Post on 02-Jan-2016
Jeff Kaplan - Consultant, ICT Unit, World BankEmail: jeff@openesolutions.com Twitter: @jeffkaplan88
Open Government Data in Developing Countries: Kenya & MoldovaOctober 3, 2012
Moldova Joins Global Leaders in Open Data
• 16th national Open Data portal• 1st in Eastern Europe / CIS
But it’s not a portal-centric strategy...
Systematic Approach to Open Data in Moldova
AprilDec 10 - Mar 11 May June July Aug. Sept.
300downloads
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15,000
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19,500
3,300
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4,000
Socializing open data among MD agencies;
pre-launch preparations
Sept 26Chisinau adopts
alerte.md
April 29Open Data Directive
July 15-16
May 25BOOST database
Released
Sept 20
April 15Apps Contest launches
67 datasets
5 agencies
April 15
19
243
20,400
Portal anchored with key, high-value data sets: public expenditures database (BOOST) + data bank of National Bureau of Statistics
Sustainable pipeline of agency data sets driven by Open Data Directive
Over 20,000 downloads to date
18 public agencies have uploaded data onto data.gov.md
Investments in co-creation & apps development using open data paying off (alerte.md)
Highlights
Strong linkage between Open Data and national eTransformation Strategy, championed by Prime Minister for over 1 year.
Clear value add for World Bank’s catalytic role in early stages
Time invested in socializing open data created real ownership by MD agencies
Don’t waste time fighting resistence; find first mover agencies and move forward with them on open data
Leveraged portal success into whole-of-government Open Data Directive
Launch was well synchronised with co-creation events to generate apps and reuse of open data (Contest, TechCamp) partnering with private sectors + CSOs
Understood that promoting apps that meet agency priorities can result in more sustainable apps/e-services (e.g., alerte.md adopted by Chisinau)
Open data is, by design, part of effort to build an Open Innovation Ecosystem
Lessons Learned in Moldova (Pt. 1)
Lessons Learned in Moldova (Pt. 2)
Promoting reuse by targeting most valuable data sets (e.g., BOOST)
More data, more data, more data
APIs on data.gov.md to make data sets more usable for developers
Apps Store: data.gov.md needs to expand its apps offerings
Building Communities of Interest and Community of Practice around data
Greater investment in reuse & co-creation (Field of Dreams does not work)
Apps Innovation Fund
Approval of full Open Data Program
Hiring dedicated Manager for Open Data within eGC
Work in Progress:
Moldova’s Comprehensive Open Data Program
• Data.gov.md 2.0• Apps / e-services• Crowdsourced data
• Data.gov.md 2.0• Challengs/contests• Agency OGP Plans• Agency pilot projects• Local gov data
• Apps Innovation Fund• Challenges• Apps store - data.gov.md• Hackathons, Techcamps, etc• Visualizations/apps partnerships
Citizen Engagement
OpenData
Co-Creation &Innovation
CoreComponents
Infrastructure Policies Standards Data sets Technology (Cloud +)
Change Management Institutional Capacity
Moldova Open Data Program: Components
Moldova Open Data Program
Data.gov.md
Apps Innovation
FundCo-CreationActivities
Open DataDashboards
Open DataLicense
OGDManual Citizen.md
DecNov.2011
Jan 2012 Feb Mar April May
Approval ofOpen Data Program
Open Data License
Individual AgencyOpen Data Plans
OGP Best Practices Manual 2.0
Agency Data Inventories
Local Gov Dataon Data.gov.md
Open Data Dashboards & Perf Indicators
Moldova Open Data Program: Next Steps
Data.gov.md 2.0Data.gov.md 3.0
Open Data Lessons for Developing Countries (Pt. 1)
Small developer community?
Enables Gov to really partner with local developer community
Few IT professionals within gov? Real ROI from encouraging others to use your data to build services/apps. And they will do it faster, cheaper, more innovatively.
Hard to convince entire gov to open data? Identify first movers ... And move forward with them. Others will catch up (by mandate or pressure).
Little budget resources? Target partnerships with others willing to contribute with code, promotion, even funding.
Take advantage of your “disadvantages”
High mobile penetration
Promote development of mobile apps using open data
Visible, high-level political support
Push open data on whole-of-government basis
Large talent pool of developers (or small but active community)
Identify data they want most and release it as open data
Open Data Lessons for Developing Countries (Pt. 2)
Take advantage of your advantages