Transcript Re-use of public sector information Markets and impacts Graham Vickery Information Economics Digital Agenda Assembly Workshop 01.

Re-use of public sector information
Markets and impacts
Graham Vickery
Information Economics
Digital Agenda Assembly
Workshop 01. Open data and re-use of public sector information
Brussels
16 June 2011
The economic dimensions of PSI. How big are they?
• Narrow EU27 PSI-based market is large
• Market approximately EUR 28 billion annually (without R&D,
culture etc.)
• Rapid growth in PSI-related markets (open PSI or parallel
private sector) approximately 8%
• Potential economic gains from opening up PSI are larger.
Approximately EUR 40 billion
• Aggregate economic impacts (the economic “footprint” of
PSI) are larger again. Of the order of EUR 140 billion
• The direct market associated with PSI use is less important
than spillovers and new uses. Future innovations due to
easier access add further economic and social benefits
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The economic dimensions of PSI. Gains from removing
barriers – but what is being sacrificed?
• Direct benefits from removing current barriers to access and
improving the underlying infrastructure?
• Some examples:
– Geospatial sector benefits increased by some 10-40% by improving
access, data standards, building skills. Better local government
geospatial policies could double productivity gains over next 5 years
– Obligatory national environmental impact assessments - costs down
by EUR 2 billion per year; Open access to R&D results – gains
EUR 6 billion per year; if European citizens each saved 2 hours per year
from better access - worth EUR 1.4 billion per year
• Compared with what? EU27 government revenues are
relatively low, and generally a minor part of agency operating
budgets. Indirect negative effects from reduced access and
inhibitory pricing policies: lower growth, less jobs, fewer
information-based activities, tax revenues foregone
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