OPEN DATA INITIATIVES AND PSI REUSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Michal KubáňePSI National Correspondent in the Czech Republic Open Data Coordinator @OPEN SOCIETY FUND PRAGUE

October, 2nd 2013, BudapestePSI Platform Workshop,  

1. Open Society Fund Prague and Open data 2. National level

a) Open Government Partnership (OGP)

b) Current status of OGP3. Role of the public sector

a) Otakar Motejl Fundb) NGO’s – best practices

4. Conclusion

OUTLINE

OSF MISSION Strengthening Open Society and Democracy in the Czech Republic

Open data = a vital tool to strengthen the rule of law and transparency.

1999: Freedom of Information Act Supporting citizens asking for information according to this law 

2011 - 2012: Open Government PartnershipProviding the Czech government with consultations on the Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP)

2013: Let´s Open the Data Together•Supporting tens of online activism projects •Organizing a contest of applications using the open data 

OPEN SOCIETY FUND PRAGUE AND OPEN DATA

 OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP

RESULT - April 2012 , SIGNED - Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership1. The adoption of an Act on Civil Servants, to ensure the depoliticization and stabilization of the public administration sector

2. Streamlining the system allowing free access to information

3. Improving access to data and information

The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better. We all want more transparent, effective and accountable governments -- with institutions that empower citizens and are responsive to their aspirations. But this work is never easy.

3. Improving access to data and information

a) the publication of data under an open license

b) the publication of data in a standard machine-readable format;

c) the creation of an open data infrastructure in the CR and the

establishment of rules for the public procurement sector

d) Opening up the most important sources of data - 10 datasets

ACTION PLAN FOR THE OGP

Deadline: End of 2012 -March 2013

Theoretical part ->

1. Czech Public Administration Open Data Publishing

Methodology

2. Concept of Catalogization of the Czech Republic’s Public

Sector Open Data 

Practical part -> new deadlines !

• Open data catalogue (December, 2013)

• Legislative conditions (July, 2014)

• OD datasets - only 1 out of 10 (Election Results, Census

2011 )

CURRENT STATUS OF THE OGP COMMITMENTS

OPENED DATASETS – 1/10

Institutions that opened data

Czech Statistical Office

The Czech Trade Inspection Authority

Ministry of Finance – Monitor of State Budget

OD – as a part of key strategies

Government Strategy For the Fight against

Corruption for the period 2013-2014

Digital Czech 2.0.

Development Strategy of Czech Public

Administration and eGOvernment 2014+

CURRENT SITUATION – NATIONAL LEVEL

ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1. OTAKAR MOTEJL FUND (OSF)Forum for Open Data => Otakar Motejl Fund (OSF Prague) + Faculty of Informatics and Statistics (University of Economics, Prague) + Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Charles University in Prague)

Open Data Cities - pilot project - 3 cities

Let´s Open the Data Together (OD challenge)

The Data Journalism Handbook (CZ version)

Open Data: Opportunity for the Czech Republic

(handbook)

NGO‘S – BEST PRACTICES

let's know who really represent you

Factcheck of political discussions

Encyclopedia of Czech politicians

Control the budget of your city

Where does my money go?

Ask your institution

Information about all auctions and sales

NÁŠSTÁT.CZ – OUR STATEMAIN WEB DIRECTORY OF CZ WATCHDOG

PROJECTS

VÁŠMAJETEK.CZ – YOUR PROPERTY INFORMATION ABOUT ALL AUCTIONS AND SALES

BUDOVANISTATU.CZ EXPLORE HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS YOUR

TAXES

•Otakar Motejl Fund – Motejl.cz + NasStat.cz•Otevrenadata.cz•Datablog.cz

•Data IHNED.CZ - Data journalism and data visualization on IHNED.cz•cz.okfn.org + mailinglist

MORE ON OPEN DATA IN THE CR

CZECH OPEN DATA AUTHORITIES

@jindrichmynarz

@jakubmracek

@MichalBerg

Martin Nečaský

OGP commitments –> no punishments –> no results x - OD as part of for e-strategies

=> new government, end of 2013Lack of OD legislation and user- friendly guidelines for institutionsSome institutions are more opened than others – depend on each IT departmentNGO‘s sector is more active than state sector Internationally successful projects transformed to CZ

Czech OD community – active (meetups, barcamps)

x

lack of datasets as a fuel to OD projects

CONCLUSION

Michal Kubanmichal.kuban@osf.cz

osf.cz@kubanster

Thank you for your attention