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The Belgian enterprise register (Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises – BCE/Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen – KBO) is the authentic source for all company information in Belgium. The legal framework governing the register was recently revised, also in order to increase the transparency of the register’s information and allow the re-use of the data. The updated version of the legal framework will for example allow the BCE/KBO to: •offer a free set of open data; •show more information on the Public Search website (f.e. legal situations of an enterprise) and enlarge the search possibilities; •offer public search webservices This should make it possible for companies and individuals to develop applications, having a positive effect on the economy in general. The new legal framework should enter into force on the 9th of May 2014.
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Belgian Enterprise Register
Open DataTransparent Belgian company data
« Empowering through openness »
Frank De Saer
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Belgian Enterprise RegisterBCE Banque-Carrefour des EntreprisesKBO Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen
Authentic Source– Official company information– Certified data input– Identification through an unique identifier– Legally encapsulated– Privacy constraints
Content
Enterprise legal persons (companies, foundations, associations…), sole traders, foreign companies, government agencies…
Establishment units of the enterprises: a place where, or from where, the activities of the enterprise are exercised
Information– General information (name, address…)– Legal functions – Activities– Authorisations and qualities– Establishment units information
1,5 mio active companies
Current access to the KBO data
Public Search (general public) Private Search (companies)
Web interface (government) Web services(government) Select (government) Extracts (government)
Present Public Search
Individual company search engine Limited set of data Only active companies
Data copy is NOT allowed
Present re-use of datalicense agreement for commercial re-use
Limited set of data without history
Cost: € 100.000/year
Restrictions in use (eg. no direct marketing, only commercial re-use)
KBO is a driver for more government efficiency
KBO is core system for simplifying company related processes: authorisations, registrations, licences , professional skills
One version of the truth: KBO as source for company statistics, economic analysis, samples,..
One single point of entrance: direct & electronic publication from KBO to Belgian official gazette
KBO as authentic source for user and access management: holding the functions and mandatories of persons who are empowered to represent the company
Why Open Data? Political statement: Open government
– Transparency Empowering Economic Value
– Applications, Mobile apps– Government budget restraints– Outsource development to the crowd
Improving data quality– “Responsibility through transparency”
The road to transparency Political statement for more open
government (2009).
Legal => work started 2010 Law accepted => 17/06/2013
– Still waiting on the implementing acts.(first half 2014)
Technical development preparations started 2012
Organizational preparations Communications and Public Relations
The long “legal” road Political discussions Propositions of new laws Advice from Privacy Commission Discussions in Parliamentary
commissions Voting of new legislation Executive acts and concrete modalities
(KB/MB) Advice from Council of State Signature of King Publications in Belgian Gazette
Legal framework (law + executive acts)
16 JANUARY 2003 (current framework)
17 JULY 2013 (future framework)
Entry into force: 9/05/2014
The final result: KBO Open Data
New Public Search
3 different “Open Data” options
New Public Search
Public company search engine New data
– Functions– Legal situation
New selection criteria– By Activity & postal code
Non-active companies & establishment
Free of charge Daily updated
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KBO Open Data File
Registration (mandatory) in a Web application
Free of charge 2 sets of CSV files
– 1 full copy off all available information– 1 update file
Monthly update
KBO Open Data FileContent
Active companies– Identification information enterprise
(legal form, financial information,…)
– Identification information Establishment unit – Contact information – Name– Address– Activities– Metadata and codes
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KBO Public Search Web Services
SOAP XML web service Same possibilities as Public Search
Paying service (2000 requests => €50,00 by bank transfer)
Registration in a web application
KBO CommercializationLicense agreement
License comparable with present commercial re-use
Price to be fixed by an act Contains more information
Some ideas for an Open KBO
Linked data: link KBO data with other (open/private) databases (e.g.. update supplier files)
A2A: use web service public search in other transactional applications (e.g. banking)
Mobile apps: nearest hospital
Economic dashboards: start-ups
Data cleansing
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Conclusions
Be Open …
Be creative … Innovate…Create value
Open Data: We are in the middle of a momentum...
Contact information
FOD Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie Beheersdienst van de KBONorthgate II Koning Albert II-laan 16 1000 BrusselContact center + 32 800 / 120 33 Helpdesk + 32 2/ 277 64 00 email: [email protected]
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