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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are thinking about organising the following
workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Title: Public sector information
online: democratic, social and economic potentials<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Relevance:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Since the IGF in <st1:City
w:st="on">Hyderabad</st1:City> significant developments in this field: inter
alia, OECD Recommendation adopted at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seoul</st1:place></st1:City>.
EU Declarations and EU-CEPAL joint Declaration of <st1:PersonName
ProductID="La Granja. Development" w:st="on">La Granja. Development</st1:PersonName>
of various open government initiatives, where public sector information online
is a central element.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Description:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Open discussion on policy
options regarding the opening of public sector information for re-use for
commercial and non commercial purposes. Especial reference to its democratic,
social and economic potential. Update on open government initiatives and
"data.gov" and similar catalogues of public sector information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Policies: openness, transparency
and improved accountability. Promotion of digital content: innovation through
private sector and civil society initiatives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Policy implications: costs -
tariffs or not. Public service mission: where to stop. Conditions for re-use
and licensing. Privacy. Intellectual property rights. Public interests
(national security, etc).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Workshop format:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Short interventions by panel
members followed by open floor debate with attending participants.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Panel members:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Representatives from Spanish
Aporta project (www.aporta.es) and Epsiplatform (www.epsiplatform.eu). Speakers
from private sector and civil society. Presence from developing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Initial organising team<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=blue face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Aporta and European Public
Sector Information Platform<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>With this email we would like
to reach out to all of you and call for possible inputs or possible interested
speakers, especially from Developing Countries and civil society, on this topic,
if possible before April 30<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName ProductID="Jorge Cancio" w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Jorge Cancio</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Spanish Ministry of Industry,
Tourism and Trade<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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