Exploitation of Public Sector Information

• A mutually agreed division of tasks between public and private partners in line with:

  • Each partner’s specific competence (eg web publishing), mission (eg public service duties), and expectations (eg profit, better service)
  • Citizens’ rights and users’ interests (eg vital public information free of charge, value-added services priced)
  • Competition rules

• Ensuring a mutual benefit:

  • An incentive for public bodies to open up their information resources
  • A commercial opportunity for content companies to exploit

Models for public-private partnerships