On Opening Up Government Data

2nd International Open Data Dialogue

18 November 2013, Berlin

On Opening Up Government Data

Carl-Christian Buhr

@ccbuhrhttp://bit.ly/cc_buhr

All views are

just mine...

...but you are welcome

to agree

...and even

to share

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@NeelieKroesEUhttp://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU

EU Commission

Vice-President

“open & direct”

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Commissioner for the

(Roaming, Spectrum, ISPs, Internet

Governance, Net Neutrality, Cybersecurity,

Media, R&D, Hardware, Online Privacy,

Standardisation...)

Open Data (ideally) is

1. raw

2. available

3. re-usable

(4. interesting)

Why should the Digital

Agenda care?

Computers

Internet

Automation

= Open Data (perhaps)

Why should everyone else

care?

Better data

==>

Better decisions

Not using

available

data

=

Walking

blind

Fairness

Image credit [1]

Transparency

Image credit [2]

Value

Image credit [3]

Isn't this just a gimmick?

Think again

GPS

Geographical info

Weather info

Public transport info

Traffic info

Company registry info

...

Open Public Data Investment Cycle

1. Make data open, reliably

2. See new uses

3. See new tools/services/jobs

4. Receive new taxes

Overall EU potential economic

gain: 140bn EUR/year

Same logic for corporate data!

Overall: How to support data value

chains?

Neelie Kroes just announced work

on a PPP for Big Data

What does the EU do?

1. Make more data open

- Make EU data available

- New PSI re-use directive

- Follow-up with EU Members

http://open-data.europa.eu/

2. Fund Open Data

Research & Innovation

3. Make publicly funded

research results openly

accessible

Open Access in Horizon 2020

PublicationsOA Mandate

(Green/Gold, Embargo 6/12m)

&OA to Data Pilot

Image Credits [3, 4]

10 Theses

on Open Data in Europe

1. Open Data adds to Freedom of Information Rules

2. Open Data means re-use

3. Open Data is an economic issue

4. Open Data makes transparency real

5. Open Data must become routine

6. Open Data should be“hard-wired”

7. Open Data drivespublic sector modernisation

8. Nobody should wait for legislation

9. Open Data anddata protection play together

10. Open Data in 2030 -everywhere or losing

Questions?

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Image Credits

[1, Tax]: http://www.firstpost.com/economy/disclose-true-income-by-15-dec-or-face-action-govt-to-tax-evaders-551901.html

[2, Transparency]: http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0811kanagawa-1.asp

[3, Gold]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27117418@N07/2557960827/

[4, Green]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spool32/4633177036/