Open Standards and APIs for a Better World

Nordic APIs Stockholm2014-03-31

Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanwww.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors

“An investment in better information is an

investment in better development”

- APC Colombia (La Agencia

Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia)

World Bank Goals- Ending Extreme Poverty

- Decrease the percentage of people living with less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030

- Promoting Shared Prosperity - Promote income growth of the bottom

40% of the population in each country

The Open World Bank

What We Know (Data, Research &

Knowledge)

• Open Data Initiative • Open Knowledge Repository • Knowledge Reports

What We Do (Operations, Finances

& Results) • Projects & Operations • Open Finances • IEG Evaluations • Mapping for Results • Corporate Scorecard • AidFlows

How We Work (Partnerships for

Openness) • Open Aid Partnership • Open Government Partnership • Knowledge Platforms • Kenya/Moldova Open Data Portal

Access to Information Policy

Open Aid Partnership

- Turning aid reporting upside down- www.openaidmap.org

World Bank APIs- Indicators (time series data)- Projects (World Bank operations)- World Bank Finances- Climate Data- RESTful with (at least)JSON and XML- data.worldbank.org/developers

> 8000 Indicators

Environment

External Debt

AgricultureEconomy

Gender

Public Sector

Urban Development

Health

Climate Change

Trade

Poverty

Private Sector

Social Development

Aid Effectiveness

#IATI

InfrastructureRural Development

Energy

Science & Technology

Education

Social Protection & Labor

Growth

Openaid.se

Openaid.se

- Hub for statistics and documents about Swedish development cooperation from the 70s until today- Openaid.se API launched 2011- Moving to IATI API

IATI =InternationalAidTransparencyInitiative

iatistandard.org

Multi-stakeholder

Traceability

Publish OnceUse Often

IATI$

CRS$

FSS$

FTS$

EDRIS$

IFAF$

AIMS$

“Dogfooding”

- Using your Public API as a Private API is like“Eating your own dog food”

- Organizations who use their own IATI data for visualizations etc tend to increase their data quality

IATI APIs

- IATI Datastore- http://datastore.iatistandard.org

- OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman

- http://oipa.openaidsearch.org

- AidData - http://aiddata.org/api-documentation

Challenges- Timely, comprehensive and forward

looking data- Data quality- Traceability with e.g. budget and

unique organization identifiers- Access and use of data- Governance

How Can You Contribute?

How do you think you and your organization can contribute to creating a better world using your skills and expertise?

#ICT4D =Information and Communication Technologies for Development

Follow e.g. @SidaICT4D

#OKFEST14 =Open Knowledge FestivalBerlin, 15-17 July 2014- Open Minds to Open Action- www.okfestival.org & @okfestival- Working Groups: okfn.org/wg/

e.g. Open Development / #opendev- Local groups: se.okfn.org & @okfnse

Thank You! Now Go and Save

the World!pernilla@openhearted.se

Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanpernillan.se <3