Selected Country Experiences in Open Data

Presentation by Jeff Kaplan, Senior Consultant for ICT Unit of the World Bank, at conference in Tunis, Tunisia (April 2012).

Transcript

1. Expériences de Pays en Matière d’Open Data Jeff Kaplan - Senior Consultant, ICT Unit Email: jeff@openesolutions.com Twitter: @jeffkaplan88 Tunis, Tunisia Mardi 03 avril 2012
2. Connect people, connect data, connect ideas
3. The Value of Open Data √ √ = US$1 billion
4. The Value of Open Data √ √ = US$1 billion
5. The Value of Open Data √ √ = US$1 billion
6. What Does Open Data Mean? 1 Primary data 2 Accessible (Portal website, mobile) 3 Machine processable 4 Non discriminatory 5 Free for reuse (commerical / non-commercial) Open government data = Non-personal data produced or commissioned by public sector that is made open 6 Open license
7. Building an Open Data Ecosystem
8. > 30 counties and 300 governments have open data initiatives ... And counting! Open Data Around the World
9. Open Data Around the World • 16th national Open Data portal • 1st in Eastern Europe / CIS
10. Open Data Around the World •1st in sub-Saharan Africa • 22nd in the world
11. Kenya’s Open Data Portal
12. Kenya’s Open Data Portal
13. Kenya’s Open Data Portal
17. Portal anchored with key, high-value datasets -- full Census Portal launched with apps and APIs available from the beginning Even before launch, started working closely with local developer community. Almost 400 datasets by end of 2011. Over 100 requests for datasets submitted via the portal. Major investment in Phase 2 of its Open Data Initiative (over US$6 million) Highlights
18. Portal anchored with key, high-value data sets: public expenditures database (BOOST) + data bank of National Bureau of Statistics Sustainable pipeline of agency data sets driven by Open Data Directive Over 20,000 downloads to date 18 public agencies have uploaded data onto data.gov.md Recent investments in co-creation & apps development starting to pay off (CheckMySchool) Highlights
19. Visible, high-level political support matters. Moldova’s Prime Minister championed Open Data and e-Transformation for over 1 year. Time invested in socializing open data created real ownership by MD agencies Don’t waste time fighting resistence; find first mover agencies and move forward with them on open data Leverage early portal success into whole-of-government Open Data Directive Need continuous activities to sustain momentum for open data after portal is launched -- contests, hackathons, high-profile release of important datasets Moldova: Successes & Work in Progress Promote reuse by targeting most valuable data sets More data, more data, more data APIs are needed to make data sets more usable for developers Building Communities of Interest and Community of Practice around data Greater investment in reuse & co-creation (“Field of Dreams” does not work)
20. Top political support from President + a political champion able to navigate the politics and technology to win support across government. Took advantage of World Bank’s available, rich data on Kenya. Robust, world-class platform. Kenya uses Socrata for data curation and visualizations. Launched with APIs and visualizations for key data sets, and heavily encouraged application development even before portal launched. Kenya: Successes & Work in Progress Build capacity of data managers to handle acquisition, curation, quality control. More data from more agencies Better job showing development benefits of open data to top leadership Invest in co-creation: connect user communities (academia, non-profits / development workers, private sector, media) with developers and private sector through Hackerthons, competitions, Data Journalism trainings. Hiring dedicated Open Data team within ICT Board
21. Systematic Approach to Open Data in Moldova April Dec 10 - Mar 11 May June July Aug. Sept. 300 downloads 187 14 15,000 17 213 19,500 3,300 92 115 4,000 Socializing open data among MD agencies; pre-launch preparations Sept 26 Chisinau adopts alerte.md April 29 Open Data Directive July 15-16 May 25 BOOST database Released Sept 20 April 15 Apps Contest launches 67 datasets 5 agencies April 15 19 243 20,400
22. A Comprehensive Open Data Program • Data.gov.md 2.0 • Apps / e-services • Crowdsourced data • Data.gov.md 2.0 • Challengs/contests • Agency OGP Plans • Agency pilot projects • Local gov data • Apps Innovation Fund • Challenges • Apps store - data.gov.md • Hackathons, Techcamps, etc • Visualizations/apps partnerships Citizen Engagement Open Data Co-Creation & Innovation Core Components Infrastructure Policies Standards Data sets Technology (Cloud +) Change Management Institutional Capacity
23. Open Data Program: Components Moldova Open Data Program Data.gov.md Co-Creation Activities Open Data Dashboards Open Data License OGD Manual Capacity Building
24. Open Data Program: Components Kenya Open Data Program Kenya Open Data Program Co-Creation Activities Policy/Legal Framework Capacity Building Code4Kenya Code4Africa Apps Innovation Fund Data.gov.md
25. Take advantage of your “disadvantages” Take advantage of your “disadvantages”
26. Small developer community?  Enables Gov to really partner with local developer community Few IT professionals within gov?  Real ROI from encouraging others to use your data to build services/apps. And they will do it faster, cheaper, more innovatively. Hard to convince entire gov to open data?  Identify first movers ... And move forward with them. Others will catch up (by mandate or pressure). Little budget resources?  Target partnerships with others willing to contribute with code, promotion, even funding. Take advantage of your “disadvantages”
27. Take Advantage of Other People’s Advantages Take Advantage of Other People’s Advantages
28. ICT and developer talent pool is outside government  Code4America model and incentives for co-creation Other countries more advanced in open data  Learn their lessons ... steal their ideas and (open source) code Other countries have large pool of developers and open data practitioners  Connect and enlist their help. Lots of free help (or help paid by others) is out there. Take Advantage of Other People’s Advantages
29. Common Lessons Learned Government must invest in both data supply and data reuse Turning data into apps and visualizations like maps is essential to unlock value for people More data, more data, more data More capacity building, more awareness raising, more partnerships Apps that meet agency priorities = more sustainable apps / e-services Hire dedicated Manager and team responsible for Open Data Resources ($$) for a multi-year Open Data Program Early attention to performance metrics (e.g., Open Data dashboards)