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Opening up public data resources - PSI re-use within the open data strategy Luis Ferrão European Commission EVPSI and LAPSI Final Meeting Torino, 9 and 10 July 2012 Re-use of PSI – the wider picture A strategy for smart, Action 3: Open up public sustainable and inclusive data resources for regrowth use The challenge • PSI: a raw material of major importance for new value-added information services • Market gap with major partners • Barriers remain at European level (formats, cross-border availability, diverging re-use conditions…) Market gap • Economic value of PSI: • < 1% EU GDP (G. Vickery 2011) • > 7% of US GDP (M. Ricolfi 2012, Pira 2000) Towards an open data landscape Minimum legal framework has been put in place for opening up public data ICT developments spurred advances in data production, analysis, processing and exploitation Open government policies adopted in several Member States for transparency, administrative efficiency and re-use potential reasons Open data – national level Open data – local level The Commission open data strategy - adopted 12.12.2011 • Open data Communication (COM(2011) 882 final) Enhanced re-use policy • Amendements to PSI Directive (proposal) • New Commission re-use Decision (2011/833/EU) Open "data.eu" portal 2003 Directive v. 2011 proposal • More openess • open government licences • More transparency • Open data portals • More reusability • Open, machine-readable formats • Downwards trend on charging Wider scope • cultural institutions (libraries, archives…) Additional features (2011 proposal) • Guidance • Cost calculation • Licensing • Machine-readable formats • Coordination • independent regulators Monitoring • Yearly reporting on extent and conditions of PSI reuse What lies ahead? • 2012 • open portal of the Commission • Amended PSI Directive* • 2013 • Pan-European open data portal • amended PSI Directive* • 2014-2020: European digital services infrastructure (under the 'Connecting Europe Facility' programme*) • * Subject to adoption of the required legal instruments To know more http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/connect/index_en.htm THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!