Europeana and the digital Renaissance Yvo Volman European Commission DG Information Society and Media European Parliament Conference Brussels, 29 March 2011

Digital Agenda for Europe Context for report Comité des Sages and the actions on Europeana and digitisation ‘Every European digital’ Key action 15: sustainable financing model for Europeana and digitisation Key action 1: Orphan works and out of print works Building on achievements since 2005

Digitisation in Europe Where did we stand in 2005? Some co-ordination of MS efforts (NRG, Lund) Co-funding technologies (projects) Political attention Press, general public

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Co-ordination MS Co-funding (projects) Press, general public Political attention Dialogue between Stakeholders Work on Framework Conditions Europeana

Europeana – state of play Enough interesting content in Europeana? Are Europeana’s technologies solid? –Cap Gemini technical audit – positive result –Much was set in motion - based on open source Can Europeana do what Google Art does? –Need for a central repository + combination of technologies –Content providers need to be actively involved CdS: turn Europeana into the reference point for European culture online

Content for Europeana All public domain masterpieces in Europeana by 2016 –No watermarks… Access through Europeana as a pre-condition for public funding Roadmap process with Member States MS must act: digitisation, aggregating content, awareness raising on Europeana –Need for national champions for Europeana (clear roles and responsibilities) In-copyright content

New value from old material Out-of-distribution and orphan works Cds: Avoid a 20 th century black hole Full respect of legitimate interests rights holders 8-step test for orphan works legal instrument –Discussions in the Commission on instrument ongoing Model for out of distribution works –Stakeholders’ dialogue to arrive at licencing agreements

Digitisation as a basis for economic activity Digitisation is a growing industry Market for preservation of digital material Using the digitised material for new information products and services –Education, tourism, design, apps based on cultural material –Improving language technologies, search, datamining etc Essential that digitised resources + metadata can be re-used Facilitating role of Europeana: hub for the creative industries PPPs for digitisation (within boundaries)

Where do we stand now? ‘Europeana effect’ Co-ordination (MSEG) Co-funding (projects) Press, general public Political attention Dialogue between Stakeholders Work on Framework Conditions

Conclusion Europeana central in the Commission’s strategy for access to and use of digital heritage –Work on funding model in context MAFF ongoing Report of the CdS important reference point for the coming years Improving access to culture + economic activity around cultural assets Developing Europeana is a responsibility for all: MS, cultural institutions, European institutions More Bulgarian content for Europeana!