[okfn-discuss] No mention of openness/open data in the EU 2020 strategy?

Thu Dec 17 18:18:03 UTC 2009

Consultation open until 15th January.

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Hello,

The European Commission has recently released a working document titled
"Public consultation on the future EU 2020 strategy".
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/eu2020/consultation_en.htm

The EU2020 strategy is a continuation of the Lisbon strategy, with a
proposed focus on:
(1) Creating value by basing growth on knowledge.
2) Empowering people in inclusive societies.
(3) Creating a competitive, connected and greener economy

The description of the first focus area includes a paragraph on
intellectual property issues:

"A well-functioning system of intellectual property rights, which allows
for efficient and cost-
effective protection, enables innovative business start-ups, provides
authors with a transparent
management of their rights, and helps universities and research
institutions to raise capital
through the commercialisation of their ideas and inventions is needed to
develop the
creativity, knowledge and research capacity in Europe."

I'm not an expert in interpreting political intent of EU documents, but
I think that the paragraph lacks any mention of the value of openness in
intellectual property - while there is mnetion of "effective protection"
and commercialisation of ideas / inventions.

The document is in consultations until the 15th of January.

Best,

Alek

--
dr Alek Tarkowski
koordynator / public lead
Creative Commons Polska / Poland
http://creativecommons.pl

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org