Open Data and Open Access. EU Policies and Practice

Open Data and Open Access. EU Policies and Practice

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  Open Government DataCamp 20 October 2011, Warsaw Open Data and Open Access EU 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
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  http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ The EuropeanCommission... has 27 Commissioners
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  http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ Neelie KroesDigital Agenda The European Commission... with 27 Portfolios
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  http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEUhttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda DAE 101 Actions
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  on Open Data“ 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 http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU
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  Pointers: Some EUData 2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive Covered Translation memories Audio-visual material Excluded Material with third-party IPR Research results of the EC’s Joint Research Centre Special cases (e.g. in Competition investigations ) link link link
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  on Open Accesshttp://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
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  Pointers: Data ResearchICT Challenge 4 : Digital Libraries and Content Semantic Web, Linked Data etc. Last call summer 2011, EUR 50m Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data link link link Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock
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  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
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  ...further approval oftenrequired http://europarl.europa.eu/ http://consilium.europa.eu/ European Parliament Council of the European Union
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  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
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  Why? Business Models(private and public) Others' rights (e.g. author/publisher) How? Different instruments Introduction over time Some exceptions make sense ...Require a Pragmatic Approach
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  New PSI Directivetransposed: >2014 But mindsets are shifting today Let's work to keep that on track on all levels Mindsets ≠ Laws
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  Further Pointers Neelie'sVideo Message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUpUD4I1Wo More detail on EU Open Data http://slidesha.re/euopendata3 More detail on EU Open Access http://slidesha.re/euopenaccess2 Contacts <web>http://bit.ly/{ NeelieKroesEU , cc_buhr }</web> <twitter> @NeelieKroesEU , @ccbuhr </twitter> <facebook> http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes </facebook>