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FOME Symposium25 October 2011, Bonn
What does the EU do for Data Journalism?
Carl-Christian Buhr
European Commission
(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)http://slidesha.re/euddj2011
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr
Nothing directly.
But there is
...media policy
...data policy
...skills policy
The European Union...
...makes Data Policye.g. PSI, INSPIRE
...collects Datae.g. Eurostat, Tenders Electronic Daily
...builds Data Infrastructures
...funds Data Research
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/
The European Commission...
...and the Co-Legislators
http://europarl.europa.eu/
http://consilium.europa.eu/
European Parliament
Council of the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/
Neelie Kroes
Digital Agenda
27 Commissioners......with 27 Portfolios
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
101 Actions
DAE
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Advising on...
Research PolicyOpen AccessICT Standardisatione-Infrastructuresetc.
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr,@ccbuhr
101 Actions
“We are here to serve citizens, and to make the best use of their money. To achieve that, what could be better than handing them back the data already gathered on their behalf, to use and develop as they see fit.” Open Data Challenge Awards, 16 June 2011
Also see Neelie’s blog posts on open data (13 May 2011 and 20 October 2011).
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,@NeelieKroesEU
Why Open Data?
Data Policy I
DAE, p. 9: “By 2012, review the Directive on Re-Use of Public Sector Information, notably its scope and principles on charging for access and use.” [2003, transposed into national laws]
Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010)
“The Commission will promote open access ... It will aim to make open access to publications the general principle for projects funded by the EU research Framework Programmes […]”.
Data Policy II: Open Access
http://www.openaire.eu
link
Data Collection2006 Decision on re-use of Commission Information to be adapted in line with PSI Directive
Covered
Translation memoriesAudio-visual material
Excluded
Material with third-party IPRResearch results of the EC’s Joint Research CentreSpecial cases (e.g. in Competition investigations)
link
link
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Data Research
ICT Challenge 4: Digital Libraries and Content
Semantic Web, Linked Data etc.Last call summer 2011, EUR 50m
Creating Knowledge from Interlinked Data
link
link
link
Linked Open Data Around-The-Clock
Data Infrastructure I
Pan-European data portal workshop (3/11/2010), CIP WP 2011 (p. 46) & tender notice (deadline was 19/9/2011):
Implementation of European Commission open data portalCall for tenders to purchase services:
• “to develop and administer a web portal to act as a single point of access to data sets produced and held by European Commission services (and by extension to data sets produced and held by other European institutions/bodies and other public bodies),
• to assist the Commission with the definition and implementation of a data set publication process,
• to assist the Commission with the preparation of data sets for publication via the portal,
• to assist the Commission in supporting for engaging the community interested in re-using the published data sets.”
Maximum value: 800 000 EUR.
link
Data Infra-
structure II
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”Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.
Skills I
DAE, chapter 2.6: “Enhancing Digital Literacy and Skills”
1. All necessary tools are out there...
2. We need people to see the need
Skills II
What is a table? How to combine two?What can we do with a database?How to best visualise information?E.g. ScraperWiki, Google Refine
Skills III
Aim: Context and technique
EU deserves journalists who understand it
Communicating requires technique
Skills IV
Incorrectly paraphrasing press releases is not enough
Data journalism is hard!
Gap in self-reporting of the EU?
Data = undisputed. Interpretion = ?
Selected PointersThe Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Neelie on Open Datahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUpUD4I1Wo
Material on the PSI Directivehttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/index_en.htm
DAE Assembly Workshop on OD: Materialshttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/daa11/item-
display.cfm?id=5963http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/2011/05/13/
Eurostat Statistics Portalhttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/
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