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ePSIplus Thematic Network:Towards the 2008 review
Chris CorbinePSIplus Analyst
Oxford, UK, 12th November 2007
UK Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information Annual seminar:
Taking Public Sector Information SeriouslyTaking Public Sector Information Seriously
funded by eContentPlus
ePSIplus - Presentation structure
1. Brief overview of the ePSIplus Thematic Network
2. How ePSIplus supports the EC review of Directive 2003/98
3. Europe - PSI Directive implementation status report (12 November 2007)
4. The way forward
5. Summary & conclusions
www.ePSIplus.net
1: ePSIplus - Purpose
The ePSIplus Thematic Network:– Supports the implementation of the European Directive on PSI re-use.– Facilitates the major opportunities for business to develop value added
products and services based on PSI.– The network will be active for 30 months*.– Cover all Member (EU, EEA, EFTA) and candidate states.– Covers all PSI domains.– Will focus on five major themes.
* Commenced on the 1st September 2006 and will be operational through to 28 th February 2009. (which covers the period leading up to the PSI Directive review in 2008 by the European Parliament.)
Has now been operational for 14 months and during that time has established network links with Australia, Canada, Southeast Asia and the OECD. That is the topic is a global one not just European or national.
www.ePSIplus.net
Analysis of the ePSIplus Network National Representative
Public Sector28%
Private Sector24%
Representative Bodies38%
Academic & Research10%
The unpaid networkChampions.
1: ePSIplus - Major themes
1. Legal and regulatory progress and impact (including implementation of the Directive)
2. Public sector organisation and culture change (including compliance with the Directive)
3. Encouraging PSI re-use business
4. The financial impact of the Directive: pricing and charging (including impact on public sector costs and budget)
5. Information management, standards and data quality
www.ePSIplus.net
1: ePSIplus - Meetings - Thematic priorities
1 Network kick off meeting held in Prague, 30/31 October 2006
15 Thematic cross-border meetings (3 per thematic area)– Legal & Regulation theme
• Meeting 1: 16 February 2007, Hague, Netherlands (Report published)• Meeting 2: 10 - 11 September 2007, Paphos, Cyprus• Meeting 3: Slovenia
– Public Sector Organisation theme• Meeting 1: 11 April 2007, Prague, Czech Republic (Report published)• Meeting 2: 8 October 2007, Bratislava, Republic of Slovakia• Meeting 3: ?
– Encouraging PSI re-use business theme• Meeting 1: 31 August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark• Meeting 2: 19 October 2007, Brussels, Belgium• Meeting 3: ?
– Pricing impact theme• Meeting 1: 19 - 20 April 2007, Helsinki, Finland (Report published)• Meeting 2: 1 - 2 November 2007, London, UK• Meeting 3: April 2008, To be arranged
– Standards theme• Meeting 1: 5 July 2007, London, UK (Report published)• Meeting 2: 26 - 27 November 2007, Riga, Latvia• Meeting 3: Italy
All the materials from the meetings are available on the ePSIplus web site
www.ePSIplus.net Red - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place
ePSIplus Thematic Meeting
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
T1-1 T1-2 T2-1 T2-2 T3-1 T3-2 T4-1 T4-2 T5-1
Theme
Number of stakeholders
1: ePSIplus - Meetings - National
35 National, Federal and Cross-border meetings– Cyprus 20 February 2007 (Report published)
– France 14 June 2007 (Report published)
– Iceland 5 September 2007
– Netherlands 27 September 2007
– Finland 2 October 2007
– Ireland 25 October 2007
– UK 30 October 2007
– Slovenia 7 November 2007
– Hungary 21 November 2007
– Germany 6 December 2007
– Belgium 11 December 2007
– Czech Republic 23 January 2008
– Latvia 25 January 2008
– Malta 8 February 2008
– Austria 20 February 2008
Final Conference (May 2008, Brussels)
All the materials from the meetings are available on the ePSIplus web site
www.ePSIplus.netRed - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place
Accumulative attendance: 386
Attendance at ePSIplus National meetings: Total =
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Cyprus France Iceland Netherlands Finland Ireland UK SloveniaCountry
Number of delegates
www.ePSIplus.net
Sampling experiences
(gathering evidence)
ConsideringComparingConcluding
1. Draft2. QA3. Publish
The meeting
Setting the scene
Meeting report
85 Presentations
303 experts
ePSIplus - One stop shop to PSIThe evidence base
(web site)
Assigned ePSIplus Analyst
Assigned ePSIplus Analyst
Experts that attended meeting
1. ePSIplus Meetings: The process Thematic meetings completed: 9 out of 15
Accumulative Total
National meetings completed: 8 out of 35
386 experts
Accumulative Total
Assigned ePSIplus Analyst
63 Presentations
Combined accumulative total:
- 148 presentations- 689 experts attended meetings
- By end of project estimate 2600
1: ePSIplus - Publications - Quarterly update
Quarterly Update (Newsletter) available on the ePSIplus web site
www.ePSIplus.net
1: ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI
Live: 27.09.06
Objective: To become the first port of call for information on PSI re-usewww.ePSIplus.net
Home page
ePSIplus Thematic Network One stop shop to PSI - News items by thematic area of interest
26%
27%
22%
11%
14%
LegalPublic PrivatePricingQuality
ePSIplus Thematic Network One stop shop to PSI - News items per
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Sep-06 Oct-06 Nov-06 Dec-06 Jan-07 Feb-07 Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07 Jun-07 Jul-07 Aug-07 Sep-07 Oct-07 Nov-07
Month
Number of news items
Total number of news items posted: 525
1: ePSIplus - Encouraging PSI re-use business
www.ePSIplus.net
Current categories
• Aeronautics (2)
• Companies & Finances (3)
• Energy (3)
• Land & Property (1)
• Law & Regulation (4)
• Public tenders (2)
• Traffic & Transport (5)
• Weather & Environment (6)
Target 150 products
1: ePSIplus - Summary
Assess and report on the impact of the Re-use PSI Directive.
Demonstrate (through the network) the improved understanding of re-use of PSI across Europe
Report and propose recommendations for the PSI Directive Review.
www.ePSIplus.net
How ePSIplus supports the EC review of Directive 2003/98
Presentation section 2
funded by eContentPlus
EU PSI Directive (broad)
PoliticalReview
2004 2005 2006 2007
1.07.05 Member States
comply
2008 2009PSI directive came
into force31.12.03
Started in 1987 may achieve its objectives by 2017: 30 Years!
We are here!
EC Info Soc monitoring via contracts and projects such as ePSIplus
Estimate as to whenall EU27 will haveTransposed the
PSI Directive
ePSIplus
ePSINet + ePSINetCee
MEPSIR
www.ePSIplus.net
2: ePSIplus supports EC
Directive 2006/111/EC
www.ePSIplus.net
2: ePSIplus and the PSI Directive review
EU Elections May 2009
Purpose of Review: Has the Directive 2003/98 had the desired impact?
July2007
Jan2008
April2008
July2008
Oct2008
Jan2009
EC OnlineConsultation
Geographic Information sector study
ePSIplus & EC
Conference
Legal sector study
Meteorological sector study
EC CommissionedSector studies
EC Analysis ofConsultation
EC Communication
EuropeanParliament
EuropeanCommission
EuropeanCouncil
EU Co-decisionprocess
SummerRecess
Annual Review of Lisbon Strategy
Annual Review of Lisbon Strategy
ContractAwarded
Report: Political statement?
ePSIplus thematic network (active)
ePSIplusEP Day
European PSI Association
Europe - PSI Directive implementation status report(As at 12 November 2007)
Presentation section 3
funded by eContentPlus
3: The European Union
www.ePSIplus.net
490 Million people
Multi-lingual(23+ Languages)
Multi-cultural
900,000+ public sector organisation’s (Employs50+ million people)
25 million SME’s (Employs75+ million people)
Euro Zone (2007)
www.ePSIplus.net
Status as at 12th November 2007
3: Establishing the PSI framework
Year MS Transposed
2003 15 12
2004 25 10
2007 27 2
Total 27 24
EFTA
2007 4 1
GrandTotal 31 25
Current prediction:January 2008 - 27July 2008 - 28
www.ePSIplus.net
3: Establishing the PSI framework
PSI Directive - Transposition notifications Population covered
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07 25.05.07 13.09.07 11.10.07
Date
Millions
Percentage of EU25 population included by the PSI Directive
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100
1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07 25.05.07 13.09.07 11.10.07
Date
Percentage
PSI Directive number of Member States that have submitted transposition notifications
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07 25.05.07 13.09.07 11.10.07
Percentage of Member States included by the PSI Directive
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10
20
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1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07 25.05.07 13.09.07 11.10.07
Percentage
Number Percentage
28 months
www.ePSIplus.net
EU Co-Decision Process
Re-use PSI
5.06.0231.12.0319 Months
Member States
Transposition 18 Months EU27 = 46+ Months
1.07.05
28+ months
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3 Member State Public Sector
compliance
Stage 4Impact on
CurrentPSI re-users
Compliance
Time to Reach Critical Mass
European Parliament, Commission, Council Review July 2008
3: Establishing the PSI framework
www.ePSIplus.net
3:PSI Directive Transposition process (Open loop)
Directive2003/98/EC
Sensor: The Re-user (PSI)
Harmonisation achieved through: EU reviews, Complaints,
Court Cases
Member State 27
Member State 3
Member State 2
Member State 1
27+(1*x)….+(1*y)Variants of the
Directive
The diffusion effect
Issues:1. Methods of reducing variance.2. Lack of EU enforcement.
EU MS Federal (x)
Cause
The democratic process lag!The harmonisation process lag!
Local (y)
Public Body 1+z
Public Body 1
www.ePSIplus.net
3: Establishing the PSI framework
EU27 Transposition status as at 11 October 2007
52%
22%
15%
11%
New Laws Amended Existing Laws Existing laws covered Not Transposed
www.ePSIplus.net
3: Establishing the PSI framework
Directive 2003/98Estimated number of laws introduced, amended or appertaining per country
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus
Czech Republic
DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance
GermanyGreece
Hungary IrelandItalyLatvia
LithuaniaLuxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
PolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia
SpainSweden
UK
Country
Number of laws
www.ePSIplus.net
3: ePSIplus - Scorecard
Maximum score for Legal Theme is 20
ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1as at 15 October 2007
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus
Czech Republic
DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance
GermanyGreece
HungaryIcelandIrelandItalyLatvia
Liechtenstein
LithuaniaLuxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
NorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia
SpainSweden
Switzerland
UK
AverageMedianEU25EU27EFTA
Europe
Score
Transposition Implementation Support Awareness Enforcement
www.ePSIplus.net
Article 13 Transposed
for MS?
Law Publically available online?
Article 13 Refers to 2003/98
PSI web site
PSIH Register?
Standard Licence
available?
Published Complaints Procedure?
Published Appeal
Procedure?
PSI Guidelines?
Complaint decisions published
Appeal decisions
published?
Unified Complaints
system?Support
Transposition
Implementation
Pro-active Awareness? Training
Annual Monitoring
Reports published?
PSI Case Studies?
Complaint Decisions
Appeal Decisions
Fair Trade & Competiton Authority Decisions
Court Decisions
Awareness
Enforcement
ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1
3: ePSIplus scorecard
PoliticalReview
2004 2005 2006 2007
1.07.05 UK
Transposed
2008 2009PSI directive came
into force31.12.03
ePSIplus
www.ePSIplus.net
CUPI Report
3: UK timeline
PoI Report
Govt. RespondsTo
CUPI & PoI25.06.07
HMT Study
Public Sector lag: Between 15 to 20 years
Presentation - section 4
Possible ways forward to meet PSI Vision (Objective)
funded by eContentPlus
www.ePSIplus.net
4: PSI Directive - the way forward
Principle 1
Directive 2003/98 is the minimum level of harmonisation. Member States may if they wish go beyond the requirements of the Directive.
There is evidence that a number of Member States have gone beyond the requirements of the Directive and a number are now moving to do so in the area of charging. These tend to be the smaller Member States.
www.ePSIplus.net
4: PSI Directive - the way forward
Objective 1
To support any recommendations for improving the implementation and enforcement of the framework requires evidence. The ePSIplus Thematic Network is one source of such evidence but there are other sources. Once collated the evidence needs to be categorised as to whether the evidence is only from one Member State or is similar across a number of Member States. Where the evidence indicates a problem exists is there evidence that demonstrates that this is not the case else where? Are there examples of good practice - within Europe and globally? Is the good practice portable?
Objective 2
If the evidence shows that some form of action is needed to improve the implementation and enforcement of the framework, then any recommendation for action needs to:• Improve the implementation and enforcement of the framework in the
shortest time frame possible.• Be at the appropriate level. E.g. European Union, Member State or
below.
www.ePSIplus.net
4: PSI Directive - the way forward
Consideration 1
Deciding whether to amend a Directive the following maybe taken into account, which would include amongst others:
1. The cost benefit analysis. The cost of taking an amended Directive through the co-decision process now that there are 27 EU Member States is high.
2. European elections will occur in 2009, in the final months there is pressure for European Parliamentary time. Is the amended Directive likely to gain a slot and would it move to a safe position prior to the election process starting?
• Is there is a risk that certain Member States would lobby hard and either kill the Directive or considerably reduce the base level of the framework outlined in the Directive? For example the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC that was finally agreed in November 2006 following reconciliation. The other example is Directive 2003/4/EC - the revision of the Freedom of Access to Environmental Information that was revised came out of the co-decision process weaker than when it went in to the co-decision process.
• Have all Member States transposed and implemented the Directive effectively? For example Germany and a number of other countries have poorly implemented the Directive.
• Have Member States nominated a public sector body to lead and take responsibility for implementing the Directive effectively? The UK OPSI is unique in the EU at the current time.
• Are the regulators enforcing the current Directive framework?
www.ePSIplus.net
4: PSI Directive - the way forward
Consideration 2
If the evidence indicates that the issue appertains to the majority of Member State’s and it definitely impedes the development of cross border business built on PSI re-use, is it due to:
• the Directive itself? or• the practical issue of implementation?
For example PSI Asset registers are missing all across Europe should the Directive be changed to make the implementation mandatory?
The answer is probably NO as other initiatives may resolve or assist, for example:
• eGovernment (seamless government);• INSPIRE;• work being undertaken by public and private bodies to address the issue which
may lead to a solution.
www.ePSIplus.net
4: PSI Directive - early indicators for consideration
Implementation:
- Very poor across Europe as a whole - little political or public sector commitment
- Member States resource allocation is low
- Regulation across Europe as a whole is almost non existent
- Where regulation exists decisions are not always enforced
- The spirit of the PSI Directive is not evident - approach often one of denial or resistance - partly a cultural issue but also due to competition between public and private bodies with public using dominant position.
- In some Member States public sector raising legal challenges over Authority of regulator
- Member State competition authorities have been so far slow to react and take action
- Member State Data Protection (Privacy) Information Commissioners decisions not harmonised.
- Task of compliance left to the Re-user of PSI!
- The value chain is complex and is not simply public sector upstream everyone else down stream.
www.ePSIplus.net
3: ePSIplus Theme: Impact on prices and charges
StandardAnnualReport
(Financial)
All Public SectorAnnual Report
Public Body xAnnual Report
Public Body 3Annual Report
Public Body 2Annual Report
Public Body 1Annual Report
1+xVariants of the
StandardAnnual Report
Example of issues:•The structure of the public sector•Enforcement•Transparency•Information loss•Scaling problem•Level playing field between Public and private reporting
The diffusion effect
Set (Reviewed) annually byMinistry of Finance
Similar processes:•Internally within an organisation•Within Private Sector•Private Sector Company Group•EU legislation best practice for Company Groups operating in EU
Question: Why are Public Bodies AccountsCommercial in confidence?
www.ePSIplus.net
3: ePSIplus Theme: Impact on prices and charges
Policy(Financial)
PSIRe-user
Public SectorInformation
Holder
Effective policy: Open loop or closed loop?
FeedbackProcess
Regulator?
Presentation - section 5
Summary
funded by eContentPlus
5: The Directive
www.ePSIplus.net
Public SectorPSIH’s
PSI
Framework
PSI Re-users
PSI Re-users
CONFIDENCEFRAMEWORK
FOR THERE-USER
COST EFFECTIVEFOR THE
PUBLIC SECTOR
Boosts the knowledge economy
www.ePSIplus.net
PSI Framework Public Sector
PSIH
PSI Re-user
Central PSI portal Can be referred to minimal resources
Speed
Understanding
Standard Licence No negotiating Consistency
Speed
Online click use standard licence Minimal human intervention Speed
No charge No transaction costs Simple
Marginal cost- pre-published Minimal transaction
Costs
Quick
Simple
Charges pre-published No negotiating
Consistency
Understanding
Easy to assess
Asset Lists Consistent with good data management
Easy to locate
Exclusive arrangements declared and/or phased out. (by December 2008)
No negotiating Easy to understand
Separate accounts between Public Task and Trading task
Improved business management
Easy to understand
IPR Management (preferably waive IPR) Cost effective data management
Simple
One public sector data regime Simple Simple
Manage requests just as in FOI Regime Minimal human intervention Fast and simple
5: PSI Directive - the WIN WIN framework
The key to success is to KEEP IT SIMPLE!
Keep in mind the demographic change in society: simplification is one of the options
5: Summary
www.ePSIplus.net
The PSI Directive framework was established to:
- minimise the burden on the public sector of enabling the re-use of public sector information to occur without resources being diverted from the public task. (apart from the establishment resource costs)
- provides confidence to the potential re-user in that it provides a balance between the public sector defacto monopoly and the micro and small enterprises.
- is simple and easy so that it encourages micro and small enterprises to re-use PSI.
- time is of the essence
- allows innovation to occur
The ePSIplus scorecard states it well:
Europe so far has not met the objective, but there are now signs of movement towards the objective
www.ePSIplus.net
5: PSI Directive - summary
Transposition:
- Is taking a long time and harmonisation even longer
- The purpose of the Directive has been misinterpreted in some Member States (considered to be an access law rather than an economic framework)
- Member State lead bodies often do not understand their responsibility (they see their task as a narrow one of transposition and not more)
- There is clear a need for action - at the current time the action appears to be moving towards a form of Good Practice that should be followed by all Member States and to back this up by the European Commission using the powers that they have to encourage Member States to comply. The EU wide action to be combined with action within Member States to address the issues appertaining to their country.
Is the EU PSI Directive in Europe as at 12 November 2007?
• Entrepreneurial positive (it has encouraged innovation and entry into the market)
• Entrepreneurial neutral (it has not stimulated innovation and entry into the market)
• Entrepreneurial negative (it has discouraged innovation and entry into the market)
5: Summary
www.ePSIplus.net
+100
0
-100
On balancecurrently here asat 12.11.07
Interested in PSI? Then why not visit:
www.ePSIplus.net
Thank you for your attention
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