ePSIplatform Meeting debates European Progress on PSI Re-use

ePSIplatform Meeting 1 presentations published

Stockholm: 25 November 2009

Thirty participants took part in the first European Public Sector Information (PSI) Platform meeting held in Stockholm, 24 November 2009. The meeting theme was: “Stimulating PSI Re-use: European Progress”.

Both meeting speakers and participants were tasked with the challenge of reflecting on European Progress on PSI re-use. The meeting heard from speakers with updates from the European level, from Sweden and Spain followed by sessions on PSI regulation and pragmatic approaches taken to advancing PSI re-use across Europe. The overarching goal was to assess and debate lessons learned from recent European initiatives with consideration to whether they could transferable or adopted elsewhere in Europe.

Final versions of meeting presentations are now published online.

Overview of Meeting Goals, Chris Corbin, European Public Sector Information Platform

Part 1: Setting the Scene

ROADIDEA: How to use PSI for innovative transport services in Europe, Pirkko Saarikivi, Foreca Consulting and Board Member of PRIMET, Finland

Part 2: Focus on European and Member State Updates

PSI Directive – ‘The way forward', Luis Ferrão, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission

The public sector body exclusive deal holder dilemma, Marc de Vries, The Netherlands

Promoting PSI Re-use in Spain, Carmen Álvarez-Cienfuegos Rico, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Spain

PSI-implementation - Experiences from Sweden (PSI Law Proposal), Gustaf Johnssén, Ministry of Finance, Department for Public Administration, Sweden

Part 3: Focus on Competition Law and Regulators

Welfare through Efficient Markets, Monica Widegren, Konkurrensverket/Swedish Competition Authority, Sweden (forthcoming)

Competition law: an inspiration for the public task debate and PSI re-use?, Katleen Janssen, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI), K.U.Leuven University, Belgium

PSI Re-use: UK Perspectives, Audrey Mandela, Chair, Locus Association (UK), United Kingdom

Part 4: Focus on the Pragmatic Issues Moving the PSI Re-use Agenda Forward

Tales of the unexpected: dynamic visualization of public sector information: WDMMG (Where Does My Money Go) Prototype / Gazette project, Liz Turner, Iconomical, The Netherlands

PSI in Belgium: state-of-the-art, Cristina Dos Santos, Researcher at the Research Centre in IT and Law (CRID), University of Namur (FUNDP), Belgium