Presentation on open data, civil society and data driven journalism delivered at Sri Lanka Press Institute, at a half-day introductory seminar on ‘open data’ organised by Internews Network. The seminar looked at ‘open data’ and discussed the role civil society, the media and technologists can play in advocating to government to open up its data, enabling a culture of transparency and open government.

1. Open Data
and civil society
Sanjana Hattotuwa
TED Fellow
Editor, groundviews.org | Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Alternatives

2. open data: information vs. mindset
http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/25/can-big-data-stop-wars-before-they-happen/

3. ‘glocal’ pulse A local and global nervous
system

4. twitter: a pulse of #srilanka
https://tweetdeck.twitter.com

5. facebook: a pulse of #srilanka
http://www.facebook.com

6. instagram: a pulse of #srilanka
http://www.instagram.com

7. herefeed | instagram geo-tagged
http://herefeed.com

8. sightsmap: Panoramio geo-tagged
http://www.sightsmap.com

9. twitter archives: capturing for posterity
https://twitter.com/groundviews/status/614615329906409472

10. twitter archives: capturing for posterity
https://twitter.com/groundviews/status/614615329906409472

11. civic media data driven journalism

12. infographics: CPA
http://www.cpalanka.org/sri-lankan-perceptions-on-life-post-war/

13. infographics: CPA
http://www.cpalanka.org/infographic-happysrilankans/

14. google earth: witnessing inconvenience
https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/sri-lanka-using-google-earth-as-a-storytelling-tool/s2/a553236/

15. data driven journalism: multiple lenses
http://groundviews.org/2010/11/19/record-breaking-rice-cakes-but-at-what-cost/

16. investigative journalism: hacking team
http://groundviews.org/2015/07/15/hacking-the-hackers-surveillance-in-sri-lanka-revealed/

17. investigative journalism: #cokepollutes
http://groundviews.org/2015/09/26/cokepollutes-signatories-to-petition-and-archive-of-tweets-against-coca-cola/

18. opening up Prising open closed data

19. google public data: open data on the web
http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

20. world bank data: open data on sri lanka
http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&country=LKA&series=&period=

21. gdelt: media monitoring globally
http://gdeltproject.org/about.html

22. lanka data: national data archive of SL
http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/home

23. lanka sis: dept. of census and statistics
http://sis.statistics.gov.lk

24. dept. of census and statistics: portal
http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Indicators/htdocs/index.php

25. central bank of sri lanka: macro-economic lens
http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/htm/english/08_stat/stat.html

26. open data portal: for developers, by ICTA
https://icta.lk/index.php/open-data-portal

27. ocha and survey dept: aid data
http://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/saving-sri-lankan-lives-through-open-data

28. open data & aid Data driven relief ops

29. humanitarian response: HDX
https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org

30. policymaking Data driven governance

31. open cities data: US
http://us-city.census.okfn.org

32. open data: zurich
http://opendata.ch/category/zurich/

33. UN high level panel on post-’15 development agenda
http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-
agenda/

34. UN high level panel on post-’15 development agenda
http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-
agenda/

35. Post-2015 Conversations onTwitter
http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

36. Post-2015 Conversations onTwitter
http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

37. Post-2015 Conversations onTwitter
http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

38. beyond transparency book
http://beyondtransparency.org

39. build better, they will come
http://www.socrata.com

40. meanwhile in sri lanka…

41. open data blog: inaction, disinterest?
http://blog.data.gov.lk

42. challenges big data brings big challenges

43. “government as platform”
media literacy as a prerequisite

44. open data vs. rights
more data, more access vs. bounded use, sunset clauses

45. privacy optional
a new data rich class

46. platforms vs end users
cost & ease of access determines ways of
use

47. process
event

48. thank you
sanjanahattotuwa@ict4peace.org