United Nations Programme on Public Administration Open Data Presentation

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1 United Nations Programme on Public Administration Open Data Presentation Richard Kerby Senior Inter-regional Adviser, E-Government and Knowledge Management E-Government Branch Division for Public Administration and Development Management Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Addis Ababa, 23 July 2012

2 What is Open Data In general, government data is all data or information that government entities produce or collect Open means : Can be readily and easily consulted and re-used by anyone with access to the internet 2

3 What is Open Data Open means : No legal barriers No fees required Machine readable No technological barriers Etc In the past All data are classified, unless marked non-classified Current trends All data are non-classified unless marked classified 3

4 What is Open Data Features of good open data: Has value to the public Timely updated Offered in different formats 4

5 Benefits of Open Data Promoting transparency and boosting public trust in government Encouraging citizens to participate with government entities in designing policies and services Enhancing government effectiveness and efficiency Creating business opportunities and jobs Promoting innovation and research 5

6 Benefits of Open Data Case Study: Open Data in Transit Massachusetts, US Open Transit Video 6

7 Open Data as a Global Trend Key milestones Jan 21, 2009 President Barack Obama issued Open Government directive to all government agencies in US. 7

8 Open Data as a Global Trend Key milestones June, 2012 Launch of Open Government Partnership in NY, US. A global effort to make government better 8 founding members 55+ countries started the process to join 8

9 Open Government Pledges However the ten most common pledges are: Innovative public accountability mechanisms including a new openness barometer in Slovak Republic, a governance observatory in Peru and public scorecard in Dominican Republic. Open data portals covering everything from crime statistics and political party funding to local budgets and procurement (proposed by Chile, Estonia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Peru, Romania, Spain and Tanzania). New legal and institutional mechanisms including the creation of new state agencies (including in Peru and Uruguay), changes to access to information laws and systems (Canada and Croatia) and new anti-corruption laws/strategies (Estonia, Jordan and Peru). 9

10 Open Government Pledges Improved service delivery including an interactive local water-point mapping system in Tanzania, digitized medical records in Spain and new/improved portals on service delivery in Italy, Israel, Tanzania and Uruguay. Natural resource transparency Ukraine and Colombia have both signed up to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, while Bulgaria, Colombia and Canada are taking steps to increase transparency around natural resources concessions and associated revenues (at both a national and local level). International aid Spain and Canada have committed to making their development agencies more transparent and aligned with international donor reporting agreements like the International Aid Transparency Initiative. Public integrity introduction of new whistle-blower protection laws in Slovak Republic and Montenegro. 10

11 Open Government Pledges Citizens budgets Bulgaria, Croatia and Tanzania are all creating citizens budgets at the national and/or local level to ensure public access to information to where public resources are going in plain, accessible language. E-petitions Ukraine, Slovak Republic, Moldova and Montenegro are all introducing online e-petition portals to collect and respond to citizens proposals more quickly and effectively. Challenges and prizes Uruguay, Israel, Italy, Jordan and Colombia are introducing government-sponsored prizes and challenges to encourage the private sector and public agencies to better use government data. 11

12 Open Government Declaration African Countries that have endorsed the declaration as of June 2012: Ghana Kenya Liberia South Africa Tanzania South Africa is the only country that has delivered its commitments The other four are in the process of developing their commitments 12

13 Open Government Declaration Open Government Partnership Video 13

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17 Open Data in International Institutions World Bank Video 17

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20 Key Open Data Challenges Lack of overall strategy The Top Down approach / culture Cultural barriers Legislation gap Context gap 20

21 Way Forward Development of open data strategy Formulation of open data framework Build Capacity on Open Data within the Government Working closely with government data warehouses Building up the open data community A new version of open data portal 21

22 Thank you for your attention. 22