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Brussels, 26th September 2013
Open data policy in
Catalonia. New European
judicial framework for
opening access to and
reusing information

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1. Definition

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In the course of its activities, the Public Sector works with
information that may have great commercial, or non-commercial,
value for third parties.
Open data / PSID Definition
flickr.com/photos/jwyg/4528443760

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2. New European
judicial framework
for opening access
to and reusing
information

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New EU strategic context
Digital agenda for Europe
-Strategy for intelligent, sustainable and
inclusive growth in Europe.
-Achieving high levels of employment, moving towards a low carbon
economy, increasing social cohesion and productivity through
concrete actions on a State-wide or Community-wide scale.
-In 1 of the 7 emblematic initiatives for Europe 2020, ICTs play a very
important role in achieving the 2020 objectives.
-Action 3: Opening up public data resources so they can be reused.
-In addition to the economic value, it is worth pointing out more
democratic merits such as promoting transparency and ensuring
public authorities can be held to account for their actions.

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New European legal framework
- On 26th
June 2013, the European Parliament
approved Directive 2013/37/EU of the European Parliament
and the Council (Consolidated Version) which
amended Directive 2003/98/EC on the reuse of
information in the public sector. It was published in
the Official Journal of the EU on 27 June.
-Member states have 2 years to convey the
measure into their judicial framework.
Changes
Within the pertinent ambit (museums, libraries
and archives), conditions (standard and open formats, licences without
conditions), fees (charges can be made if they are proportional), exclusivity
limits, supervision (a report every 3 years) and assessment (harmonisation
guides) of the European Commission.
Directive 2013/37/EU amending PSI
Directive 2003/98/EC

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3. The new Directive
in Catalonia

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http://dadesobertes.gencat.cat/en
Open Web Data Generalitat
(Catalan Government)

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Coordination PSI reutilisation
flickr.com/photos/ilri/8044438639
Coordination of the reuse of public sector information (PSI)
- Catalonia Catalonia Data, with regular meetings.
- Spanish state Open Data Spain, with six-monthly meetings.
- Europa
European comission (data
with preferential publication
date), licences and fees.

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Catalunya Dades Online

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Catalonia Legal framework
Within the Generalitat of Catalonia this applies to:
-Legal Notice (Licence) which authorises the reuse of all the contents
of Gencat.cat.
-Inventory of all the data. Each department (ministry) draws up an
inventory or catalogue of all their data and appoints a
person responsible for the reuse of, or open access to, data.
-Openly accessible images and videos. The Generalitat has opened
access to images and videos as if they were data (source, not
authorship).
-Linking reuse policies to transparency policies. The Generalitat‘s
transparency website also offers data in an open format (
see some examples).

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Catalonia Pending features
These include the following:
-Fees. At the moment, there are none. However, these might be
established, in line with the Directive, but would be limited to the cost
of return on investment or to getting back production costs.
-Impartial authority. The Spanish
state will need to decide who this
is.
-Governance in the Spanish state.
How will the reports for
the European Commission
be prepared?
flickr.com/photos/albertogp123/5843577306

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4. What is meant
by opening access
to data (PSI)
for the Generalitat
of Catalonia

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1. Communicating through liaison and
being present in society in a fresh way

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Data journalism

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2. Ensuring interoperability among
administrations

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Interoperability Open Agenda
Company Pimpampum
Description Agenda of activities in the territories where Catalan is spoken.
Dataset Cultural Agenda of Catalonia. Winner of the puntCat 2011 Grant
oberta.cat
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3. Offering services from social
websites

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Offering services from social
websites Twitter, Feina Activa
Description
23 Twitter profiles offering
employment separated by
categories
Dataset
Job offers from the
Employment Office of
Catalonia
An increase of 800% in
web access to Feina
Activa from Twitter

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Description
14 Twitter profiles with
the current state of all the
lines of the suburban
railway network of
Catalonia known as
Rodalies
Dataset
State of the services of
the suburban railway
network of Catalonia
Offering services from social
websites Twitter Rodalies

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4. Developing mobile applications

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Mobile services The Weather
Company
Lujop
Description
Three-day weather
forecasts, precipitation
reports from
meteorological radars
and information about
temperatures, wind
speeds and accumulated
rainfall. Via Android.
Dataset
Forecasts by the Catalan
Meteorological Service

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Company
Repilpa
Description
Real-time traffic reports
from across Catalonia,
based on information
provided by the Catalan
Transit Service. Via
Android.
Dataset
Information from the
Catalan Transit Service
Mobile services Traffic news

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Company
Amidasoft
Description
Hotels, rural tourism lodgings
and campsites in Catalonia,
with services offered, prices,
opening hours, location etc.
Via Android.
Dataset
Tourist accommodation in
Catalonia
Mobile services Tourist accommodation

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5. Making known and facilitating
the creation of all kinds of services
and products, not only technological
applications

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Intellectual property
Opening access to data
gencat.cat/santjordi

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Publications All with CC licenses
Editorial rules of the Generalitat (2009): All of the publications by
the Generalitat, whether on paper or digital with open use licenses
(creative Commons BY-NC-ND or other).
http://bit.ly/fIEXla

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Basque Government Networks
Guide Reuse
>Cinquena
edició:
Febrer 2012
Fifth edition:
February 2012

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6. Encouraging transparency

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Transparency portal 1/3 gencat
http://transparencia.gencat.cat

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Transparency Portal 2/3 data type
http://transparencia.gencat.ca/en
Data is
available in 3
formats:
Web, open
(semantic)
and info-
graphic. A
video-graphic
format will
soon be
available.

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Transparency Portal 2/3 info-graphics
http://transparencia.gencat.cat/en/

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MEPRanking is a website, updated weekly, with news of the
Parliamentary activity of European elected representatives.
mepranking.eu
Citizens’ initiatives open data

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7. Generating economic activity

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Map services eixos.cat
Company
planol.info
Description
Maps showing activities,
services and facilities -
designed to provide sites
for businesses and other
organisations
Dataset
Facilities in Catalonia
Winner of the puntCat
2011 Grant

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Fonts used
This presentation is based on the following documents:
-Directive 2013/37/EU of the European Parliament and the Council
(Consolidated Version) which amended directive 2003/98/EC on the
reuse of information in the public sector. Published in the Official
Journal of the EU on 27 June
-Presentations on open data and data reuse at gencat.cat published
on slideshare.net/gencat.
-Presentation and technical note “Revision of the Directive
2003/98/EEC” from the Spanish government
http://datos.gob.es/datos/?language=in
-Guidelines for Open Data Policies. Compiled by the Sunlight
Foundation. Version 2. August 2013

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Flemish Public Governance Departament
Brussels, 25th September 2013
Open data policy in Catalonia.
New European judicial
framework for opening access
to and reusing information