The document summarizes an open data development camp workshop discussing opportunities for open data in the development sector. It provides an agenda for learning about international open data strategies, getting inspired by examples, and acting to identify own opportunities. Open data can help address challenges in development by improving cooperation, harmonization, participation, transparency, and financing. Drivers include political will and transparency, while barriers include organizational size, awareness, privacy, and technical skills. Participants identified opportunities around environmental awareness, entrepreneurship, budget transparency, and intervention harmonization.

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Open Data Opportunities in the Development
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Bas.Kotterink@tno.nl & Marijn.Rijken@tno.nl
Workshop at ODDC
12 May 2011

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TNO connects people and knowledge to create innovations that boost the
sustainable competitiveness of industry and well-being of society.

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TNO is active in..
Open Data Innovation for Development
Policy Research Sustainable Energy & Climate
Web science ICT
Open Data Architecture Food & Agro
Health

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Agenda
Learn International comparison of open data strategies
(contact tijs.vandenbroek@tno.nl for more info)
Get
Inspired
Open Data Opportunities in the Development Sector
Act Identify your own opportunities and develop a first
strategic approach

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Open data momentum in the Netherlands

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Many agencies, however, seem to hesitate...
Ministry of interior asked TNO to study open data policies in six countries:
US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Spain and Estonia (not enough evidence).
Research questions:
Strategy: what open data strategies are in place?
Implementation: what instruments are in place to implement these
strategies?
Drivers and barriers: what drives or hampers the implementation of
open data policies?
Effects: what are the effects of open data policies?
Advice: what can the Dutch government learn from these international
experiences?

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Open data strategies
Public services and democracy are the most important goals

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Open data strategy: democracy
The transparency of Open Data helps a society to build a democracy and
execute their rights
“…We will work together to
ensure the public trust and
establish a system of
transparency, public participation,
and collaboration. Openness will
strengthen our democracy and
promote efficiency and
effectiviness in Government”

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Open data implementation
Policy instruments focused on:
External change, e.g. stimulating Re-use of PSI
Internal change, e.g. preparing governments to open up
Countries showed a broad mix of policy instruments:
Education & training: guidelines, awards, knowledge exchange
Voluntary approaches: policy programmes, publication schedules,
Economic instruments: hackdays, App contests, financing open data
portals
Legislation and control: PSI law, FoI law, standards, monitoring

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Open data drivers & barriers
# Top 10 drivers Top 10 barriers
1 Strategies and experiences in front runner Closed government culture
countries
2 Political leadership Privacy legislation
3 Regional initiatives Limited quality of data
4 Citizen initiatives Limited user-friendliness/info overload
5 Market initiatives. Lack of standardisation of open data
policy.
6 Emerging technologies. Security threats.
7 European legislation. Existing charging models.
8 Thought leaders Uncertain economic impact.
9 Possibility of monitoring government Digital divide.
10 Budgets cuts. Network overload.

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Open data effects
Economic, Efficient/Effective government, Democratic, Social
Little empirical evidence! Too early?
Evidence needed on micro level (i.e. case study) to determine effects
Policy
Sharing Practice
Impact
Significant progress measurement
Progress
Some key shortcomings

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Agenda
Learn International comparison of open data strategies
Get
Inspired
Open Data Opportunities in the Development Sector
Act Identify your own opportunities and develop a first
strategic approach

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Open Data to address challenges in the
development sector
Current challenges in development sector:
cooperation including public-private partnerships
harmonisation of programmes in the field
participation & ownership in the South
public support & transparency (public concerns on efficiency of spending,
and effectiveness of programs),
financing programs
Open Data can help to address these challenges!

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Examples in the Development Sector

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Agenda
Learn International comparison of open data strategies
Get
Inspired
Open Data Opportunities in the Development Sector
Act Identify your own opportunities and develop a first
strategic approach

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Identify your own opportunities and develop a
first strategic approach
Indentify your own top 3 drivers and barriers
Define your most promising opportunity for your own context
To take home: consider the following steps in your approach
1. analyse: how open are you?
2. define your objective (do you really want it?)
3. form a multi-disciplinary team and consider partners
4. start in a vertical or horizontal

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Drivers and Barriers mentioned by workshop
participants (incomplete list)
Drivers Barriers
Show donors impact of work Large size of the organizations
Creative re-use of data by others involved
Political will at ministry of Foreign Awareness on benefits of open
Affairs data at leaders and employees
Transparency Privacy concerns and regulations
Response and participation Security issues
Currently there is lot’s of We are not really open yet
momentum and will around open Cost
data in society. Required technical know how
Fear of too low data quality or
outdated data.

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Opportunities of open data identified by
workshop participants (incomplete list)
To create awareness on environmental impact and charge the polluter
Open data from Ugandan government to boost local entrepreneurship and
increase government transparency and accountability
Improve budgetary processes in developing countries and increase
transparency towards donors
Harmonization of fragmented interventions in the field (e.g. 600 NGO’s active
in Kibera slum in Nairobi)