1. UK Intellectual Property Office NESTA - 14th January 2009 - London The need to consider a broader view of the benefits to society and the economy Presented by Michael Fanning Online Consultants International GmbH Karlsruhe Public Sector Intangible Assets – unlocking the potential Theme 2: Adding value to intangible assets

2. € 27 Bn. Total market size in Europe MEPSIR (2006) PIRA (2000) ₤ 1 Bn. Potential net economic value in UK OFT (2007) € 1.51 Bn. Geodata in Germany MICUS (2008) € 68 Bn. Economic potential of PSI in Europe 52% Share of Geodata PIRA (2000) Numerous studies indicate that the economic potential of PSI re-use has not been realised yet. € 737 Mio. Economic value of PSI in France GFII (2005) Starting point: How do we measure benefits?

3. EU PSI Study 2008 – Assessing PSI Re-use in Europe Assessment of the Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) in the Geographical information, Meteorological Information and Legal Information Sectors EUROPEAN COMMISSION Information Society and Media Directorate–General Digital Content & Cognitive Systems Digital Libraries & Public Sector Information See: http ://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/pdfs/micus_report_december2008.pdf

10. Benefits to society and the economy: New ideas „ Using our services, 200,000 people have written to their MP for the first time, over 8,000 potholes and other broken things have been fixed, nearly 9,000,000 signatures have been left on petitions to the Prime Minister, and at least 77 tiny hats have been knitted for charity. „ „ TheyWorkForYou was visited around two million times in 2007 (according to Google Analytics) and has become a small institution in British politics.“ „ WriteToThem has now been used to send over 400,000 messages , around half of which come from citizens who tell us they've never written to a politician before. Simple engagement, done right. „ „ Nearly 25,000 problems have now been reported across the UK, with our users following up many thousands with updates, news and notifications that problems have been fixed. „ TheyWorkForYou WriteToThem FixMyStreet See: http ://www.mysociety.org/

12. But there are still some old problems… Run on behalf of the Government by the Power of Information Taskforce Show Us A Better Way is a competition about making government information more useful. Show Us A better Way One of the recent winners in the second category, where the ideas will be developed further, included: The Free Legal Web „ The aim is laudable, indeed imperative, but there is a long way to go and meanwhile the volume of legislation advances apace. It is a serious state of affairs when the relevant legislation is not accessible, the Government's own public information website (OPSI) is incomplete and the prosecution in an excise case unintentionally misleads the court as to the relevant Regulations in force. Although the problem has in this case arisen in an excise context, it is part of a wider problem of substantial constitutional importance. „ Lord Justice Toulson in R v Chambers [2008] EWCA Crim 2467 commenting on the Government‘s response to the Law Commission‘s Report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny, addressing specifically the section "Access to legislation and consolidation„, recently remarked, See: http ://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2008/2467.html See: http ://www.showusabetterway.com/ also, http://www.showusabetterway.co.uk/call/2008/08/the-free-legal.html

13. … that seen broadly can be reinterpreted as opportunities! Job Big job! Bigger job!! Re-think job? By analogy the „DIYer‘s nightmare“… … could lead to attractive possibilities!

14. Thank you for your interest For further information please contact: Michael Fanning Managing Director Online Consultants International GmbH Unterreut 6 76135 Karlsruhe Tel: +49-721-92 12-909 Fax: +49-721-92 12-913 [email_address] http://www.oci-gmbh.com