The ePSIplatform team is writing regular reports on various PSI re-use topics. These reports will appear roughly once per month. The first five of these reports now have been published.

This article introduces topic report number one "PSI in Belgium: a slow journey to open data?"

This report gives an overview of the current state of play of the public sector information community in Belgium. The interest in the re-use of public sector information has traditionally been limited, both from the public sector and the potential re-users. However, some recent developments seem to indicate a growing attention for re-use and an increasing willingness on the political and administrative level to open up government data. After setting out the legal framework, the report looks into current government policy and political support for open data. Next, it describes some existing practices of public bodies providing public sector information for re-use and some private sector and civil society initiatives relating to public sector information. These practices and initiatives show that the Belgian environment for public sector information is slowly changing.

The full report is of course available for download and embedding.

Find the other published topic reports (also available in the main navigation under Analysis)