PSI Group (European Commission)
The Public Sector Information Group
In 2002, the European Commission initiated an informal group - The PSI Group, the remit of which is to:
- monitor progress with respect to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC;
- consider issues of common interest related to the re-use of information;
- exchange good practices related to the re-use of information.
The membership of the PSI group consists mainly of representatives of the Member States.
The European Commission maintains a PSI portal, which contains a range of information related to the PSI Directive, which includes the PSI Group. The information provided by the ePSI plus project complements that provided by the Commission’s PSI Portal.
The PSI Group meets twice a year. The meetings are normally chaired by the Head of Unit Directorate-General INFSO Unit E4 - Information market
The PSI Group may invite other interested institutions and organisations to the meetings as shown in the PSI Group agenda.
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PSI Group meeting on PSI Economic Indicators, Thursday, 12th November 2009, Luxembourg
Minutes not yet published
Outline Agenda
Welcome and introduction by chairman, Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, European Commission
Input paper: Comments and observations on the Draft outline of terms of reference, submitted by Michael Fanning, Online Consultants International GmbH (PDF format)
Meeting Agenda Part 1: PSI Indicators: Measuring PSI Re-use
Presentation: A review of indicators used in Public Sector Information Studies - 15 slides (PPT format), (PPS format), (PDF format)
Support paper: A review of indicators used in PSI studies – Version 4 - 14 pages (PDF format)
Meeting Agenda Part 2: Economic Analysis marginal costs / cost recovery
Presentation: A review of marginal cost / cost recovery regimes in Public Sector Information studies - 16 slides (PPT format), (PPS format), (PDF format)
Support paper: A review of economic studies on PSI that consider marginal costs / cost recovery – Version 1 - 9 pages (PDF format)
Post meeting papers
Support paper: A review of exonomic indicators referenced in the IJSDIR Volume: Value of Geographic Information - 8 pages (PDF format)
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PSI Group meeting on PSI Portals, Friday, 25th September 2009, Luxembourg
Minutes Published (PDF)
Agenda Published (PDF)
Support papers:
Welcome and introduction by chairman, Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, European Commission
General presentations of existing and planned PSI portals in the Member States:
- OPSI, United Kingdom (PDF)
- DG for the Development of the Information Society, Spain (PDF)
- Agence du patrimoine immaterial de l’Etat, France (Not published)
- Agence pur la Simplification Administrative, Belgium (PDF)
Re-users wish list
- PSI Alliance (PDF)
Financial and Organisational Challenges
- The European Public Sector Information Platform perspective on PSI portals, presented by Chris Corbin, Advisor to the E-PSI-P (Format PDF – 21 slides), (Format PPS – 21 slides), (Format PPT – 21 slides)
- Regione Piemonte, Italy (PDF)
Technological Challenges
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark (Not published)
- European Commission – Research: Information Management (PDF)
12th PSI Group meeting, Friday, 12 June 2009, Luxembourg
Welcome and introduction by chairman, Mr. Javier Hernández-Ros, European Commission
Evaluation of the PSI Directive
Commission Communication on the review of the Directive, presented by J. Hernandez-Ros, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
7 Slides ( PDF Format )
Member States' views
L’action de la France en faveur de la réutilisation des informations publiques, presented by Anne Fauconnier, APIE, France
2 Pages ( PDF Format ) French Language. 2 pages ( PDF Format ) English language
Update on the situation in The Netherlands, presented by Kees Keuzenkamp, Deputy Director, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
7 Slides ( PDF Format )
PSI Implementation - A Swedish View, presented by Gustaf Johnssen, Sweden
8 Slides ( PDF Format )
APORTA PROJECT, presented by Carmen Caridad Álvarez-Cienfuegos Rico, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Spain
12 Slides ( PDF Format )
Industry's views
The PSI Alliance, presented by Mr. Luigi Perissich, Confindustria Servizi innovative e technologici, Italy
22 Slides ( PDF Format )
Future Challenges - Identifying Exclusive Agreements
OPSI - Exclusive Agreements, presented by Jim Wretham, OPSI, UK
10 Slides ( PDF Format )
Exclusive Agreements Exercise, presented by Juan Pelegrin, European Commission
5 Slides ( PDF Format )
Future Challenges - Economic analysis for analysing different charging models/ Development of indicators for measuring PSI re-use
Towards a European statistical observatory of PSI re-use? presented by Michel Vajou, Groupe Français d'Industrie et de l'Information (GFII), France
11 Slides ( PDF Format )
Economics of PSI/ Development of PSI Indicators/Charging Models, presented by Juan Pelegrin, European Commission
5 Slides ( PDF Format )
Future Challenges - Redress Mechanisms
Re-use of PSI: The appelate procedure in the Republic of Slovenia, presented by Nataša Brenk, Legal adviser to the Information Commissioner Slovenia
8 Slides ( PDF Format )
Future Challenges – Fair Competition & Public Task
Reuse of Public Sector Information - Fair competition/Public task, presented by Luis Ferrão, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
17 slides ( PDF Format )
Recent Developments
INSPIRE Directive - What’s up? Presented by Beatrice Eiselt, EUROSTAT
21 Slides ( PDF Format )
Any Other Business
11th PSI Group meeting, Tuesday, 6 May 2008, Luxembourg
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman
2. Transposition and application of the PSI directive – update by Member States
The review of the PSI Directive
3. Review of the PSI Directive in 2008
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Review of Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information. Presented by Meri Rantala, European Commission
12 slides PPS format - Consultation with Member States
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Assessment of the economic impact of PSI re-use, presented by Dr. Martin Fornefeld, CEO MICUS
16 slides PPS format. -
Extension of the scope of the Directive to cultural institutions? Presented by Rob Davies, MDR Partners - Rightscom, Ltd.
11 slides PPS format
11 slides PDF format
The views of the private sector
4. Achieving fair and open access to PSI to maximise benefits from re-use, presented by Michael Nicholson & Nikolaus Futter of the PSI Alliance.
11 Slides PPS format
5. PSI re-use in France: position of the industry, presented by Denis Berthault, Vice-Président of GFII
9 slides PPS format
Good practices from Member States
6. ePSIplus: progress report, presented by Rob Davies, ePSIplus Thematic Network Co-ordinator
16 slides PPS format
16 slides PDF format
7. Models of Public Section Information Provision by Trading Funds, presented by Rufus Pollock University of Cambridge
15 slides PDF format
8. The PSI Directive: The UK Experience, presented by Jim Wretham, Head of Information Policy at the UK Office of Public Sector Information.
7 slides PPS format
9. Recommendation of the OECD Council for enhanced access and more effective use of public sector information, presented by Graham Vickery, OECD
8 slides PPS format
10. Other issues and wrap up by chairman
10th PSI Group meeting, Thursday, 21 June 2007, Luxembourg
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman
2. Views of the private sector on PSI reuse: challenges and opportunities
- LOCUS Association, United Kingdom
- EADP – European Association of Data Base Producers
- EUROGI – European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
3. PSI directive
- Transposition and application of the PSI directive - update by Member States
- The INSPIRE initiative - Directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the European Community
- Review of the PSI Directive in 2008
4. Good practices and policies supporting the re-use of PSI
- ePSI plus project: supporting the implementation of the Directive and re-use of the PSI
5. Other issues and wrap up by chairman
9th PSI Group meeting, Tuesday, 28 November 2006, Luxembourg
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman.
2. Update by Member States on the transposition and application of the PSI directive
3. Commission Decision 2006/291/EC, Euratom on the re-use of Commission information.
4. Complaints lodged at the European Commission.
5. Examples of PSI related complaints in Member States
- United Kingdom: Office of Public Sector Information
- Slovenia: Office of the Information Commissioner
6. Survey on exclusive agreements in the Netherlands, (to be confirmed)
7. PSI Navigator project: directory and search engine of PSI.
8. ePSI plus project: supporting the implementation of the Directive and re-use of the PSI.
9. Commission’s activities for promoting PSI in 2006 and work programme 2007.
10. AOB and wrap up by chairman.
8th PSI Group Meeting, Friday, 17 February 2006, Luxembourg
Minutes
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman
2. Update by Member States on the state of play of the transposition of the directive
3. Overview of infringement procedures
4. Presentations on national PSI policies in member states
- PSI Watch initiative in the Czech Republic (Ms Dagmar Vránová, Cekia - Czech capital information agency)
- Development of best practices in the UK (Mr Jim Wretham and Ms Marcia Jackson, U.K. Office of Public Sector Information)
- IT standards for re-use of PSI in Denmark (Mr Adam Lebech, Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
5. OECD study on PSI (Mr Graham Vickery, OECD)
6. MEASURING PSI: preliminary results of the study on Measuring European Public Sector Information Resources (MEPSIR) (Mr Robbin te Velde, HELM Corporation)
7. Commission’s activities for promoting PSI in 2005 and work programme 2006
8. AOB and wrap up by chairman
7th PSI Group Meeting, Friday, 11 March 2005, Luxembourg
Minutes
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman
2. Update by Member States on the state of play on the transposition
3. What Member States can expect after the transposition deadline: Wolf-Dietrich Grussmann, Infringements coordinator in DG Information Society and Media.
4. Ways and means of implementing the PSI directive. Presentation and discussion
- Definitions (Article 2)
5. Ways and means of implementing the PSI directive. Presentation and discussion
- Definitions (Article 2), continuing
- Prohibitions of exclusive arrangements (Article 11)
- The processing of requests for re-use(Article 4)
- Charges and cross subsidies (Article 11)
6. AOB and wrap up by the chair
6th PSI Group meeting, Friday, 1 October 2004, Luxembourg
Minutes:
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by the Chairman.
2. Update by Member States on the state of play on the transposition of the directive
3. Ways and means of implementing the PSI directive
4. Policies on the re-use of PSI
- Presentation by the Slovenian delegation
- Presentation by EPSINet. Re-use of PSI in Australia and USA
5. Re-use of statistical information held by public sector bodies
- The view of the public sector: Mr. Argueso from the National Statistical Institute of Spain
- The European experience: Mr. Gunter Schaefer, Head of Unit: Information and Dissemination, EUROSTAT
- The market view: Presentation by Global Trade Information Services
6. AOB and wrap up by chairman
5th PSI Group meeting Friday, 23 April 2004, Luxembourg
Minutes:
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by chairman
2. Update by Member States on the state of play on the transposition
3. Ways and means of implementing the PSI directive:
- Means of readers
- Assets Lists
4. Benchmarking and review: PSI study
5. Policies on the re-use of PSI in Europe
- Presentation by the Norwegian delegation
- The SHS project: presentation by Mr. Knut Rexed
6. Policies on the re-use of PSI in the US: Presentation by Mr. Peter Weiss
7. Re-use of meteorological information held by public sector bodies:
- The view of the public sector: Presentation by Mr. Rene Hoenson
- The European experience: Presentation by Mr. Daniel Soderman
- The market view: Presentation by Mr. Harry Otten
8. AOB and wrap up by chairman
4th PSI Group Meeting, Friday, 28 November 2003, Luxembourg
Minutes:
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction by the Chairman.
2. Update on public sector information directive process.
3. Transposition of the directive.
4. Policies on the re-use of PSI.
- Presentation by Estonian delegation – Information Access
- Presentation by UK delegation – Information Fair Trader Scheme (IFTS)
5. Re-use of legal information
6. AOB and wrap up by Chairman
3rd PSI Group Meeting, Tuesday, 13 May 2003, Luxembourg
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introduction by chairman
2. Update on Public sector information directive process
3. Policies on the re-use of PSI- good practices in the MS
- Presentation by the Dutch delegation
- Presentation of the new Légifrance Portal by the French delegation
4. Geographic information: market barriers for European products and possible solutions
- The market view: Presentation by Chris Corbin, AGI, and discussion
- Geographic information in Germany: Presentation by the German delegation and discussion
- Geographic information, the industry perspective, Presentation by Mr. Lee Wood, Teleatlas
- Activities of the EC in relation to geographic information, Presentation by Daniele Rizzi
5. Clearing house for geographic information, the Czech experience: Presentation by the Czech delegation and discussion
6. Geographic information, areas for action (discussion)
7. AOB and wrap up by chairman
2nd PSI Group Meeting, Wednesday, 16 October 2002, Luxembourg
Minutes
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introduction
2. Update PSI Directive Process in Council and Parliament
- INSPIRE - Mr. Marc Vanderhaegen, DG Environment
3. Information Policies and Asset Lists on PSI
- UK Asset Lists, Click use Licences
4. Improved Access to PSI
- Government Action in Denmark
5. Metadata on PSI
- XML Records in Austria
6. Working Methods of the Group
- Commission Proposal to create Space on the CIRCA Extranet
7. AOB and wrap up by the Chair
1st PSI Group Meeting, Friday, 21 June 2002, Brussels
Minutes
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introduction by the Chairman
- Role and Mandate of the Group
2. Role of Digital Public Data in the eEurope Initiative
- Government Online: Electronic Access to Public Services European Digital Content for Global Networks Jens Matthiessen European Commission.
3. Digital Public Data from a Country Perspective
- Online Licenses in the United Kingdom – J.Wretham, HMSO, UK
4. Re-use and Commercial Exploitation of Public Sector Information
- Commission Proposal for a Directive of 5 June 2002 – Y.Volman European Commission
5. Online Public Services
- Presentation Results 2nd Measurement of April 2002 Niko de Meester of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young,
6. Definition of Working Methods
- Exchange of Good Practices in field of e.g.:
- Data Collection (Standards & Metadata)
- Access Policies
- Re-use Policies, including Pricing Policies
- Copyright and other Legal Issues
- Online Public Services
- Frequency of Meetings and Date of Next Meeting
- Web Presence and Newsletter?
7. AOB and wrap up by the chair