PSI Directive

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26-2-2013

The trialogue to reach agreement on the new PSI Directive is still dealing with a few major points of negotiation. The Irish presidency has been arranging multiple meetings already to move the process forward.

A first trialogue (in which the Council ,the Commission and the European Parliament participate) has taken place in December 2012, and a second last week on 18 February.

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23-2-2013

At the ePSIplatform 2013 Conference in Warsaw, 22 February, 250 people heard the opening keynote by Ton Zijlstra, on the State of Open Data in the EU. Achievements of the past few years and challenges for the coming time were presented.

Core message was that in order to overcome the 'valley of disillusionment' of the hype cycle of open data, current stakeholders need to address a...

23-2-2013

The European Commission open data policy twitter account succinctly summarized the open data plans of the EC for 2013 in two Twitter messages (1, 2). The messages were sent out at the start of international Open Data Day, where over 100 cities world...

30-1-2013

Over the past years there has been an explosion of interest in opening up Public Sector Information (PSI) for the public to reuse. At a national level, numerous countries from around the world have established central data platforms. Several European Union member states have set up official national data catalogues as single-entry points to simplify public access to PSI of the country....

25-1-2013

During the 17th PSI Group Meeting in Luxembourg yesterday, hosted by the European Commission, the Swedish delegate indicated that Sweden is making a head start with the implementation of the new PSI Directive, currently being negotiated.

Citing their experience with implementing the original PSI Directive, it was announced that a committee to implement the new directive is already...

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