OECD Principles published
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
OECD Recommendation of the Council for Enhanced Access and More Effective Use of Public Sector Information
Paris: 27th June 2008
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has now published as a stand alone document the OECD Recommendation of the Council for Enhanced Access and More Effective Use of Public Sector Information [C(2008)36] , 7 pages.
The OECD member countries are:
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- The Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- The Slovak Republic
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- The United Kingdom
- The United States.
The Commission of the European Communities takes part in the work of the OECD.
The Forward to the document states:
“This Recommendation was developed by the OECD Committee for Information, Computer and Communication Policy (ICCP Committee), and particularly by its Working Party on the Information Economy. Work on its principles was initiated in 2007 on the basis of prior analytical work. The Recommendation was adopted by the OECD Council at its 1172nd Session on 30 April 2008.”