Maximising the return from PSI Address Information Chris

Maximising the return from PSI Address Information Chris Corbin e. PSIplus Analyst 2007 NORDIC ADDRESS MEETING TÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS 29. 05. 07 funded by e. Content. Plus

Presentation Outline Presentation Framework • The PSI Directive - a status report Visible Hidden • The e. PSIplus Thematic Network Visible Hidden • The Re-use of Address Information Visible Hidden • Towards a European Address forum Visible Hidden • Summary Visible www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework Re-use PSI Step 1 EU Co-Decision Process Transposition 19 Months 18 Months 5. 06. 02 31. 12. 03 EU 27 = 39+ Months 1. 07. 05 Step 2 Member States Compliance Step 3 Member State Public Sector compliance 21+ months Time to Reach Critical Mass Step 4 Impact on Current PSI re-users European Parliament, Commission, Council Review www. e. PSIplus. net July 2008

Establishing the PSI framework As at 1 st May 2007 www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework The European Commission has referred five Member States: • Austria • Belgium • Portugal • Spain • Luxembourg to the European Court of Justice. The European Commission is in review with several Member States over their transposition. Three Member States transposed via a deferred transposition: Malta (Now complete). Cyprus - 20. 04. 07 now over due, Romania - 40 days to go www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework Denmark Finland, Sweden Iceland, Norway Denmark: New Law 596 26. 06. 2005 Finland: Existing laws passed in 1991, 1992, & 1999 Iceland: Amended Law 50/1996 now 161/2006 15. 12. 2006 Norway: New FOI law comes into force 1. 01. 2008 Sweden: Existing laws passed in 19987, 1989, 1994, 1995 & 1997 www. e. PSIplus. net The NORDIC conundrum with respect to PSI re-use

Establishing the PSI framework Government of Sweden challenged! Government Awareness: Open Sweden Campaign 2002 Various reports EU Projects e. g. Barriers to e. Gov www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework Finland: Re-user Weather Services - April 2007 • Some positive development is going on, especially in the Netherlands, the UK, Norway and Spain • Some negative development recently on internet and broadcasting rules • Inertia in the governmental organisations very strong • EU global competitiveness getting even worse if politicians do not take action • Long-term forecast thus: we need a good data policy storm first to get the sun eventually shining www. e. PSIplus. net

Establishing the PSI framework www. e. PSIplus. net Maximum score for the Legal Theme is 20

e. PSIplus - within the European context CUPI Report e. PSIplus MEPSIR: Measuring European Public Sector Information Resources MEPSIR Political Review e. PSINet + e. PSINet. Cee EU PSI Directive (broad) 2004 PSI directive came into force 31. 12. 03 2005 1. 07. 05 Member States comply We are here! 2006 Estimate as to when all EU 27 will have Transposed the PSI Directive 2007 EC Info Soc monitoring via contracts and projects such as e. PSIplus Started in 1987 may achieve its objectives by 2017: 30 Years! www. e. PSIplus. net 2008 2009

e. PSIplus and the PSI Directive review Purpose: Has the Directive 2003/98 had the desired impact? e. PSIplus thematic network (active) MEPSIR 2? Annual Review of Lisbon Strategy EC Commissioned Sector studies Summer Recess e. PSIplus & EC Conference EC Online Consultation EU Co-decision process EC Analysis of EC Consultation Communication European Commission Meteorological sector study European Council Legal sector study European Parliament Geographic Information sector study July 2007 Jan 2008 April 2008 July 2008 Oct 2008 EU Elections May 2009 www. e. PSIplus. net Jan 2009

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e. PSIplus Thematic Network - Purpose The thematic Network will: – Support the implementation of the European Directive on PSI re-use; – Facilitate the major opportunities for business to develop value added products and services based on PSI. The network will be active for 30 months from the 1 st September 2006 through to 28 th February 2009 (which covers the period leading up to the PSI Directive review in 2008 by the European Parliament. ) Covers all Member (EU, EEA, EFTA) and candidate states Covers all PSI domains e. PSIplus will focus on five major themes www. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus - 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 impact on public sector costs and budget) 5. Information management, standards and data quality www. e. PSIplus. net (including

Actors within the e. PSIplus thematic network • Network co-ordinator (MDR) • Analysts (5 subcontracted) • National Network Members (29) • Pan European Network Members (2) – – • EUROGI PRIMET Spatial Meteorological Target registered stakeholders (5000+) Denmark - FDIH - The Danish e. Business Association Finland - CAPP in Association with Diges Iceland - Department of the Information Society, Prime Minister's Office Norway - Ministry of Government Administration and Reform Sweden - Stockholm Chamber of Commerce www. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus - Meetings 1 Network kick off meeting held in Prague, 30/31 October 2006 15 Thematic cross-border workshops (3 per thematic area) – – – Legal & Regulation theme • Workshop 1, 16 February 2007, Hague, Netherlands (Report & Presentations published) • Workshop 2, September 2007, Nicosia, Cyprus Public Sector Organisation theme • Workshop 1, 11 April 2007, Prague, Czech Republic (Presentations published) • Workshop 2, October 2007, Bratislava, Slovakia Encouraging PSI re-use business theme • – – Workshop 1, 30 August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark Pricing impact theme • Workshop 1: 19 - 20 April 2007, Helsinki, Finland (Presentations published) • Workshop 2: 1 - 2 November 2007, London, UK • Workshop 3: June 2008, Rome, Italy Standards theme • Workshop 1: 5 July 2007, London, UK • Workshop 2: 26 - 27 November, Riga, Latvia 35 National and Federal level meetings – – – Cyprus 20 February 2007 (Presentations published) France 14 June 2007 Dublin 27 Sept 2007 Red - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place Final Conference (May 2008) All the materials from the meetings are available on the e. PSIplus web site www. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus Outputs (Deliverables) 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. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI Home page Live: 27. 09. 06 Objective: To become the first port of call for information on PSI re-use Target 5000+ Registered PSI stakeholders www. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI Scorecard level 1 www. e. PSIplus. net

e. PSIplus thematic network - summary The e. PSIplus thematic network - is devoted to the PSI vision and strategy - is people oriented! - provides a forum within which to share knowledge - acts as a catalyst to change - provides the only European PSI knowledge base currently in existence (The One stop Shop to PSI - via the web site) - is for everyone involved in PSI irrespective of which sector the stakeholder operates within. SO PLEASE STAY INVOLVED with e. PSIplus www. e. PSIplus. net The key to success is to KEEP IT SIMPLE!

Quantifying the Re-use of Address Information within the Value Chain www. e. PSIplus. net

The Re-use of Address Information Why Addresses are of interest within the PSI re-use framework • An address starts life within the public sector (usually at local level) as such it is public sector information. • However all parts of Society (from global to micro level) use an Address for a wide range of applications other than delivery. • Modernising government is an example of how an Address is used for other purposes than delivery. • As such an economic case study (analysis of the value added chain within the market) on Address re-use will be widely understood. (Has the PSI Directive had an impact? ) • As market issues arise regulators are increasingly becoming active with respect to Addresses (a market commodity) and provide evidence in addition to that provided by the normal scrutiny, registration and procurement processes especially within the public sector. • The Information Society and Knowledge Economy (global) is acting as a catalyst to changes within the traditional value chain. • Traditionally Addresses were the in the domain of the postal authorities as such they provide a potential base line for commencing a value chain analysis. OJEC UK MSA Procurement Notice (NLPG & NSG). Approximate cost estimation Aggregation & awareness € 3. 3 million p. a. Unit Address cost € 0. 11 p. a. www. e. PSIplus. net

The Re-use of Address Information PSI Address Distributors / Partners No added value PSI Address Sold (1: 1 relationship not an aggregator ) PSI Address re-users (Value Chain) PSI Address Free PSI Address not available www. e. PSIplus. net Customer (Includes Public Sector)

The Re-use of Address Information The simplified value chain Public Sector Trading Data Collector Data packager Linguistic Services P S I Data packager Data Services www. e. PSIplus. net Data Integrator Data Wholesaler Data Distributor Legal Services Consultancy Services Data Integrator Financial Services Customer

The Re-use of Address Information Economic analysis: simplified model for re-use of PSI - Addresses Seeking from NORDIC Address Meeting Value added = O/P Value - I/P Value Input Value Output Value Public Sector Potential Address Data & Information available for re-use www. e. PSIplus. net PSI re-users (Value Chain) Information Consumers

The Re-use of Address Information Economic analysis: simplified model for re-use of PSI Other Data Suppliers Commercial re-use sector Data, Games, Navigation, databases, etc. Producer Information Consumers Risk, Catchment, Design (architecture, civil engineering), etc Professional Services PSI Information services, travel planning, catalogues, tourism, etc. Content Providers Related areas that impact: e. Government as public sector moves down stream, procurement, PPP www. e. PSIplus. net C u s t o m e r

Towards a European Address forum or European Address Thematic Network www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum A strategy to raise the awareness on Address information through publishing Case Studies at the pan European level February 2004 October 2006 April 2007 Available from GINIE http: //www. ec-gis. org/ginie/doc/SDI_initiatives/GINIE_EBP_Section 6. pdf Available from e. PSIplus http: //www. epsiplus. net/epsiplus/news/the_finnish_address_system www. e. PSIplus. net Available from EC IADBC http: //ec. europa. eu/idabc/en/document/6940/194

Towards a European Address forum Outline history (partial) Oct 2004 Chioggia - UDMS Conference - Address Workshop Apr 2005 Europe - EUROGI Undertook European Address Survey May 2005 Lisbon - EUROGI Members Day - Address Survey results presented May 2005 Lisbon - EUROGI Members Day - European Address Forum Nov 2005 Europe - EUROGI updated survey Nov 2005 London - EUROGI led e. Contentplus proposal meeting for Addresses Sep 2006 Rome - EUROGI Address workshop in Rome Nov 2006 London - Denmark & e. PSIplus exploratory meeting www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum Mission (As proposed in Lisbon 2005 and again disseminated in 2006) The mission of the European Address forum is to: actively promote the availability and use of quality Address data for the benefit of the European Information Society and Knowledge economy Objectives The European Address experts forum would meet the mission statement through: – Establishing a Europe wide network of Address data experts; – Exchanging and sharing information and best practice; – Representing the Address data community within pertinent forums that may have an impact on Address data. – Partaking in capacity building actions related to Addressing. For example: • Running European events and workshops • Presenting papers at European conferences • Producing an electronic newsletter • Producing an online bibliography of documents related to Addressing www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum Addresses are now at the European level - PSI & INSPIRE Directives Directive 2007/2/EC INSPIRE Law within the European Union as of 15 th May 2007 Enters into force in Member States 15 th May 2009 Annex 1: Spatial Data Themes referred to in Articles 6(a), 8(1) and 9(A) 5. Addresses Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number, postal coded. The two legal frameworks DO NOT replace the need for a European Address Forum (or Thematic Network) - if anything it makes the Forum an imperative. The Address is not just a geo-spatial sector data item. Evidence from monitoring the PSI Directive indicates that Addresses maybe contentious! www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum The key is to have as a minimum a web site presence as this provides a low cost information sharing resource and enables awareness raising & should be combined with an annual conference. One possible way forward is to come within the e. PSIplus initiative for the establishment of an Industry Action Group (pan) European PSI Industry Action Group Association National Associations Pan European Associations For example LOCUS EUROGI Thematic Interest Groups (TIGs) Address Forum Cross Party Working Groups Meteo Forum Other potential TIG’s - Property - Marketing - Legal - Geo-spatial www. e. PSIplus. net Licensing

Towards a European Address forum Potential tasks within a Thematic Network Purpose to raise the understanding on electronic Address data and information Dissemination of information pertinent to Addresses • Web site • Meetings • Newsletter • Presentations at conference Priority areas as related to Addresses: (understanding and documenting) • Legal - the differences • Organisational - the public sector structure • Value chain - the structure within Member States - who are the players? • Economics & Pricing • Quality • Standards • Interoperability between Member States - potential Legal Frameworks - contributing too: • PSI Directive • INSPIRE - monitoring and providing feedback www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum The e. Contentplus 2007 Call - a possible opportunity. Geographic Information - Best practice networks for geographic information Call date: Imminent Closing date: 1700 hours Luxembourg local time 4 th October 2007 Submission: Forms on CD-ROM. Proposals sent by fax or e-mail will be excluded. Call open to EFTA countries Call funding for GI: € 14 million approximately. Three project types: • Targeted Projects (TP) not open for Geographic Information • Thematic Networks (TN) not open for Geographic Information • Best Practice Networks (BPN) open for Geographic Information Based on the draft e. Contentplus information available a BPN does not match the requirement to establish a European Address Forum (Thematic network) www. e. PSIplus. net

Towards a European Address forum The CIP 2007 Call - a possible opportunity. Call date: Opened 25. 07 Closing date: 1700 hours Brussels local time 23 rd October 2007 Call funding: € 54 million approximately. Thematic Networks should develop new policy implementation schemes through working groups, workshops and exchanges of good practices and expertise. In total three Thematic Networks will be funded, one for each of the three following work programme objectives: • Promoting local & regional e. Participation • Stimulating measurement of impact & user satisfaction • Brokering pan-European e. Government solutions & services online Based on the CIP call information a TN on pan-European e. Government solutions and services does not match the requirement to establish a European Address Forum (Thematic network) www. e. PSIplus. net

Summary • Addresses are fundamental to Society. • The democratic processes have an impact on the public sector at all levels. As a result it may take time to implement legal frameworks across all levels of the public sector. It may also lead to pendulum swings - that is policies and public sector priorities and structures change as the political climate changes. • Everyone has an interest in Addresses and has a use for them. Addresses are not just for the public sector others have an interest in Addresses & as critical to the organisation. Failure to realise this will mean critical mass may not be used with respect to Address data and its re-use. • The PSI Directive has had minimal impact so far - implementing macro level initiatives at a European level takes time especially within the EU model. • Frameworks that have a legal basis trigger legal interpretation which then leads to the need for clarity in Government policies and harmonisation of existing and future policies. www. e. PSIplus. net

Summary • The PSI Framework has demonstrated the requirement that the public sector itself must comply with EU laws - for example competition law, procurement law, cross subsidies laws (EU Treaties), transparency laws. • With respect to the NORDIC Countries there remains an unanswered conundrum as to why the NORDIC region within Europe is not the leading example with respect to the knowledge economy and the re-use of public sector information. • Evidence would indicate that the NORDIC countries Governments have perhaps been complacent due to their long established openness on public sector information access laws - they now need to catch up! • Within the framework of the PSI Directive there is a need to understand the current economics and pricing polices, structures with respect to Addresses. • There is a need for public sector bodies that provide Addresses to become involved in the e. PSIplus Thematic Network especially the meetings - for example PSI Pricing & economics, Standards and information management. www. e. PSIplus. net

Summary • The INSPIRE framework is not the panacea for Addresses - it might lead to positive outcomes, negative outcomes or make no difference at all. • The Address community needs to engage in the INSPIRE processes in the holistic sense to ensure that the standards adopted, rules are suitable for the all uses of Addresses. • The need for a European Address Thematic Network (or Forum) is still there. Funding opportunities at current time are not a direct match. • The annual NORDIC Address meetings have set the example - should a European Address Thematic Network appear this does not mean the annual NORDIC Address meetings should not continue - interoperability at the cross border level is with one’s immediate neighbour’s - especially if there exists a high level of harmonisation with respect to laws, standards, semantics, language. • Many of you in this room have dedicated a considerable part of your working life to Addresses - the ultimate reward has to be when your work is utilised by ALL in society not just a narrow part of society. Well done - keep up the good work - continue to lead and set the example. www. e. PSIplus. net

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