Open Government Data Camp

20 October 2011, Warsaw

Open Data and Open AccessEU Policy and Practice

Carl-Christian Buhr

European Commission

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

http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/

The European Commission...has 27 Commissioners

http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/

Neelie Kroes

Digital Agenda

The European Commission...with 27 Portfolios

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

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

DAE

101 Actions

“I believe governments should embrace open data.”

05/04/2011

“We are here to serve citizens [...] what could be better than handing them back the data already gathered on their behalf, to use and develop as they see fit.”16/06/2011

Also see Neelie’s blog post on open data 13/05/2011

on Open Data

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

Pointers: Some EU Data

2006 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)

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on Open Access

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

“Access to scientific results for free, for all, for ever is a compelling vision indeed.” 06/04/2011

“The question is no longer ‘if’ we should have open access. The question is about ‘how’”02/12/2010

“Scientific information has the power to transform our lives for the better – it is too valuable to be locked away.” 06/10/2010

Pointers: Data Research

ICT Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content

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

Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data

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Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock

The European Commission...

...Makes Policy

Hard: Proposal for new PSI Directive

Soft: Recommendation on Open Access

...Builds (Infra)structures

Pan-European Open Data Portal

European Open Access Repository

Open Data Research & Community

...Works to Practice what it Preaches

Decision on Re-Use of Commission Data

Commission Open Data Portal

Open Access to funded Research Publications

...further approval often required

http://europarl.europa.eu/

http://consilium.europa.eu/

European Parliament

Council of the European Union

Clear Principles...

Maximise public benefit from public information

through widest dissemination for re-use

by paying for collection, not for access

and by driving down costs of dissemination

Why?

Business Models (private and public)Others' rights (e.g. author/publisher)

How?

Different instrumentsIntroduction over time

Some exceptions make sense

...Require a Pragmatic Approach

New PSI Directive transposed: >2014But mindsets are shifting today

Let's work to keep that on trackon all levels

Mindsets ≠ Laws

Further PointersNeelie's Video Message

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUpUD4I1Wo

More detail on EU Open Datahttp://slidesha.re/euopendata3

More detail on EU Open Accesshttp://slidesha.re/euopenaccess2

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