European Commission to make public sector high-value datasets openly
available
The EU continues to promote open data policies by making more Public
Sector Information (PSI) available for public use. As a part of its
current initiative, high-value datasets from a pre-defined list would
be openly available to facilitate new information products, especially
in Artificial Intelligence (AI). You can consult the high-value
datasets implementing regulation and its annex published on the 21st
of December here
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=PI_COM:C(2022)9562].

The EU’s public sector is heavily data-intensive, with open public
data or PSI playing a significant role in the EU data economy.
Allowing openly accessible data to be reused can drive economic
growth, address societal challenges, promote evidence-based
policymaking, and increase government transparency. 

Another benefit of open data availability is that it becomes a
critical asset for the development of new technologies such as AI.
Therefore, making high-value datasets available for re-use will help
the enhancement of innovation in new information and technologies.
Under this initiative, these datasets will:

 	* use application programming interfaces to allow reusability for
free
 	* be available in machine-readable formats
 	* be available for bulk download (where possible)

The European Commission consulted
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12111-Open-data-availability-of-public-datasets/public-consultation_en]
with all major stakeholders before the implementation of the
initiative, including governments, companies, businesses, academics,
and citizens with an interest in the EU data economy. The regulation
aims to account re-use of six potential categories of high-value
datasets, namely: Geospatial, Earth Observation and Environment,
Meteorological, Statistics, Companies and Company ownerships and
Mobility.

Access to reliable and accurate high-value datasets free from any
technical, legal, or financial barriers leads to the high
socio-economic and environmental benefits. The data.europa.eu
[https://data.europa.eu/en] portal has over 1,500,000 European public
datasets [https://data.europa.eu/en/publications/datastories]
available to users, which enable detailed analysis of singular events
and historical records..

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Publication Date/Time
2023-02-01T10:10:16+00:00
The latest initiative by the Commission recognizes the potential for
re-use of high-value datasets held by the public sector