Open Government Data Strategy For Bangladesh

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1 Open Government Data Strategy For Bangladesh Md. Arfe Elahi IT Manager Access to Information Program Prime Minister s Office, Dhaka arfeelahi@a2i.pmo.gov.bd

2 Open Data Open Data is the idea that certain data should be made available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, with no or very limited restrictions from copyright, patents or other controls. Open data does not mean that a government or other entity releases all of its data to the public. It would be unconscionable for the government to give out all private, personal data to anyone who asks for it.

3 Open Data and Right to Information (A)Open Data+ (B)Right to Information=(C)Right to Data OGD and RTI are closely related, but these are not the same. The RTI movement advocates for the right of the public to access government information. This is a component of Regulatory framework. The OGD movement advocates not for the right, but for the facilitation and availability of data. It requires standards, principles, technology framework and regulatory framework. RTI and OGD and create an echo-system for Right To Data!

4 Some Electronic Data Repositories 1. National Portal: Apprx 2milion contents. 2. NID: Apprx 96milion citizen data 3. Birth Registration: 135milion citizen Data 4. NBR: It contains around 2milion Tax payers data. 5. SID: Geo, Agri, Land and related voluminous data. 6. DGLR: It contains apprx 25milion land owners data. 7. Stock Exchange: It contains unpublished voluminous data of 3Milion Beneficiaries trading info. 8. Others: Passport, ELRS, Health, Agriculture etc

5 Open data System Elements -Regulatory Framework: Strategy, Policy, Guideline, Management. - Operational Framework: Working Group, Research Group, PPP Coordination - Technology Framework: Data Catalog, Data Portal, Security System, Standards

6 Open Government Data Strategy for Bangladesh

7 Vision Embedding a democratic culture of Public by Default within the public sector to ensure public service availability efficiently, promote innovation and improve national economy in Bangladesh Mission - Supporting reform and transformation in good governance and improvement through greater transparency and citizen participation. - Provisioning structured way of access to information for mainstreaming public inclusions in national economy though open data flow among individuals and among agencies.

8 Objectives -Encourage developing innovative solutions -Create new jobs and investment opportunities in this country to meet the goal of being middle income country by Enhance scope of researches on the national issues to identify innovative solutions to way go forward to be developed country by 2041

9 Benefits - Increased service efficiency - Encouraged entrepreneurship - Increased tax revenues - Creation of jobs - Data transaction Cost reduction - Economic growth, Better decision-making - Easier interaction with the government - Modular services industries

10 Basic Principles Complete: All public data should be made available without slicing. Primary: Data should be as collected at the source, with the highest possible level of granularity, not in modified forms. Timely: Data should be made available as quickly as necessary to preserve the value of the data. Accessible: Data should be available to the widest range of users for the widest range of purposes. Machine processable: Data should reasonably be structured to allow automated processing. Non-discriminatory: Data needs to be available to anyone, with no requirement of registration. Non-proprietary: Data needs to be available in a format over which no entity has exclusive control. License-free: Data should not have dependencies like copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret regulation. Reasonable privacy, security and privilege restrictions may be allowed.

11 Standards Data and Metadata Models/Formats/Statistical Registries/Metadata Repositories: ISO-15000, SDMX Information Model, XML, ebxml. Data Formats: Data can be of Unstructured, Structured and Database in nature. Unstructured data includes electronic mail messages, scanned memoranda and documents, images, and video. Considerable amount of the bulk data (large datatsets) are structured. Database is a container that stores data with relations in multiple tables.

12 Strategies Embedding open data practices Coordination of open data activities can be done centrally to ensure a consistent approach, knowledge sharing and efficient use of resources. Identifying candidate open data - Review data already published on National Portal - Review requests for datasets received directly from the public through departmental correspondence process. - Review Data Searching Trend in National Portal and other similar tools. - Data request Survey by Open Data Portal - Engage Open Data Working Group to be formed by the government - Engage with potential users of open data to understand the demand for datasets.

13 Strategies Assessing open data candidates Data will be assessed to determine if it can be published as open data. Private and commercially sensitive data will be protected and will only be released in summary or de-identifiable formats. Data custodians will assess if the data is suitable for release. The assessment will be validated by competent authority of the Government. The potential value achieved via the proposed use of the data. The public demand for the dataset. The complexity of converting the data to open data.

14 Strategies Releasing open data Releases of open data will be scheduled based on assessment results, logical groupings of datasets and available resources. Where practical, quality checks will be performed on open data prior to release. Publishing open data Open data will be catalogued and published so it can be easily discovered in the Government Open Data Portal integrated to Bangladesh National Portal. Publishing case studies Case studies will be catalogued and published so they can be easily accessed through the Government Open Data Portal integrated to Bangladesh National Portal.

15 Strategies Raising staff awareness about open data Open data concepts and practices will be communicated to department staffs and private sector focal persons via the Intranet, national portal and Departmental messages. Engaging with the open data community Government will promote the use of open data through a variety of social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Engaging through the Open Data Portal Government can have Open Data Portal. Engaging through open data events Will organize and join open data events

16 Strategies Raising staff awareness about open data Open data concepts and practices will be communicated to department staffs and private sector focal persons via the Intranet, national portal and Departmental messages. Engaging with the open data community Government will promote the use of open data through a variety of social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Engaging through the Open Data Portal Government can have Open Data Portal. Engaging through open data events Will organize and join open data events

17 Strategies Content management Guideline in place containig necessary principles of developing contents, adding data to public portal in compliance with state laws and social sensitivities. Both technology controls and civil security controls will clearly be defined Interoperability will be also be defined. Control and Ensuring success The Open Data Strategy will be governed by an Open Data Executive Team. Government can appoint or can nominate Chief Information Officer.

18 Strategies Open Data Policy: Government of Bangladesh will have a policy in place to govern, regulate and manage Open Data System, its compliance and all of its related activities in the country.

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Open Government Data For Bangladesh. Access to Information Programme Prime Minister s Office Dhaka, Bangladesh

Open Government Data For Bangladesh Access to Information Programme Prime Minister s Office Dhaka, Bangladesh Open Government Data: Elements Operational Framework: Working Group, Research Group, PPP Technology