sustainable Europeana [2012]

DAE 85: Review Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information [2011]

link

Selected PointersThe 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 Policieshttp://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/themes

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