Open data: prospects for industrial development

The Second Session of the Committee on DevelopmentThe Second Session of the Committee on DevelopmentInformation, Science and TechnologyInformation, Science and Technology

CODIST-IICODIST-II2-5 May 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2-5 May 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia



Open data: prospects for industrial development

José M. Alonso

CTIC (Spain)

http://slidesha.re/OD-CODIST2





CTIC, Spain

Technology and R&D&i centre CTIC is located in the City of Gijon,

Region of Asturias, North Coast of Spain in the City of Gijon.

Highly concentrated Innovationsetting in the “Mile of Knowledge”

Gijon is a highly innovative City with a very highly qualified work force.

Important technology partnerships (W3C, World Wide Web Foundation…)





Open (Government) Data

Data sets or information sets produced or commissioned by government or government controlled entities.

Can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone Making it available in open formats, reusable by third parties,

that can be understood by machines and people. This generates economic ROI via:

creation of innovative products and services by third parties. increased transparency, accountability and democratization

of public data. increased government efficiency and effectiveness.

- leading to public money savings.





Open Data: find, gather, release

Government

Data





Open Data World Map

http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/





Example: Research Funding Explorer

http://bis.clients.talis.com/





Example: Peer to Patent

http://www.peertopatent.org/





The ecosystem: importance of context

Economical and Business

Macroeconomic StabilityFinancial MarketsMarkets for Goods and ServicesBusiness Environment

Economical and Business

Macroeconomic StabilityFinancial MarketsMarkets for Goods and ServicesBusiness Environment

Social

DemographicsLabour MarketQuality of LifeEducation and Literacy

Social

DemographicsLabour MarketQuality of LifeEducation and Literacy

Open Access

Legal BasisAwareness and SupportData and InteroperabilityAgents

Open Access

Legal BasisAwareness and SupportData and InteroperabilityAgents

Institutional and Political

Governance and DemocracyTransparency and CorruptionCooperation

Institutional and Political

Governance and DemocracyTransparency and CorruptionCooperation

Infrastructures and Sci-Tech

InnovationICT UsageInfrastructures

Infrastructures and Sci-Tech

InnovationICT UsageInfrastructures





Implementation benefits

Quicker release by government agenciesLess need of centralization and coordination

Unexpected reuse of data for innovative services “the best thing to do with your data will be thought

of by someone else” -- Rufus Pollock (OKF) More services

More relevant to people and organizations





Example: Haiti maps





Economic potential

European market size(Measuring Public Sector Information Resources, 2006)

Reuse of data worth between 26 and 47 Billion € / year UK (2010)

- 6 Billion GBP…

- …and bad use may cost up to 50 Billion (Capgemini, 2008)

France (2011)- 1.6 Billion €

Applications developed free of cost to the government Apps for Democracy (US) 4000+% return on investment:

- $50K spent for organizing application context

- $2.3M equivalent of applications developed





Economic benefits

Businesses access valuable informationPossibilities of new business models

Innovation, modernizationPublic application of emerging technologies

Citizens more empowered with knowledge, services

Bureaucracy is simplified and reduced Improved intergovernmental coordination

Cost savings (e.g. avoid duplicity of information)





Plan B

Paradigm shift

Plan A

Gov DataDataEntepreneurs------------------Businesses

Services------------------Applications

Private Funding

USERS

USERSDataData Taxes

Taxes

Gov





Emerging business models

Subsidized Subscription-based Advertising Transformation Certification Web traffic increase Differentiation (by added-value) Selling Apps

(as proposed by J. Luis Marín)





Findings of feasibility study in Ghana (1/3)

Executive levelCulture of secrecy inherited from the stages previous

to democracy, but political will to make information transparently available to citizens.

First democratically elected government that has Right To Information (RTI) Act in its manifesto.

- Remove barriers related to exceptions provided by law and make the system of information sharing transparent.

Government’s willingness to adopt an Open Data initiative at the agency level is present.

- The President of Ghana is the prime mover behind enacting RTI.






Public Administrative levelGovernment departments and agencies are

interested in creating Open Data initiatives extending to the middle layer of public administration.

- National IT Agency (NITA) and Ministry of Communications understand the potential of such initiatives.

• Budgetary and leadership support to key institutions.

Develop a common methodology for Open Data.- Select and adopt open standard formats for data to facilitate

re-use.

Improve the capacity of public servants so that they themselves become active consumers of information, thus enabling intra agency sharing of data.






Civil Society levelMedia and the civil society has played a prominent

role in ensuring that RTI Act enshrines free availability of information.

There is already a movement towards re-use of information driven by organisations like population council as well as universities.

Need to increase awareness of re-use initiatives promoted by civil society.

- Leverage existing related initiatives- Improve technical awareness and provide training.

Assist civil society in providing technical training.





Summary

Open Data: Cost‐effective tool for governments to improve service to citizens, civil society and businesses

Start now. Start simply. Start at 3 levels

“it has to happen at the top, it has to happen at the middle and it has to happen at the bottom.”Sir Tim Berners‐Lee

We are here to help





Thank you!

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