ePSIplus overview & Meeting overview Chris Corbin ePSIplus Analyst Berlin, Germany, funded by eContentPlus

The ePSIplus Thematic Network The time interval That is monitored by ePSIplus ePSINet + ePSINetCee EU PSI Directive 2003/98/EC Political Review Member States comply PSI directive came into force We are here! ePSIplus MEPSIR Micus Study ePSI++? Economic growth due to PSI Re-use? Commission Decision 2006/291/EC ePSIplus Conference

ePSIplus - Thematic meetings - evidence building ThemeMeeting 1Meeting 2Meeting 3 LegalLegal issuesExtending the Directive - Cultural Heritage Legal redress Public Sector Culture PPPCapacity building - training etc. Future Action Private Sector Opportunity Role of Associations Towards an IAG (PSI Alliance) Role of Competition Authorities FinancePSI Pricing 1PSI Pricing 2PSI Pricing 3 Info. Mgmt.PSI managementAsset Registers (Meta data) Interoperability Topic for each thematic meeting

ePSIplus - Meetings - Thematic priorities 1Network kick off meeting held in Prague, 30/31 October Thematic cross-border meetings (3 per thematic area) –Legal & Regulation theme Meeting 1: 16 February 2007, Hague, Netherlands (Report published) Meeting 2: September 2007, Paphos, Cyprus (Report published) Meeting 3: 8 May Ljubljana Slovenia (Report published) –Public Sector Organisation theme Meeting 1: 11 April 2007, Prague, Czech Republic (Report published)) Summary Report Meeting 2: 8 October 2007, Bratislava, Republic of Slovakia (Report published)) Published Meeting 3: Converted to final conference 1 – 3 February 2009? Paris –Encouraging PSI re-use business theme Meeting 1: 31 August 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark (Report published) Meeting 2: 19 October 2007, Brussels, Belgium (Report published) Meeting 3: 11 November 2008, Berlin, Germany –Pricing impact theme Meeting 1: April 2007, Helsinki, Finland (Report published) Meeting 2: November 2007, London, UK (Report published) Meeting 3: November 2008, Athens, Greece –Standards theme Meeting 1: 5 July 2007, London, UK (Report published) Meeting 2: 26 November 2007, Riga, Latvia (Report published) Meeting 3: 12 September 2008, Madrid, Spain All the materials from the meetings are available on the ePSIplus web site Red - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place

ePSIplus - Meetings - National 35 National, Federal and Cross-border meetings –Cyprus 20 February 2007 (Report published) –France 14 June 2007 (Report published) –Iceland 5 September 2007 (Report published) –Netherlands 27 September 2007 (Report published) –Finland 2 October 2007 (Report published) –Ireland 25 October 2007 (Report published) –UK 30 October 2007 (Report published) –Slovenia 7 November 2007 –Germany 6 December 2007 (Report published) –Belgium 11 December 2007 (Report published) –Hungary 13 December 2007 (Report published) –Slovakia 14 December 2007 –Czech Republic 23 January 2008 –Latvia 25 January 2008 (Report published) –Malta 8 February 2008 –Lithuania 21 February 2008 (Report published) –Austria 4 March 2008 –Spain 31 March 2008 –Bulgaria 17 April 2008 –Greece 21 May 2008 –Estonia 23 May 2008 (Report published) –Iceland_2 4 September 2008 –Portugal 19 September 2008 –Denmark 27 November 2008 –Sweden 11 December 2008 Conference to test recommendations for change 13 June 2008, Brussels All the materials from the meetings are available on the ePSIplus web site Red - means the meeting has taken place or is taking place

Sampling experiences (gathering evidence) Considering Comparing Concluding 1.Draft 2.QA 3.Publish The meeting Setting the scene Meeting report 102 Presentations 397 experts ePSIplus - One stop shop to PSI The evidence base (web site) Assigned ePSIplus Analyst Experts that attended meeting ePSIplus Meetings: Evidence base Thematic meetings completed: 12 out of 15 Accumulative Total National meetings completed: 21 out of reports published 1146 experts Accumulative Total Assigned ePSIplus Analyst 198 Presentations Combined accumulative total: presentations experts attended meetings - 25 reports - 35 meetings + Conference + Iceland2 By end of project estimate: - Presentations Experts Reports Reports published

ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI Live: Objective: To become the first port of call for information on PSI re-use Home page Total number of news items posted: 1164

ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI Objective: To become the first port of call for information on PSI re-use

ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI

Reaching the ePSIplus recommendations The ePSIplus process: Build up the evidence base Analyse the evidence Draft recommendations Test against stakeholders (Conference) Finalise and submit recommendations

ePSIplus - 12 recommendations plus supporting evidence has been published & submitted to the European Commission review The ePSIplus recommendations

PSI Directive: EU27 transposition time analysis Denmark Estonia Finland France Ireland Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden UK Belgium Czech Republic Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Cyprus Germany Malta Romania Austria Bulgaria Luxembourg Portugal Spain Sweden Denmark Poland?

PSI Directive: Status within the European Union All 27 Member States have notified transposition

PSI Directive: Status within the EFTA Member States Iceland Norway Switzerland Liechtenstein

Berlin meeting objectives To consider: the actions taken so far with respect to the competition and market issues that have arisen from the implementation of the Directive; the role of the Competition Authorities with respect to ensuring this particular market area is functioning; the conclusions and the outcomes from market studies undertaken; the effectiveness of both the handling of complaints brought to the attention of the competition bodies and the enforcement of the recommendations arising from such complaints; how and whom within the European Competition Network should handle complaints received either from Private Companies or a pan European Private Sector PSI Re-user Associations such as the PSI Alliance; that arise from market activity across Member States; to consider whether the associated frameworks and tools – for example public sector accountancy practice; are present that enables competition authorities to act for example when considering dominant behaviour and market squeeze through price; the issues that arise when regulating the public sector itself.

Berlin meeting - Invitations Invitations sent to: All the members of the European Competition Network (33 in total) German competition bodies (26 in total) (Invitation was in German language) Member State PSI Regulators (2 in total) ePSIplus partners (30 in total to approach Competition bodies & invite them) ePSIplus stakeholders (2000 in total) Majority of ECN members including the Commission Competition Directorate did not respond Of the ECN members that responded majority stated no complaints received and as such needed to focus on other markets PSI Regulators and the Commission report that few complaints have been received. In response to the above the meeting approach was changed to invite the PSI Associations and private companies to seek evidence, review the issues and develop a way forward including an action plan and recommendations for engaging competition bodies.

Berlin meeting outline Introduction The evidence The way forward for All the materials from the meeting will be placed on the ePSIplus web site evening 12 November 2008

Berlin meeting outline – snapshot of evidence Encouraging the PSI Market to reach its potential The PSI market – are there Competition issues? Experiences from Private Sector PSI re-users & Associations All the materials from the meeting will be placed on the ePSIplus web site evening 12 November 2008

Berlin meeting outline – developing an action plan Experts in attendance that have not made a presentation to lead Considering the evidence presented Categorising and dissecting the issues presented Developing and agreeing an action plan to engage the competition authorities Developing and agreeing an action plan to engage the competition authorities All the materials from the meeting will be placed on the ePSIplus web site evening 12 November 2008

Berlin meeting outline – developing an action plan Whilst listening to the presentations please note down the issues and decided whether it is an issue for Competition bodies or others to resolve. First part of the structured debate will be round the table gathering of your points

Berlin meeting outline – developing an action plan Second part of the structured debate will be to consider each of the competition issues identified with respect detecting the issue, the evidence needed, is it resolvable? Has any Competition body (PSI Regulator or PSI Association) published a simple table to assist a PSI re-user with an issued decide whether to submit a complaint? What is needed to reduce costs and resolve an issue in a business oriented time frame?

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