2011-2014: 3 Years of Open Governement Data in France

From Open Data to Open Government: the French experience. Keynote at the United Nations Forum for Open Government Data in Abu Dhabi, April 28, 2014.

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1. Open Government Data in France 2011 – 2014: From Open Data to Open Government Romain Lacombe French Prime Minister’s Taskforce Etalab for Open Government Data (data.gouv.fr) UN Forum on Open Government Data Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates April 28-29, 2014
2. 2 April 24, 2014 France joins the Open Government Partnership (OGP Logo) Source: OGP
3. 3 Following up on the joint declaration between the President of the French Republic and the President of Mexico on April 11, 2014, the Minister for State Reform formally announced our intention to join the Partnership on April 24, 2014 during the inaugural Paris Conference on Open Data & Open Government.
4. 4 What does this mean? Why does it matter? How did we get there?
5. 5 France joins a group of 64 countries committed to working together with civil society to make ‘their governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens.’ Source: OGP
6. 6 What does this mean? Why does it matter? How did we get there?
7. 7 Because Open Data matters! France joining the OGP will help us bring our Open Data policy and its benefits to citizens even further along.
8. 8 New expression of democratic principles Transparency – Openness – Innovation Source: CC-BY-SA Romain Lacombe
9. !  Transparency: holding governments to account !  Openness: making governments more effective !  Innovation: empowering innovators worldwide Meeting deep & rising expectations 9 Source: Google Ngram Viewer
10. 10 Examples A few notable cases of applications built by French innovators on top of open government data
11. Perspective on collective choices Data visualization of the national budget by LeMonde.fr 11 Source: LeMonde.fr
12. Informing individual choices Data-driven electoral program comparison platform Voxe.org 12 Source: Voxe.org
13. 13 Anchoring public debate to facts Political discourse fact-checking platform Véritomètre by OWNI.fr Source: OWNI.fr
14. Modernizing public communication Interactive presentation of French cultural policy by UserStudio Source: User Studio
15. Regulation through choice & transparency Healthcare quality map ScopeSanté by Dataveyes Source: Dataveyes
16. Toward predictive public services? Public transit traffic prediction app Tranquilien by :SNIPS Source: :SNIPS
17. 17 What does this mean? Why does it matter? How did we get there?
18. 18 Open Government Data in France The principles of 1789
19. 19 1789
20. 20 August 26, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Article 15: ‘Society has the right to hold any public agent accountable of its administration.’ Source: Cour des Comptes
21. 21 1978
22. 22 July, 1978 Right to Access Information ‘Administrative secret’ abolished by law: !  Citizens can access all public information contained in administrative documents !  Strictly defined confidentiality exceptions: privacy, trade secrets, national security, etc. !  An independent authority is created as a recourse for citizens to appeal the administration’s response.
23. 23 1997
24. 24 1997 Access to legal information Legifrance.gouv.fr gives citizens comprehensive access to law Source: Legifrance
25. 25 2003
26. 2003 Right to Reuse Information Public Sector Information (‘PSI’) EU Directive asks member states to pass laws that allow public data reuse: Access to documents: !  Analog !  Synthetic !  Static vs. Data reuse: !  Digital !  Granular !  Dynamic 26
27. 27 2010
28. 28 2010 Open Data on the agenda Civil society and researchers petition government: Source: Documentation française
29. 29 2010 Open Data policy announced !  July 2010: The President of the French Republic announces an open data policy as part of the government modernization review committee. !  November 2010: the creation of a governmental taskforce is announced by the Council of Ministers.
30. 30 Open Government Data in France Building Etalab: a startup inside government
31. 31 2011
32. 32 February 21, 2011 Taskforce Etalab Created under the Prime Minister’s authority with a mandate to coordinate the release of public data by governmental departments.
33. 33 May 26, 2011 Executive order on Open Data !  Formalizes France’s open data strategy and its objectives !  Commitment to free access to and free reuse of public data as exhaustively as possible !  In machine-readable formats with emphasis on open standards !  Based on the first discussions and open workshops with civil society held in the Spring of 2011
34. 34 October 18, 2011 Open Licence released ‘Licence Ouverte / Open Licence’: !  Clarifying re-users rights and responsibilities !  Committing public sector bodies to publish data openly and exhaustively !  Applies to all public data at national level
35. 35 December 5, 2011 Launch of Data.gouv.fr Core datasets: !  National budget and detailed annexes !  Fiscal policy !  Education !  Environment !  Road safety !  Crime data !  Healthcare infrastructure, … Source: Etalab
36. 36 2012
37. Engaging with civil society !  Hosting and participating in hackathons and collaborative coding & designing events !  On a variety of themes with data to supports innovation !  Outside of government… and inside! :) Source: CC-BY-SA Romain Lacombe
38. Empowering data innovators Connecting innovators to partners, talent & resources A community and series of contests accelerating access to resources for data-driven startups: Source: Etalab
39. Catalyzing a data ecosystem in France 4 DataConnexions contests & 32 startup laureates, including: Source: Etalab
40. Open Data as a governance strategy October 31st, 2012 Etalab joins the new Secretariat General for Public Sector Modernization: !  Open Data is one of the pillars of the new government reform policy !  Taskforce Etalab benefits from closer collaboration with the Government’s CIO !  Quarterly ministerial level committees Source: SGMAP
41. 41 Open Government Data in France From Open Data to Open Government
42. 42 2013
43. 43 February, 2013 New strategy for public data sharing Renew commitment to Open Data as part of the government’s digital roadmap !  Building on the governmental charter signed by each minister which mentioned committing to free and widespread reuse of public data. !  Announces public debates on access to and reuse of data in key sectors: •  Healthcare •  Transportation •  Environment •  Research •  Fiscal policy •  Housing
44. 44 June, 2013 Collaborative open data policymaking Designing the next version of data.gouv.fr with its users !  Hackathons and collaborative design events !  Inside and outside government !  Open to anyone !  More than 12 events in 2 months to jumpstart development of new data.gouv.fr Source: Etalab
45. 45 June 16, 2013 G8 Open Data Charter The Heads of State of the G8 member countries expressed a shared commitment to Open Data for a more transparent world. Source: CC-BY-SA Romain Lacombe
46. 46 September, 2013 Progress towards free reuse for all public datasets !  A report to the Prime Minister highlights the need to transform the business models of the few public operators that still sell access to datasets. !  Decision: civil and case law data to be freely reusable. Source: Etalab
47. 47 November 8, 2011 France’s G8 Open Data Action Plan !  France commits to engaging with open data innovators worldwide !  Joint effort with other G8 governments Source: Etalab
48. 48 The new Data.gouv.fr First fully open platform for any national government: citizens and data innovators can share their own apps & datasets! Source: Etalab
49. 49 2014 & beyond
50. 50 Building on the Open Data momentum The open platform has doubled data reuse to date! Source: Etalab
51. 51 Expanding international collaboration Building on existing outreach and collaboration effort !  Engaging with international institutions !  Technical assistance to francophone and partner countries !  Exchanging with other governments through the Open Government Partnership
52. 52 France’s OGP Action Plan Announced for November 2014 Elaborating a roadmap to 2016 with civil society: !  Transcription of EU Directive into new law on access to information !  Open & collaborative action plan review process !  Started with the Paris Conference on Open Data workshops (April 25, 2014)
53. 53 Open Government Data in France Lessons Learned?
54. 54 Platforms > pyramids Source: CC-BY-SA Romain Lacombe Governments can serve citizens much more effectively by working like networks rather than hierarchies
55. 55 Source: CC-BY-SA Romain Lacombe Empower innovators Citizens are eager to collaborate for the greater good. Listen, help out, and let them innovate!
56. Thank you! Questions? Romain Lacombe French Prime Minister’s Taskforce Etalab for Open Government Data (data.gouv.fr) UN Forum on Open Government Data Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates April 28-29, 2014