1. The ePSIplus Thematic Network Supporting the Implementation of the PSI Directive Chris Corbin ePSIplus Analyst Sliema, Malta, 8 th February 2008 funded by eContentPlus

2. ePSIplus - Purpose The ePSIplus Thematic Network: –Supports the implementation of the European Directive on PSI re-use. –Facilitates the major opportunities for business to develop value added products and services based on PSI. –The network will be active for 30 months*. –Covers all Member (EU, EEA, EFTA) and candidate states. –Covers all PSI domains. –Will focus on five major themes. * Commenced on the 1 st September 2006 and will be operational through to 28 th February 2009. (which covers the period leading up to the PSI Directive review in 2008 by the European Parliament.) Has now been operational for 16+ months and during that time has established network links with Australia, Canada, Southeast Asia and the OECD. That is the topic is a global one not just European or national. www.ePSIplus.net The unpaid network Champions.

3. 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

4. ePSIplus - Methodology www.ePSIplus.net ThemeMeeting 1Meeting 2Meeting 3 LegalLegal issuesExtending the Directive - Cultural Heritage Legal redress Public Sector Culture PPPCapacity building - training etc. Regulation Private Sector Opportunity Role of Associations Towards an IAG (PSI Alliance) Raising the awareness of the opportunity FinancePSI Pricing 1PSI Pricing 2PSI Pricing 3 Info. Mgmt.PSI managementAsset Registers (Meta data) Interoperability Topic for each thematic meeting

5. ePSIplus - Meetings - Thematic priorities 1Network kick off meeting held in Prague, 30/31 October 2006 15 Thematic cross-border meetings (3 per thematic area) –Legal & Regulation theme Meeting 1: 16 February 2007, Hague, Netherlands (Report published) Meeting 2: 10 - 11 September 2007, Paphos, Cyprus (Report published) Meeting 3: Slovenia –Public Sector Organisation theme Meeting 1: 11 April 2007, Prague, Czech Republic (Report published) Meeting 2: 8 October 2007, Bratislava, Republic of Slovakia (Report published) Meeting 3: ? –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: ? –Pricing impact theme Meeting 1: 19 - 20 April 2007, Helsinki, Finland (Report published) Meeting 2: 1 - 2 November 2007, London, UK (Report published) Meeting 3: Italy –Standards theme Meeting 1: 5 July 2007, London, UK (Report published) Meeting 2: 26 November 2007, Riga, Latvia Meeting 3: Spain 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

6. 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 –Netherlands 27 September 2007 –Finland 2 October 2007 –Ireland 25 October 2007 –UK 30 October 2007 –Slovenia 7 November 2007 –Germany 6 December 2007 (Report published) –Belgium 11 December 2007 –Hungary 13 December 2007 –Slovakia 14 December 2007 –Czech Republic 23 January 2008 –Latvia 25 January 2008 –Malta 8 February 2008 –Austria 4 March 2008 Final Conference (June 2008, Brussels) 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

7. www.ePSIplus.net Sampling experiences (gathering evidence) Considering Comparing Concluding 1.Draft 2.QA 3.Publish The meeting Setting the scene Meeting report 89 Presentations 341 experts ePSIplus - One stop shop to PSI The evidence base (web site) Assigned ePSIplus Analyst Experts that attended meeting ePSIplus Meetings: The process Thematic meetings completed: 10 out of 15 Accumulative Total National meetings completed: 14 out of 35 3 reports published 793 experts Accumulative Total Assigned ePSIplus Analyst 129 Presentations Combined accumulative total: - 218 presentations - 1134 experts attended meetings - 12 reports By end of project estimate: - Presentations 410 - Experts 2200 - Reports 50 9 Reports published

8. ePSIplus - Publications - Quarterly update Quarterly Update (Newsletter) available on the ePSIplus web site www.ePSIplus.net

9. 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 www.ePSIplus.net Home page Total number of news items posted: 679

10. ePSIplus - Encouraging PSI re-use business www.ePSIplus.net Current categories Aeronautics (2) Agriculture (1) Companies & Finances (16) Energy (3) Geographic (12) Land & Property (1) Law & Regulation (5) Public tenders (5) Traffic & Transport (5) Weather & Environment (8) Target 150 products. Currently 58 listed Directory of Cross Border Products and Services

11. ePSIplus - Encouraging PSI re-use business www.ePSIplus.net Directory of Cross Border Products and Services

12. ePSIplus - Forum www.ePSIplus.net Gathering evidence through online debate Current statistics 49 topics 123 responses

13. ePSIplus - Cases www.ePSIplus.net Current statistics = 23 entries

14. ePSIplus - Links www.ePSIplus.net Supporting the PSI stakeholders especially cross border re-users as no Advice or Assistance portal currently exists.

15. ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI www.ePSIplus.net International, Europe, Country ThemeTheme Information Depository Type The evidence base

16. ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI www.ePSIplus.net Retrieving information from the evidence base

17. www.ePSIplus.net ePSIplus - Scorecard Maximum score for Legal Theme is 20

18. www.ePSIplus.net Support Transposition Implementation Awareness Enforcement ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1 ePSIplus scorecard

19. ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI www.ePSIplus.net

20. ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI www.ePSIplus.net

21. ePSIplus - The One Stop Shop to PSI www.ePSIplus.net

22. Summary 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 (via the web site) with reflectors. - is for everyone involved in PSI irrespective of which sector the stakeholder operates within. SO PLEASE STAY INVOLVED with ePSIplus

23. Interested in PSI? Then why not visit: www.ePSIplus.net Thank you for your attention funded by eContentPlus