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ePSIplus is a Thematic Network, funded by the European Commission's eContentplus programme, to support the implementation of the European Directive on Re-use Public Sector Information (Directive 2003/98/EC of the European parliament and of the Council: 17 November 2003). EU Member States were required to implement the Directive into national law by 1 July 2005.

ePSIPlus uses experts on PSI resources, in order to facilitate re-use of public sector information for the benefit of companies, public administrations and citizens.

The project focuses on five major themes identified as a result of the ePSINet Accompanying Measure under the eContent Programme:

  1. Legal and regulatory progress and impact (including implementation of the Directive)
  2. Public sector organisation and culture change (including compliance with the Directive)
  3. Encouraging PSI re-use business
  4. The financial impact of the Directive: pricing and charging (including impact on public sector costs and budget)
  5. Information management, standards and data quality

The ePSIplus web portal is in the public domain and provides access to a range of knowledge emerging in the re-use of public sector information (PSI), across all EU member states, for both public and private sector stakeholders. The site also provides a forum for the discussion of key issues.

ePSIplus provides information on PSI re-use across Europe including news, reports, legal cases, good practices and benchmarking on the progress of legislation by means of a country scorecard, searchable by thematic area, country and free text terms.

The ePSIplus Network community includes organisations and individuals who are stakeholders from European countries in PSI re-use, from the public and private sector.

The Network also involves 25 European national representative organisations and a number of European Associations participating in promoting the Network and providing local knowledge.

The Network co-ordinating team is responsible for planning, development and co-ordination activities and includes expert analysts with backgrounds in the five major themes.

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