1.OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS MARTIN ALVAREZ-ESPINAR EREG ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2014 HELSINKI

2. Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the EC. Responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe DATA IS CRUCIAL NOWADAYS http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-149_en.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg/3987168813/ data is the new oil for the digital age 3. SOME GROUNDS OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 4. DIGITAL AGENDA FOR EUROPE Pillar 1. Digital Single Market Action 3: Open up public data resources for re-use Why? Public Sector Information is one of the single largest sources of information in Europe. Estimated market value is 32 billion One of the objectives: Amendment of Directive 2003/98/EC on Public Sector Information (PSI) Reuse (Directive 2013/37/EU) 5. Encourages the Member States to make as much information held by public sector bodies available for reuse as possible http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/european-legislation-reuse-public-sector-information Directive 2003/98/EC DIRECTIVE ON THE RE-USE OF PSI 6. REVISION OF THE PSI DIRECTIVE (2013/37/EU) Creation of a genuine right to re-use public information: all generally accessible information will become re-usable (even for commercial purposes) Only some public bodies are excluded Firstly, national rules may exclude access to sensitive information (e.g., personal information, national security, defence, public security, statistical and commercial confidentiality) To be transposed into national laws by July 2015 7. ACTIONS OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 8. ACTION 3: OPEN UP PUBLIC DATA Ongoing Actions: Awareness-raising and promotional activities Networking across Europe to further stimulation (ePSI Platform, Member States, PSI Alliance, industrial associations, developers and open data communities) Bilateral and multilateral discussions with the MSs Elaboration of a set of guidelines on Open Data and the re-use of PSI 9. Information from Institutions and other bodies of the European Union (EU) EU OPEN DATA PORTAL http://open-data.europa.eu 10. Funded by the European Commission Europe's One-Stop Shop on PSI Re-use News, happenings Best practices Engaging the community European Public Sector Information Platform EPSI PLATFORM 11. Status of PSI in EU28 PSI SCOREBOARD http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/european-psi-scoreboard 12. ECs funded Thematic Network 40 Partners 25 Countries 1. Identification of best practices 2. Harmonise the implementation of the Revised PSI Directive https://www.w3.org/2013/share-psi/ Shared Standards for Open Data and Public Sector Information SHARE PSI 2.0 13. 120+ Official Open Data Initiatives in Europe #OPENDATA: MORE THAN A TREND http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/ 14. Governments committed to openness A CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3142128696/ 15. WHY? OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 16. Opening information to increase trust OPEN (BETTER) GOVERNMENTS http://www.flickr.com/photos/restricteddata/6322624283/ 17. Innovation Effectiveness Productivity Organizations (public & private) with limited resources looking for WHY OPEN DATA AND PSI RE-USE? 18. BENEFITS 19. BENEFITS 20. BENEFITS 21. BENEFITS 22. BENEFITS 23. BENEFITS 24. BENEFITS 25. BENEFITS 26. BUT, HOW? OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 27. DATA 28. Open Data by Default Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information Action Plan + Open Data portal Quality and Quantity Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity Publication of consistent metadata + active listening Usable by All Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers Publication in open and non-proprietary formats Releasing Data for Improved Governance Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc. Releasing Data for Innovation Open data promotion to unlock its value Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes. Basic Principles: G8 OPEN DATA CHAPTER EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter 29. Open Data by Default Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information Action Plan + Open Data portal Quality and Quantity Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity Publication of consistent metadata + active listening Usable by All Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers Publication in open and non-proprietary formats Releasing Data for Improved Governance Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc. Releasing Data for Innovation Open data promotion to unlock its value Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes. Basic Principles: G8 OPEN DATA CHAPTER EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter 30. Open Data by Default Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information Action Plan + Open Data portal Quality and Quantity Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity Publication of consistent metadata + active listening Usable by All Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers Publication in open and non-proprietary formats Releasing Data for Improved Governance Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc. Releasing Data for Innovation Open data promotion to unlock its value Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes. Basic Principles: G8 OPEN DATA CHAPTER EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter 31. Open Data by Default Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information Action Plan + Open Data portal Quality and Quantity Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity Publication of consistent metadata + active listening Usable by All Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers Publication in open and non-proprietary formats Releasing Data for Innovation Open data promotion to unlock its value Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes. Releasing Data for Improved Governance Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc. Basic Principles: G8 OPEN DATA CHAPTER EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter 32. Open Data by Default Exceptions: intellectual property, personally-identifiable and sensitive information Action Plan + Open Data portal Quality and Quantity Timely, comprehensive, accurate, original, finest level of granularity Publication of consistent metadata + active listening Usable by All Free of charge, no bureaucratic or administrative barriers Publication in open and non-proprietary formats Releasing Data for Innovation Open data promotion to unlock its value Publication under open licences, machine-readable formats. Challenges, prizes. Releasing Data for Improved Governance Transparent about our own data collection, standards, and publishing processes Publication of technical details about open data policies, practices, etc. Basic Principles: G8 OPEN DATA CHAPTER EU implementation of the G8 Open Data Charter 33. LOTS OF GOOD EXAMPLES OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 34. Public Transport accessibility maps + timing [+ properties] WHERE TO BUY/RENT A PROPERTY? https://mapumental.com 35. New products, visualizations, services, apps APPEALING VISUALIZATIONS http://dev.citysdk.waag.org/buildings/#52.3724,4.8774,14 36. OpenCorporates gathers (and opens) information of 80m companies in the world ANTI-FRAUD VISUALIZATIONS http://opencorporates.com/viz/financial/index.html#goldman/ky 37. Public transport information for citizens REUSES FOR BASIC NEEDS 38. The same example in a bar in front of a bus stop ALSO FOR BUSINESSES http://datos.fundacionctic.org/recursos/2014/05/transport_gijon_sharepsi.pdf 39. The same example in a bar in front of a bus stop ALSO FOR BUSINESSES http://datos.fundacionctic.org/recursos/2014/05/transport_gijon_sharepsi.pdf 40. The same example, installed at public facilities EVEN REUSED BY PUBLIC BODIES 41. The Duch National Museum opens artworks in CC0 (public domain) OPEN CULTURAL RESOURCES https://www.rijksmuseum.nl 42. UNEXPECTED USES https://www.rijksmuseum.nl 43. PSI REUSE AS ART http://pollen.intheair.es Levels of different pollen in the air (Datasets: cartography, map of trees, pollen statistics) 44. Developers, designers, artists will do a creative use of data THE BEST IDEA COMES FROM OTHERS http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraft-map-britain.html 45. VEHICLES, DRIVERS, ROADS? OPEN DATA: POLICY AND DEVELOPMENTS 46. Tool to visualize statistics EUROPEAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION http://www.acea.be/statistics 47. OPEN THESE STATISTICS!!! 48. Germany TRAFFIC STATISTICS 49. Spain DRIVING LICENSES Download as.. 50. Driver and Vehicle Agency (on data.gov.uk) ALL KIND OF INFORMATION IS USEFUL 51. Potential audience: road safety planners, insurance industry, garages, COMBINE WITH MORE DATA SOURCES 52. Also as Open Data ACCIDENT MAPS http://www.loftmyndir.is/k/kortasja.php 53. Useful for media agencies, security, VIDEO IN REAL-TIME http://www.vegvesen.no/Trafikkinformasjon/Reiseinformasjon/Trafikkmeldinger/Webkamera?WT.ac=knapp_forside_webkamera 54. Useful for advertising, insurances, car vendors DRIVING SCHOOLS 55. Avoid fraud VEHICLE INFORMATION http://www.vegvesen.no/Kjoretoy/Eie+og+vedlikeholde/Kj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8yopplysninger 56. CO2 Data monitoring, Driving licenses, Vehicle registration, Vehicle mileage registration, CoC data, Transfer and re-registration of vehicles MANY OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE https://www.flickr.com/photos/vshioshvili/1329917204/ 57. The best idea comes from others!!! REMEMBER OPEN YOUR DATA http://visualisingmillroad.com 58. martin@w3.org http://epsiplatform.eu info@epsiplatform.eu THANK YOU!