‘Poland is Open’ Conference Discusses PSI Re-use
Source: Blog Edwina Bendyka (Antymatrix) / Open Education News / Instytut Obywatelski PO RP (Civil Institute) / EBIB - Electronic Library
konferencja “Polska otwarta”
Warsaw: 1 March 2010
The Instytut Obywatelski PO RP (Civil Institute) and Ośrodek Badań nad Przyszłością Collegium Civitas (Collegium Civitas Centre for Studies of the Future) held the Open Poland Conference (English) konferencja “Polska otwarta” (Polish) in Warsaw on the 1st March 2010.
Edwina Bendyka in a blog discusses the Conference (approximate English translation) (Polish Text online).
“The Conference focused on the issues of the public domain and publicly available knowledge, information and culture in a digital age. In many countries, there is a growing movement in favour of openness which is about the web free of charge and sharing digital resources. This phenomenon is illustrated by initiatives such as data.gov, data.gov.uk, open access and many others.
And what is the openness of resources in Poland? Unfortunately, not the best, the experts agreed, and the reasons are many: from technology to perhaps the most difficult, mental attitudes. Despite these difficulties, however, the principle of that content produced with public money, whether it be public figures or cultural content, should be made available to citizens. If the current laws are examined, they need to be modified to meet the demands of openness.
Presenters at the Conference agreed (although pay attention to the various difficulties in the detail). Presenters included government representatives: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Waldemar Pawlak, Minister of Science and Higher Education, Barbara Kudrycka, Education Minister Katarzyna Hall, Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration, George Miller, and Minister Michał Boni.”
The Conference Programme included presentations by experts and several Polish politicians. Wojciech Wiewiorowski, Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, gave a presentation on “Open access to public sector information as a way to modernize the State and the greater public support for public administration” (video of presentation).
- Watch presentations and listen to the debate (videos online).
- Photos of the Conference online
A background paper prepared for the Conference notes the following key questions for an open society in the Digital Age, which need to be addressed by politicians, experts, entrepreneurs and citizens.
- How to define the public domain, its scope, its method of maintenance and management?
- As a socially optimal share and use knowledge resources and culture created by public funds?
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How to use existing and emerging resources to modernize the public domain
education and higher education? -
How to use the principle of openness and open access to data for the modernization
public administration and improve the quality of the relationship between citizens and authorities administration? - How to use the resources in the public domain: information, resources, knowledge, cultural heritage to improve competitiveness and innovation in Polish firms?
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