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Maximising the return from PSI - Address Information Chris Corbin ePSIplus Analyst 2007 NORDIC ADDRESS MEETING TÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS 29.05.07 funded by eContentPlus

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Page 1: Maximising the return from PSI - Address Information Chris Corbin ePSIplus Analyst 2007 NORDIC ADDRESS MEETING TÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS 29.05.07 funded

Maximising the return from PSI -

Address Information

Chris CorbinePSIplus Analyst

2007 NORDIC ADDRESS MEETINGTÓRSHAVN, FAROE ISLANDS

29.05.07

funded by eContentPlus

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Presentation Outline

www.ePSIplus.net

• The PSI Directive - a status report

• The ePSIplus Thematic Network

• The Re-use of Address Information

• Towards a European Address forum

• Summary

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www.ePSIplus.net

EU Co-Decision Process

Re-use PSI

5.06.0231.12.0319 Months

Member States

Transposition 18 Months EU27 = 39+ Months

1.07.05

21+ months

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3 Member State Public Sector

compliance

Step 4Impact on

CurrentPSI re-users

Compliance

Time to Reach Critical Mass

European Parliament, Commission, Council Review July 2008

Establishing the PSI framework

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www.ePSIplus.net

As at 1st May 2007

Establishing the PSI framework

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www.ePSIplus.net

Establishing the PSI framework

EU27 Transposition status as at 1st May 2007

52%

11%

15%

22%

New Laws Amended Existing Laws Existing laws covered Not Transposed

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www.ePSIplus.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

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www.ePSIplus.net

Establishing the PSI framework

NORDIC Countries - Transposition of EU Directive 2003/98/EC

20%

40%

40%

New Law

Amended Existing Law

Exisitng Law

Denmark

Iceland, Norway

Finland, Sweden

Denmark: New Law 596 26.06.2005 Finland: Existing laws passed in 1991, 1992, & 1999Iceland: Amended Law 50/1996 now 161/2006 15.12.2006 Norway: New FOI law comes into force 1.01.2008Sweden: Existing laws passed in 19987, 1989, 1994, 1995 & 1997

The NORDIC conundrum with respect to PSI re-use

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www.ePSIplus.net

Establishing the PSI framework

Government of Sweden challenged!

Government Awareness:

Open Sweden Campaign 2002

Various reports

EU Projects e.g. Barriers to eGov

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www.ePSIplus.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

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www.ePSIplus.net Maximum score for the Legal Theme is 20

ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1as at 7 May 2007

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus

Czech Republic

DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIcelandIrelandItalyLatvia

Liechtenstein

LithuaniaLuxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

NorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

Switzerland

UK

AverageMedianEU25EU27EFTA

Europe

Score

Transposition Implementation Support Awareness Enforcement

Establishing the PSI framework

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EU PSI Directive (broad)

PoliticalReview

2004 2005 2006 2007

1.07.05 Member States

comply

2008 2009PSI directive came

into force31.12.03

Started in 1987 may achieve its objectives by 2017: 30 Years!

We are here!

EC Info Soc monitoring via contracts and projects such as ePSIplus

Estimate as to whenall EU27 will haveTransposed the

PSI Directive

ePSIplus

ePSINet + ePSINetCee

MEPSIR

www.ePSIplus.net

CUPI Report

ePSIplus - within the European context

MEPSIR: Measuring EuropeanPublic Sector Information Resources

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www.ePSIplus.net

ePSIplus and the PSI Directive review

Purpose: Has the Directive 2003/98 had the desired impact?

ePSIplus thematic network (active)

July2007

Jan2008

April2008

July2008

Oct2008

Jan2009

EC OnlineConsultation

Geographic Information sector study

ePSIplus & EC

Conference

Legal sector study

Meteorological sector study

EC CommissionedSector studies

EC Analysis ofConsultation

EC Communication

EuropeanParliament

EuropeanCommission

EuropeanCouncil

EU Co-decisionprocess

SummerRecess

Annual Review of Lisbon Strategy

Annual Review of Lisbon Strategy

EU Elections May 2009

MEPSIR 2?

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www.ePSIplus.net

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ePSIplus 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 1st September 2006 through to 28th 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

ePSIplus will focus on five major themes

www.ePSIplus.net

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ePSIplus - 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 (including impact on public sector costs and budget)

5. Information management, standards and data quality

www.ePSIplus.net

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Actors within the ePSIplus thematic network

• Network co-ordinator (MDR)

• Analysts (5 subcontracted)

• National Network Members (29)

• Pan European Network Members (2)– EUROGI Spatial– PRIMET Meteorological

• Target registered stakeholders (5000+)

www.ePSIplus.net

Analysis of the ePSIplus Network National Representative

Public Sector24%

Private Sector28%

Representative Bodies38%

Academic & Research10%

Denmark - FDIH - The Danish eBusiness AssociationFinland - CAPP in Association with DigesIceland - Department of the Information Society, Prime Minister's OfficeNorway - Ministry of Government Administration and ReformSweden - Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

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ePSIplus - Meetings

1Network 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

Final Conference (May 2008)

All the materials from the meetings are available on the ePSIplus web site

www.ePSIplus.net

Red - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place

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ePSIplus 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.ePSIplus.net

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ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI

Live: 27.09.06

Objective:

To become the first port of call for information on PSI re-use

Target5000+ Registered PSI stakeholders

www.ePSIplus.net

Home page

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www.ePSIplus.net

Scorecard level 1

ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI

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www.ePSIplus.net

The key to success is to KEEP IT SIMPLE!

The ePSIplus 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 ePSIplus

ePSIplus thematic network - summary

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Quantifying the Re-use of Address Information

within theValue Chain

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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. UK Royal Mail Address Management Unit

Postal Address File (PAF) Income 2005/06 (Total €27 million) (ROI 6.8%) - Source POSTCOM April 2007

10%

81%

3%6%

Direct Sales Resellers PEL Corporate Licences

OJEC UK MSA Procurement Notice (NLPG & NSG).

Approximate cost estimation

Aggregation & awareness €3.3 million p.a.

Unit Address cost €0.11 p.a.

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www.ePSIplus.net

PSI AddressSold

PSI Address Free

PSI Addressnot

available

Customer(Includes

Public Sector)

PSI Address re-users(Value Chain)

PSI Address Distributors/ Partners No added value

(1:1 relationship not an aggregator )

The Re-use of Address Information

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The simplified value chain

Data Collector

Datapackager

Data Wholesaler

Data Distributor

Data Integrator

Customer

Data Collector

Datapackager

Data Integrator

PSI

LinguisticServices

DataServices

LegalServices

ConsultancyServices

PublicSector Trading

FinancialServices

The Re-use of Address Information

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www.ePSIplus.net

Potential Address Data &

Information available for re-use

PSI re-users(Value Chain)

InformationConsumers

Public Sector

InputValue

OutputValue

Value added = O/P Value - I/P Value

Economic analysis: simplified model for re-use of PSI - Addresses

The Re-use of Address Information

Seeking from NORDICAddress Meeting

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Economic analysis: simplified model for re-use of PSI

Related areas that impact: eGovernment as public sector moves down stream,procurement, PPP

PSI

Customer

Producer

ProfessionalServices

Content Providers

Data, Games, Navigation, databases, etc.

Commercial re-use sector

Risk, Catchment, Design (architecture, civil engineering), etc

Information services, travel planning, catalogues, tourism, etc.

InformationConsumers

Other Data Suppliers

The Re-use of Address Information

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Towards a

European Address forumor

European Address Thematic Network

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A strategy to raise the awareness on Address information through publishing Case Studies at the pan European level

www.ePSIplus.net

Available from EC IADBChttp://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/6940/194

Available from ePSIplushttp://www.epsiplus.net/epsiplus/news/the_finnish_address_system

February 2004

October 2006

April 2007

Towards a European Address forum

Available from GINIEhttp://www.ec-gis.org/ginie/doc/SDI_initiatives/GINIE_EBP_Section6.pdf

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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 eContentplus proposal meeting for Addresses

Sep 2006 Rome - EUROGI Address workshop in Rome

Nov 2006 London - Denmark & ePSIplus exploratory meeting

www.ePSIplus.net

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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.ePSIplus.net

Towards a European Address forum

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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 15th May 2007Enters into force in Member States 15th 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!

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One possible way forward is to come within the ePSIplus initiative for the establishment of an Industry Action Group

(pan) European PSI Industry Action Group Association

For

example LOCUS

AddressForum

Meteo Forum

Other potential TIG’s- Property- Marketing- Legal- Geo-spatial

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.

Licensing

www.ePSIplus.net

Towards a European Address forum

National Associations

Pan European Associations

Thematic InterestGroups (TIGs)

Cross PartyWorking Groups

For

example EUROGI

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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

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The eContentplus 2007 Call - a possible opportunity.

Geographic Information - Best practice networks for geographic information

Call date: ImminentClosing date: 1700 hours Luxembourg local time 4th October 2007 Submission: Forms on CD-ROM. Proposals sent by fax or e-mail will be excluded.

Call open to EFTA countriesCall 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 eContentplus information available a BPN does not match the requirement to establish a European Address Forum

(Thematic network)

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Towards a European Address forum

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The CIP 2007 Call - a possible opportunity.

Call date: Opened 25.05.07Closing date: 1700 hours Brussels local time 23rd 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 eParticipation•Stimulating measurement of impact & user satisfaction•Brokering pan-European eGovernment solutions & services online

Based on the CIP call information a TN on pan-European eGovernment solutions and services does not match the requirement to establish a European Address Forum

(Thematic network)

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Towards a European Address forum

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• 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.

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Summary

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• 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 ePSIplus Thematic Network especially the meetings - for example PSI Pricing & economics, Standards and information management.

www.ePSIplus.net

Summary

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• 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.

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Summary

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Interested in PSI? Then why not visit:

www.ePSIplus.net

Thank you for your attention