[euopendata] Estonian new parliament -> Coalition agreement about open data

[Jonathan Gray]

Antti, Henri: I wonder whether you know any official representatives
involved in this initiative who might be interested in writing a bit
more about this for blog.okfn.org?

J.

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Antti Poikola <antti.poikola at gmail.com> wrote:
> Henri Laupmaa from Estonia visited last week in Finland and told good news.
> The new parliament coalition in Estonia agreed on several points related to
> PSI/open data.
>
> Original blog post in Estonian and Henris rough translations:
>
> http://www.opendata.ee/2011-03-24/avatud-andmed-uue-valitsuse-koalitsioonileppes/
>
>>
>>  Quick translation of the points in coalition agreement:
>>
>>  + + +
>>
>>  8. Giving states' digital assets to citizens and business:
>>
>>  a. we make the spatial data public - to give citizens and businesses
>>  the opportunity to create their own public data services;
>>
>>  b. we link the public registers (cadastre data and land register) and
>>  make their information available online 24/7;
>>
>>  c. for transparency and simulating creation of new applications by
>>  private sector, we make the state and local government data available
>>  in machine-readable form (machine-readable public data);
>>
>>  d. Our aim is that datasets made in cooperation between state and
>>  private parties would be available to businesses and individuals to
>>  develop their own applications.
>>
>>  + + +
>>
>>  Expect to see you in May.
>>
>>  Kind regards,
>>  Henri
>>
>>
>
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