The two-day
meeting will give the opportunity to publicly present the state of
the art of the LAPSI policy recommendations on Public Sector
Information (PSI) re-use. The featured policies focus on some of
the
major legal topics involved with the re-use of PSI; in particular,
intellectual property rights issues, privacy, data protection
and
personal data processing, competition law aspects.
The LAPSI
members will discuss their policies together with external
discussants and experts in the field of PSI, as well as with
stakeholders and citizens who want to broaden their knowledge
around
the topics of PSI and Open Data.
The 2nd Public
Conference will be held at the University
Foundation, Bruxelles – Salle Félicien Cattier, rue
d'egmont 11, 1000 Bruxelles.
In addition to the
scheduled activites, the winner of the
3rd
LAPSI Award on the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal in
the
EU will be announced during the
second day of the Public Conference.
Since PSI availability is
crucial for fostering re-use initiatives, the very purpose of
the
Award is to support any initiative which can be beneficial to
PSI
re-use policies for moving forward.
The
Award is open to public sector bodies, businesses and citizens
who
designed or manage a PSI portal in the EU.
A
panel of experts will evaluate the submitted projects with
regard to the user-friendly design of the portal; the originality
and
the layout appeal of the portal; the efficacy of the portal in
facilitating the access of the PSI; the efficacy of the portal in
fostering the awareness on legal aspects of PSI (such as
competition,
data protection and privacy, intellectual property rights).
The
Award has received the support of the Italian Infocamere
(http://www.infocamere.it/)
and as a
result,
the most user-friendly design of a PSI portal will be rewarded
with a
prize of 1,000 Euros.
Application must be submitted
in
English by 23rd
of December 2011 (16:00 hrs CET).
LAPSI
is the European Thematic Network studying Legal Aspects of
Public
Sector Information Re-use.
It
intends to build a network apt to become the main European point
of
reference for high-level policy discussions and strategic action
on
all legal issues related to the access and the re-use of the PSI,
namely in the digital environment.
The LAPSI
Thematic Network is aimed to produced policy recommendations
in view
of the impact assessment exercise linked to the revision of the
Directive 2003/98/EC scheduled for 2012.
More
info at: http://www.lapsi-project.eu/
Cristiana Sappa
Project Manager, LAPSI, www.lapsi-project.eu, and EVPSI, www.evpsi.org
Postdoctoral Researcher, Torino Law School
Research Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society, http://nexa.polito.it