The document discusses the European Commission's policies and activities related to open data and open access. It outlines Commissioner Neelie Kroes' support for open data and open access. It also provides pointers to the Commission's open data portal and open access repository, and notes that further approval is sometimes needed from the European Parliament and Council of the European Union.

1. Open Government Data Camp 20 October 2011, Warsaw Open Data and Open Access EU Policy and Practice Carl-Christian Buhr European Commission (All expressed views are those of the speaker.) http://slidesha.re/euodoa http://bit.ly/cc_buhr , @ccbuhr

2. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ The European Commission... has 27 Commissioners

3. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/ Neelie Kroes Digital Agenda The European Commission... with 27 Portfolios

4. http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda DAE 101 Actions

5. on Open Data “ I believe governments should embrace open data .” 05/04/2011 “ We are here to serve citizens [...] what could be better than handing them back the data already gathered on their behalf, to use and develop as they see fit. ” 16/06/2011 Also see Neelie’s blog post on open data 13/05/2011 http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU

6. Pointers: Some EU Data 2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive Covered Translation memories Audio-visual material Excluded Material with third-party IPR Research results of the EC’s Joint Research Centre Special cases (e.g. in Competition investigations ) link link link

7. on Open Access http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU , @NeelieKroesEU “ Access to scientific results for free, for all, for ever is a compelling vision indeed.” 06/04/2011 “ The question is no longer ‘if’ we should have open access. The question is about ‘how’ ” 02/12/2010 “ Scientific information has the power to transform our lives for the better – it is too valuable to be locked away. ” 06/10/2010

8. Pointers: Data Research ICT Challenge 4 : Digital Libraries and Content Semantic Web, Linked Data etc. Last call summer 2011, EUR 50m Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data link link link Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock

10. ...further approval often required http://europarl.europa.eu/ http://consilium.europa.eu/ European Parliament Council of the European Union

11. Clear Principles... Maximise public benefit from public information through widest dissemination for re-use by paying for collection, not for access and by driving down costs of dissemination

12. Why? Business Models (private and public) Others' rights (e.g. author/publisher) How? Different instruments Introduction over time Some exceptions make sense ...Require a Pragmatic Approach

13. New PSI Directive transposed: >2014 But mindsets are shifting today Let's work to keep that on track on all levels Mindsets ≠ Laws