Open Government Data. 1. The Parties recognise that facilitating public access to and use of government information may xxxxxx economic and social development, competitiveness and innovation. 2. To the extent that a Party makes government information, including data, available to the public, it shall endeavour to ensure that the information is made available as open data. 3. The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate to identify ways in which Parties can expand access to and use of open data, with a view to enhancing and generating business opportunities. 4. Cooperation under this Article may include activities such as: (a) jointly identifying sectors where open data sets, particularly those with global value, can be used to facilitate technology transfer, talent formation and innovation, among other things; (b) encouraging the development of new products and services based on open data sets; and (c) fostering the use and develop open data licensing models in the form of standardised public licences available online, which will allow open data to be freely accessed, used, modified and shared by anyone for any purpose permitted by the Parties’ respective laws and regulations, and which rely on open data formats.
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, Digital Economy Partnership Agreement
