The ODDC Network hosted an Open Session at the ICT for Development Conference in Cape Town, South Africa - 10th December 2013. These slides present an overview of the discussions.

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Emerging Impacts Of Open Data:
Exploring Findings & Research Methods
ICTD, Cape Town, 2013
New Economics Building, 1A,
Tuesday 10th: 9am - 10.45 & 11.15 - 13.00
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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A session in two parts:
What we covered
9.00 - 10.45: What are we learning about open data?
An open participative discussion on key themes in open data
research.
•Definitions: What is open data? Is it the same everywhere?
•Intermediaries: What role are intermediaries playing in open data?
•Sustainability: How can open data efforts be made sustainable?
•Impacts: What impacts of open data are being discovered?
11.15 - 13.00: How do we research it?
Presentations and group discussion on approaches to research open data
supply, use and impacts. Including data from a 77-country study, and indepth case studies. Come with methods ideas and challenges.
These slides act as an aide memoir, but do not cover all the issues discussed
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Introduction
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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About the ODDC project...
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A collaboration of Canada’s International Development Research Centre
and the Web Foundation;
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Developed out of a meeting alongside the 2012 OGP Plenary in Brasilia;
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A research network of 17 projects based in developing countries, exploring
the emerging impacts of open data on budget, urban governance, poverty
reduction, justice, higher education and resource industries;
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Building common methods and a shared evidence base for understanding,
and furthering, the promise and practice of open data;
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9 months in; planning the next phase of research;
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Research objectives
1. To explore how open data improve governance, support
citizens’ rights, and promote more inclusive development in
developing countries;
2. To support knowledge sharing, policy learning and
evaluation based on, and feeding into, the developing
research findings;
3. To develop and test common methods for assessing the
context, and the strengths and weaknesses, of open data
initiatives over time;
4. To identify how global standards, platforms and
infrastructures for open data impact upon the use of open
data in developing countries;
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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A shared framework
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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The case study network:
17 cases selected in response to an open call for proposals - all studying the use of open data for
governance.
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Introductions
The following projects are here at ICTD to share their learning so far...
An Investigation of the use of the Online National
Budget of Nigeria
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Investigating the Impact of Kenya’s Open Data Initiative on
Marginalized Communities: Case Study of Urban Slums and Rural
Settlements
Jesuit Hakimani Centre,
Nairobi, Kenya
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Introductions
Understanding the impacts of Code4Kenya open data applications
and services
iHub Research, Nairobi, Kenya
How open data could contribute to poverty eradication
in Kenya and Uganda through its impacts on resource
allocation
Development Initiatives, Kenya, and Development Research and
Training, Uganda
Taking Stock of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Open Data
Initiatives in Sierra Leone.
Society for Democratic Initiatives,
Sierra Leone
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Case studies
The use of open data in the governance of South African higher
education
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Exploring the open data Initiative of the Ministry of
Finance on National Budget Transparency in
Indonesia.
Sinergantara, Indonesia
Opening the Gates: Will Open Data Initiatives Make
Local Governments in the Philippines More
Transparent?
STEP UP Consulting, Philippines
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Key themes
(the following slides were a prompt for discussion during the
workshop)
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Key themes
•
Definitions: What is open data? Is it the same
everywhere?
•
Intermediaries: What role are intermediaries playing
in open data?
•
Sustainability: How can open data efforts be made
sustainable?
•
Impacts: What impacts of open data are being
discovered?
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Key themes
•
Definitions: What is open data? Is it the same
everywhere?
•
Intermediaries: What role are intermediaries playing
in open data?
•
Sustainability: How can open data efforts be made
sustainable?
•
Impacts: What impacts of open data are being
discovered?
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Intermediaries
•Intermediaries help translate open data
to usable information by the public
•For instance the Dredger Project by
Internews Kenya, which is a portal for
journalists to download data that is
packaged in a user-friendly way for use in
telling data-driven stories.
Notes by Zachariah Chiliswa, JHC Kenya
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Intermediaries
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and
public sector reform: A look at open
government data use from data.gov.uk.
MSc Thesis
Access at: www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Key themes
•
Definitions: What is open data? Is it the same
everywhere?
•
Intermediaries: What role are intermediaries playing
in open data?
•
Sustainability: How can open data efforts be made
sustainable?
•
Impacts: What impacts of open data are being
discovered?
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Key themes
•
Definitions: What is open data? Is it the same
everywhere?
•
Intermediaries: What role are intermediaries playing
in open data?
•
Sustainability: How can open data efforts be made
sustainable?
•
Impacts: What impacts of open data are being
discovered?
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Continue the conversation:
www.opendataresearch.org/network/
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Methods section
1. The Open Data Barometer: an expert survey
& composite index
2. Open budget data in Nigeria: Media
monitoring
3. Understanding the use of apps: Web
analytics
4. Assessing awareness and use of data:
Large-scale surveys
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

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Methods
See individual methods slides at:
http://www.slideshare.net/odrnetwork/tag/ictd2013
The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).