[open-government] A review of recent PSI re-use studies and related market developments, by mr. Graham Vickery

[Tim McNamara]

Here area some very brief notes I took of from the paper:

Areas reviewed
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 - Open access to public sector information
 - European market
 - National studies:
     - Denmark
     - France
     - Germany
     - Netherlands
     - Norway
     - Spain
     - Great Britain
     - USA
 - Geospatial
 - Market size evaluation (e.g. how big is open PSI/open data)

Areas excluded
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- public broadcasting
- scientific information and research data

Exec Summary
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Knowledge is source of competitive advantage in information economy
... wide range of benefits from increasing "diffusion of public
information"

benefits derived from:
 - new products
 - complementary products, e.g software
 - reduced transaction costs
 - efficiency gains within public sector
 - synergy of mixing private & public info

Governments can now access people who were previously unreachable, via
social media etc.

PSI market estimates
 - 2006: EU 25 + Norway => EUR 27b
 - 2008: EU 27 => EUR 28b
 - true value likely much larger, as this only takes into account BAU
 - (true value estimate) EU 27 => EUR 140b
Note: all studies showed growth of PSI-related markets

Sectors that could benefit the most:
 - geospatial, massive productivity boost for government

Gains to be had:
 - estimated reduction of 20% for compliance costs due to increased
access to data for environmental impact assessments
 -  R&D results => EUR 6b
 - "... if European citizens each saved as little as 2 hours per year
by rapid and comprehensive access to public information, this would be
worth at least EUR 1.4 billion per year"

Comparison:
 - relatively little revenue is gained through current system,
therefore much net gain could be achieved

International dimensions of PSI are spreading


Introduction
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- Digititisation is key for the commercial benefits of PSI to be realised.
- distinction made between dynamic info vs static info; dynamic being
easier to commercialise


Defintions and Value Chains
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Some nice flow charts about what types of information government
generates and how they can be adapted by parts of the
private/community sectors.

Ends with a strong focus on digitalisation.


General Market Studies
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Why is open access to public sector information important? Often
because the public sector demands and generates such large volumes of
data. In small economies, it can be the dominant player in particular
domains.

The unpredictability of what third parties can do with public sector
information is where its value lies.

"The supply of PSU at no charge is generally justifiable on grounds of
economic efficiency where there are no clear obligations and risks
related to nondisclosure")

Societies are increasing facing wicked issues. [Implication that open
access leads to answers]

USA weather example: NOAA. Data used by everyone.


Sub-national PSI.
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Victoria, AU. Efficiency seen as greatest benefit.


International PSI
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 "OECD Recommendation of the Council for enhanced access and more
effective use of public sector information", 2008 [Note to self,
follow-up/find]  Recommendation established because of following
barriers:

 - restructive/unclear rules & re-use conditions
 - "discouraging, unclear, inconsistent pricing"
 - complex, lengthy licensing procedures
 - inefficient distribution
 - "barriers to development of international makets" [?]
 - unclear role of public sector

Depth of European PSI market
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[note: significant variations in methodology between studies]

2000: EUR 68b (36b geo), compare USA EUR 750b
2006: EUR 26.1-47.8 b


National Reviews

[didn't have time to review these sections]

 - Denmark
 - France
 - Germany
 - Netherlands
 - Norway
 - Spain
 - Great Britain
 - USA

Geospatial
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Examples from Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Great Britain.

Estimating EU27 Market Size
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Examples drawn from AU, NL, NZ & extrapolated:

"Averaging the New Zealand value (EUR 128.5 billion) with the
Australian value above (EUR 157.5 billion) gives an aggregate economic
impact of PSI-related applications and use for the EU27 of EUR 143
billion for 2008:

On 8 October 2011 03:44, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Ton Zijlstra posted an interesting article about:
>
> A review of recent PSI re-use studies and related market developments,
> by mr. Graham Vickery, has been published.
> "The EC DG Information Society has published a review of recent PSI
> re-use studies and related market developments. The study was
> undertaken by Mr. Graham Vickery -Information Economics- and has now
> been finalised. It summarises the findings of the currently available
> studies on PSI re-use, either sectorial or national, it assesses any
> changes/development since 2006, and provides estimates of the updated
> value of PSI re-use in Europe. More information can also be found at
> the Economic Analysis page of the EC.
> Findings from the report were presented earlier this month at the 15th
> PSI Group Meeting in Luxembourg. The full report is available for
> download as a .docx file, and is also embedded below."
>
> http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/review_of_recent_psi_re_use_studies_published
>
>
> Regards
> Daniel
> --
>
> Daniel Dietrich
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