Open Access and Open Data by Mohamud M. Harbi

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1. ACCESSING DATA, AND INFORMATION OPENLY IN SOMALIA O p e n K n o w l e d g e S o m a l i a MOHAMUD M. HARBI Chief Registrar, Zamzam University Chairman, Open Knowledge Somalia chapter
2. The Open Data Business Of DATA Open Data, Open Access Power Of Data We Need Open Data Impact Of Open Data On Society Scholarly Communications In Somalia OUTLINE
3. Introduction Business of DATA • Commercial and noncommercial organizations, large and small, have implemented ICT widely, thereby transforming the global economy into a knowledge economy and driving the shift towards what is called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. (Wayne F. Cascio, 2016) • We are already there: the market valuation of the world’s largest corporations is based largely, if not entirely, on their data assets and capability to use them. › Google, Alibaba, Facebook and Amazon
4. Business of DATA Global economy which has already become an information-driven economy, The economic value generated is based on data and other knowledge assets. If (governments, Organizations CLOSE keeping their datasets closed) { they are • handicapping their very own economies • denying innovators opportunities • Disadvantage of global competitiveness } Else = the knowledge economy will transformation towards the data-driven paradigm.
5. OPEN DATA, OPEN ACCESS Open data is characterized by three factors Open license Open Access Open Data Format Let’s see DATA in action? Open data: data that is Open and its content can be freely used, modified, and shared by any citizen.
6. • SWALIM, the Somalia Water and Land Information Management project, is an information management program, technically managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Somalia. • Services include: • Climate • Surface Water • Ground Water • Irrigation • Flood Monitoring • Drought Monitoring • Water Publications POWER OF DATA
7. POWER OF OPEN DATA Flood Risk and Response Management InformaNon System | FAO SWALIM River Levels 0 3 6 9 12 Shabelle River Shabelle River Shabelle River Jubba River Jubba River Jubba River Jubba River Observed River Level (m) Moderate Risk Levels (m) High Risk Levels (m) http://frrims.faoswalim.org/rivers/levels
8. NOW WHAT?
9. We Need Open Data key national datasets across the following topical areas: ―Administrative records: budgets, procurement information, company registers ―Legislative data: national law ―Statistical data: core economic statistics, health, educational and environmental statistics ―Infrastructural data ―Agricultural data ―Geographic information and land ownership
10. Information disclosure PULL MODEL PUSH MODEL
11. OPEN KNOWLEDGE
12. IMPACT OF OPEN DATA ON SOCIETY TRANSPARENCY 01 IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES 04 IMPROVED OR NEW PRIVATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 05 IMPACT MEASUREMENT OF POLICIES 06 INNOVATION & ECONOMIC VALUE ―Public data, and their re-use, are key resources for social innovation and economic growth. ―Businesses and entrepreneurs are using Open Data to better understand potential markets and build new data-driven products 02 SELF-EMPOWERMENT 07 NEW KNOWLEDGE FROM COMBINED DATA SOURCES AND PATTERNS IN LARGE DATA VOLUMES 03
13. Examining the Factors that discourages scientific research and publications in Somalia Collaborative Research
14. CONCERNS ABOUT OPEN SCIENCE Access of data Repositories, keeping track of my publications accurately, organizing information Time wasting, quantity/ quality of information Management and analyzing data Analytical literacy, Data Tools, Research Tools measuring impact Lack of Awareness in data and research impact Language English as language of scholarship Resources No full text access /Missing / unavailable material Space research spaces, study Lab, open library Publishing where and how
15. OPEN DATA SCIENCE ―Knowledge can be prosperous if and only if: ―Scientific contributions become OPEN and ACCESSIBLE for everybody ―Scholarly Communication can provide platform for collaborative effort for Research community, academicians and Higher Educations Institution
16. SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS
17. Benefits of Scholarly Collaboration 1 2 3 4 MORE IDEAS BETTER IDEAS Other voices provide perspective, making us shift our commas and concepts STIMULI TO PERSIST the social-ability of writing with others means you’re stuck for the entire time period you’ve chosen to work on the task. COMPENSATE FOR YOUR WEAKNESSES add value for work in order to reach a balance brainstorming, Different Ideas
18. OPEN Knowledge Somalia • We believe open knowledge can empower everyone, enabling people to work together to: • tackle local challenges, • understand our world, • expose inefficiency, • And promote Social contribution through science • OK Somalia is part of the Open Knowledge Foundation non-profit network focused on open data.
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