Presentation on 'Why Open Data?', 'What can Open Data do for me?', and 'Local authorities - a unique opportunity.' Presented by Julia Glidden at 21c Consultancy, at Really Useful Day: Making use of Open Data for public services on 27 March 2015 in St Albans.
5. With Benefits for Cities…
‘London Fire Labs’ visualises the
impact of Fire Station closures and
make smarter strategic choices
TFL Live Feeds power more than 5000
Apps helping Londoners navigate the
city more effectively
Open Workspaces
gives Small
Businesses access to
up-to-the-minute
information about
affordable
workspaces near
them
9. Solve Complex Challenges
Chicago uses ‘Windy Grid’ to give City
Administrators the ability to detect
infrastructure problems in real-time
Barcelona uses Open Data to cut out
lengthy email requests & let local staff
find information they need fast
India uses Open Data to enforce
accountability and regulatory
compliance in the mining industry
10. Improve Transparency
Uganda’s School Funding Data helped fight
corruption to increase the proportion of
allocated funds reaching schools from 20%
to >90%
The UK’s Open Data Portal helped They
Work for You become a trusted resource for
citizens with over 300,000 monthly visits by
citizens
South Korea’s Open Spending Data site
reduced the perception of local government
corruption from 68% to 53% within 1 year
11. Strengthen Local Economy
Manchester – £8.5 Million
Projected Annual Savings
from Open Data
Europe – £40 Billion in
Added Value
Canada - $3.2 Billion in
Charitable Tax Code Violations
Caught Through Open Data
Denmark - €14 Million Return
on €0.2 Million Investment in
Open Address Data
Finland – SMEs grew
15% faster in 1 year
with Open Data
14. Remedy: Open Data 4 Local Economies
… But Needs Ongoing Data & Engagement as Fuel
15. Reason: Supply Creates Demand in OD
Creative Economies develop wherever the supply
of quality Open Data exists
Consumers for Open Data greatly increase the
Economic & Social returns of Reuse
Technologies like Citadel exist to make the Open
Data process cost effective and simple
All that is needed to create regional Open Data
powerhouses is data commitments and support of
senior leadership in these authorities
19. 1. Simplify Access to the Open Data
“Tools So Easy Even a 9
Year Old Can Make An
App”
Convertor lets
anyone turn datasets
into useful formats
App Generator kick
starts local people in
building personalised
new services
20. 2. Stimulate New & Creative Data Use
View Local Trees Discover Nearby
Parking
Enjoy City Galleries Find Closest ATM
21. 3. Capture Local Imagination
A Story That Went
Around The World
- More than 40
Countries
22. Citadel: Helping You Navigate Open Data
Independent, Vendor-Neutral
Peer-to-Peer Advice for Public
Servants
Tested on more than 140 Local
Authorities of every shape & size
Available for you to use today with
no upfront costs
Data is now produced by everything from our mobile phones to our traffic lights.
The amount of data produced has grown exponentially as computers have permeated all areas
The Data explosion has left us with masses of new information about everyday life.
Increasingly, data is the way we understand the world
When put into the form of attractive visualisations, data lets us:
gain a new perspective on familiar situations
understand complex evidence
deepen our understanding of how we live.
Everything from life-logging applications to track your health to data about how we use our mobile phones has created a new generation of people for whom data is a key to understanding the world.
The data held by governments has the potential to:
drive new services
inspire completely new solutions
improve the way we live our lives.
Data opened to creative people fuels new discoveries
Open Data innovation at a pace and scale far larger than government could hope to achieve alone.
Data is crucial to our daily lives.
Immense value remains to be gained from the information held by governments.
Financial benefits
Political benefits
Environmental benefits
Social dividends to be reaped from using our data better.
Open Data lets Chicago find out where utility problems are happening and re-assign engineers in real-time
Barcelona paid for their entire Open Data programme in 6 months through reducing the time staff spend searching for information between departments
India couldn’t police the mining industry effectively because overstretched staff couldn’t keep on top of the huge amounts of data. By opening up the information the public, India enlists an army of citizen regulators to scrutinise activities and report suspected infringements, helping staff do their job more effectively
Sources
Chicago – (Source – 2014 Case Study) - http://www.mongodb.com/press/mongodb-powers-city-chicago%E2%80%99s-windygrid-platform
Barcelona – (Source 2015 Open City Data Workshop) – Testimonial from Brian Ablett of Leeds)
India – (Source – 2013 Case Study) - http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/teri
Uganda found that by making school budgets Open data they dramatically reduced corruption by officials and raised the money going to the schools from 20% to more than 90%
The UK ‘They Work for You’ site publishes Open data about MPs voting records and receives more than 300,000 visitors a month
South Korea’s spend data helped catch and reduce the percentage of people who viewed local government as corrupt from 68% to 53% in 1 year
Sources
Uganda - (Source – 2004 Case Study) =- http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/119/2/679.short
UK – (Source – 2012 Report) - www.mysociety.org%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F06%2FTheyWorkForYou_research_report-2011-Tobias-Escher1.pdf
South Korea – (Sourge OGP Case Study 2013) - www.opengovpartnership.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FKorea_comments_received.pdf
Canada Tax Avoidance (Source - 2011 Case Study) - http://eaves.ca/2010/04/14/case-study-open-data-and-the-public-purse/
Denmark RoI (Source – 2011 EPIS Case Study) - http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/value-danish-address-data
Europe Added Value (Source 2014 World Bank Case Study) - www.worldbank.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2FWorldbank%2Fdocument%2FOpen-Data-for-Economic-Growth.pdf
Manchester Projected Savings (2011 OKFN Case Study) - http://blog.okfn.org/2011/08/25/greater-manchester-open-data-city/
Finland Growth Figure (Source – 2013 Presentation) - https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.julkict.fi%2Fjulkict%2Favoin-data%2Fdataportaali%2Fopen-data-policy-in-finland-presentation-11-12.2013
A perception exists that Open Data is really only for the Londons, Manchesters and Glasgows of the world
These large cities dominate Open Data perceptions through their high-budget, headline-grabbing programmes
Such programmes leave smaller towns, cities and counties feeling like the barriers to entry are too great
Any local authority can become an Open data leader just by taking the initiative to act beyond government mandates
The real key to success is the backing of your leadership for the programme – once this is in place, you can begin to generate results
Citadel has built an internationally-recognized brand in Open Data. The project has become a by-word for simple, accessible and high-quality Open Data tools & impartial peer-to-peer advice for Local Authorities.
140 - Number of cities, towns and countries in our network spanning 6 continents
64 - Number of countries with Citadel associates
660 - Our apps tally
13 - Number of standards bodies whose representatives have been engaged by Citadel
Citadel removes the technological barriers to Open Data by making it so simple to create Apps that even a 9 year-old can go through the steps in a matter of hours
The tools are designed to support every step of a basic Open Data journey from spreadsheet to mobile app
Everything is written in plain English so that normal people can understand and use without technical expertise
Citadel has been designed & developed to help public servants navigate the complex world of Open Data
Our solution has been built by people who understand in-depth the unique challenges faced by local authorities
We have tested our tools in more than 140 local authorities, from small-town America to Europe’s largest cities to central Asian governments, to ensure that the guidance is ready for everyone
Citadel is available for you to use today, with no upfront costs so you can get started right away
We offer a range of exclusive services to support your journey and if anyone would like more information on these please see me afterwards