Civic Tech in Malaysia

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An Open Lecture of Sinar Project

Ng Swee Meng <sweester@sinarproject.org>

sinarproject.org

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Sweemeng: Resident Tech Person

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Opening parliament

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Open government

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Open Data

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Digital Rights

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Civic Tech is..

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Can it work?

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Open Spending

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EveryPolitician

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How do we do civic tech

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Popit with over 4000 People & Organizations

Mapit with all electoral and administrative boundaries

Poplus Components

Fair Elections NGOS contribute boundaries

Issue reporting sites lookup boundaries

Able to map issues to constituencies and therefore hold elected representatives accountable

People & Org Issue tracking sites use Popit ID and information

Parliamentary Monitoring site uses Popit & Mapit information to show info and help users find representatives

Transparency InternationalForest Watch

BetterPenang Local Councils

Aduanku.myFixMyStreet

tindak.org

Common Popit ID allows easy mapping of other sites to MPs

Accountable

Representatives / MyMP

CuttleFish for email requests

foi.sinarporject.org

Alaveteli FOI site helps us keep track of requests for information

MALAYSIA, Sinar Project, http://sinarproject.org, @sinarproject

Open Database/API Popolo/OCDS international open government data specifications

Media

CSOCSO

In constrained environments info/data is hard to get & often lost

Get organizations to share info and stored as structured open data accessible via public API

Parliamentarian Website MP Statistics (Age/Gender)

Influence NetworksReusable, continuously updated,increasingly complete

Construction Contracts

Legislative Proceedings

Link PEPs to other datasets fortransparency & accountability

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What’s the road block

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Lack transparency

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Data not always available

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Need better process

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Media law means things can bite

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Tools alone does not fix problem

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Skills and knowledge needed

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What next

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Expand current project

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More research

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