Public Sector Intangible Assets: The need to consider a broader view of the benefits to society and the economy

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NESTA - 14th January 2009 - London

The need to consider a broader view

of the benefits to society and the economy

Presented by

Michael FanningOnline Consultants International GmbH

Karlsruhe

Public Sector Intangible Assets – unlocking the potential

Theme 2: Adding value to intangible assets



€ 27 Bn.Total market size

in Europe

MEPSIR (2006)

PIRA (2000)

2

₤ 1 Bn.Potential net

economic value in UK

OFT (2007)

€ 1.51 Bn.Geodata in Germany

MICUS (2008)

€ 68 Bn.

Economic potential of PSI in Europe

52%Share of

Geodata PIRA (2000)

Numerous studies indicate that the economic potential of PSI re-use has not been realised yet.

€ 737 Mio.Economic value of PSI in France

GFII (2005)

Starting point: How do we measure benefits?



EU PSI Study 2008 – Assessing PSI Re-use in Europe

Assessment of the Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) in

theGeographical information,

Meteorological Information andLegal Information Sectors

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONInformation Society and Media Directorate–General

Digital Content & Cognitive Systems Digital Libraries & Public Sector Information

See: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/pdfs/micus_report_december2008.pdf



The aims of the EU PSI Study 2008:

General overview and analysis of the legal and administrative, geographical (cartographic-mapping and cadastral) and meteorological PSI fields.

Identification of key indicators for analysing the re-use of PSI in each specific field.

Measurement of the re-use of PSI in each specific field.

Analysis of the implementation of the Directive's framework conditions by the supply side and identification of successful examples and practices in each field.

The stated objectives of the study were fourfold:



Business areas:• Management consultancy• Market studies• Geoinformation

Autors: Dr. Martin Fornefeld Dr. Gaby Boele-Keimer

Business areas:• Systems solutions • European space industry • Meteorological information

Autor: Dr. Stephan Recher

Business areas:• Management consultancy• Market research and KIM services• Legal and business information

Autor: Michael Fanning

Project management and company subject speciality



Methodology – Information types and their indicators

1. Geographic information

Topographic information

Cadastral information, including address data

Aerial photography

2. Meteorologocal information

Synoptic observations

Radar images

Weather predictions

3. Legal and administrative information

Primary and secondary legislation

Legislation, regulations and official notices

Decisions of national and regional courts

PSI Holders:

Supply

Web portals

Customers

Data policy

Standard product

PSI Reuser:

Procurement

Information about company

Data policy

Substitution

Web portals

Customers

Information types Indicators



PSI Holders - Questionnaire

Supply indicators:

- income

- number of requests

- volume of data transfers

Web portals

Customers

Data policy: price and licenses

Benchmark for a standard product

PSI Re-user - Questionnaire

Procurement indicators:

- expenditure

- frequency of the requests

- data volume

Use of PSI

Substitution with private data

Information about company

Modified questionnaire

Methodology – Data acquisition

Phase 2: Telephone interviews

Phase 1: Online questionnaire



Results – Legal and administrative information

The majority of PSI holders indicated that they have made noticeable changes in their data policy since 2002, nearly 50% of them confirmed that the changes were brought about by legislation.

(79%) of the PSI holders interviewed offer legislative and administrative information free of charge via the internet.

The market for legal and administrative information is growing: since 2002 an average increase level of 40% has been reported by PSI holders (exceptional growth rates with re-users who add value to PSI is evident in specific market segments (e.g. property services market in UK)).



Benefits to society and the economy: New markets

Example: http://www.upmystreet.com

Property services market in the UK

Example: http://www.recht.makrolog.de

Paper fomatSingle publicationsSpread across FRG

Electronic formatOnline database Accessable to all

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Contact with public body: „Who do I contact with respect to the demarcation of land and property?“

Risk assessment: „What is the threat of flooding in the area?“

Risk assessment: „Is there any evidence of contaminated land being in the area?“

Risk assessment:„Has there been any coal mining activity in the area?“



Benefits to society and the economy: New ideas

„Using our services, 200,000 people have written to their MP

for the first time, over 8,000 potholes and other broken

things have been fixed, nearly 9,000,000 signatures have

been left on petitions to the Prime Minister, and at least 77

tiny hats have been knitted for charity. „

„TheyWorkForYou was visited around two million times in

2007 (according to Google Analytics) and has become a small

institution in British politics.“

„WriteToThem has now been used to send over 400,000

messages, around half of which come from citizens who tell

us they've never written to a politician before. Simple

engagement, done right. „

„Nearly 25,000 problems have now been reported

across the UK, with our users following up many

thousands with updates, news and notifications that

problems have been fixed. „

TheyWorkForYou

WriteToThem

FixMyStreet

See: http://www.mysociety.org/



Benefits to society and the economy: New commitment

Public Whip is a project to watch

Members of the United Kingdom

Parliament, so that the public can better

understand and influence their voting

patterns. Public Whip is an independent,

non-governmental project.

Statistics:

„The database contains 1,800 distinct

MPs and Lords from 23 parties who have

voted across 4,498 divisions. In total

1,713,795 votes were cast giving an

average of 381 per division. Of these

26,113 were against the majority vote

for their party giving an average

rebellion rate of 1.52%. „

Resources:

Staff: 2 -3 people working part-time

Initial costs: < £2,500

Running costs: < £500 per year

Intangible asset: Hansard

Relys on: Parliament Parser Project

Source: Estimates drawn from Public Whip Help –

FAQs

See: http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/faq.php#whatis

See: http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mpsee.php



But there are still some old problems…

Run on behalf of the Government by

the Power of Information

Taskforce Show Us A Better Way is

a competition about making

government information more

useful.

Show Us A better Way

One of the recent winners in

the second category, where

the ideas will be developed

further, included:

The Free Legal Web

„The aim is laudable, indeed imperative, but

there is a long way to go and meanwhile the

volume of legislation advances apace. It is a

serious state of affairs when the relevant

legislation is not accessible, the Government's

own public information website (OPSI) is

incomplete and the prosecution in an excise case

unintentionally misleads the court as to the

relevant Regulations in force. Although the

problem has in this case arisen in an excise

context, it is part of a wider problem of

substantial constitutional importance. „

Lord Justice Toulson in R v Chambers [2008] EWCA Crim 2467 commenting on the Government‘s response to the Law Commission‘s Report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny, addressing specifically the section "Access to legislation and consolidation„, recently remarked,

See: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2008/2467.html See: http://www.showusabetterway.com/also,http://www.showusabetterway.co.uk/call/2008/08/the-free-legal.html



…that seen broadly can be reinterpreted as opportunities!

Job Big job! Bigger job!! Re-think job?

By analogy the „DIYer‘s nightmare“…

…could lead to attractive possibilities!



Thank you for your interest

For further information please contact:

Michael FanningManaging Director

Online Consultants International GmbHUnterreut 6

76135 Karlsruhe

Tel: +49-721-92 12-909Fax: +49-721-92 [email protected]

http://www.oci-gmbh.com



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