Open Data, Commons, Code for Europe in Amsterdam
Connected Smart Cities,18 th Febr 2014, Brussels
Katalin GallyasOpen Innovation Policy
Advisor@KatalinG
Open Data. Why?
Public sector staff recognize the importance of open data, but many are unsure how to use it. (Guardian Research, June 2013)
Open Data. Why?
Default mindset Gov = Closed. How to fight this?• Economic gains• Societal values• Accountability of government• Proactivity on market demands and new civic services
- > Transformational public services • How to Make Digital Agenda endeavors local?
Open Data. Why?
Striking facts
While 72% of the interviewed civil servants understood that open data would be very important over the next three years, 78% did not know about specific government open data initiatives or what their benefits would be.
….and 66% did not understand their personal role in delivering the open data agenda.
(Source: Open Data Policy Research, Guardian, June 2013)
Open Data Controversial for Local Governments
Open Data chances are unrevealed for governments.
Because of ICT legacy focus, Vendor- and Open Data Interpretation Illiteracy
Who to choose? What to choose? Huge range of non proprietary and proprietary systems.
-ODP Open Data Partnership-Open Data Institute-Open Knowledge Foundation
Vocabularies Policy Makers
“What is the evidence that we should release datasets?”
“How many start ups have been created since we launched the first datasets”
“Can Open Data repair a market failure, inefficiency?”
Vendor Fusion
Current open data catalysts (non-proprietary*)
Current open data catalysts (proprietary*)
Quest for Open Data Impact, Evidences
Precarious Open Data Policies
Connected24 hours
• Citizens
+ Release-, Promote, Build Apps, RepositoryMissing part : Peer Reviewed Civic Apps, Sharing Commons
What else can help to stimulate local Open Data programs and
impact?
1. EU Open Data Fuel Project: Code for Europe
Code for Europe: Civic Apps & Commons
The Future - Commons
2. EU Open Data project: Open Cities Repository & Hackathons
2. EU project: Open Cities
Nearly 400 datasets available
3. EU Data Project: City SDK (service development toolkit)
• Strong SME’s, hackers’, coders • Business Accelerators• Innovation Intermediaries >>• EU Projects• Open minded City Gov• Participatory citizens
Amsterdam – Strong Open Data Ecosystem partners
Open Data Evolution in Amsterdam
• In 2010 hackers, innovation labs and SME’s, web entrepreneurs requested the first datasets
• 28 datasets open in 2011• >350 datasets open in 2014• 2010 – 0 euro budget• 2013 – 1,5 M euro budget • 2014- lobby for 0.5 M local resources and many EU projects• From 2013 Open Data Program – by Amsterdam Economic
Board• 3 EU projects that promote the value of Open Data
Best Practices Open Data
• 30 apps have been launched (face recognition by portrays)
• High educational impact• Positive PR for the museum• Reach of new younger
target group
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/api -110.000 high resolution photo’s of the collection
Rijksmuseum API
Double salting routes discovered
Beyond Open Data – Business Generation
2012 – Focus of App Contest: The more the better….
• 3 start ups coaching• +300 datasets• Participation in Apps4EU• +50 civic apps
2013 – Less apps more business incubation
Community: Appsterdam- 2600 developers have joined up
Appsterdam- 2600 developers have joined up
Understand Open Data dynamics
Open Data Observations1. Open Data Catalysts are strongly dependent on
external financing and networking (role for Enoll, Connected Smart Cities)- Liberate open data agents!
2. Vocabularies match between policy makers and open data catalyst
3. Produce user cases to discover the enormous underexploited value of data
4. Watch out with corporate Big Data providers5. Encourage cities to move toward Commons, peer
reviewed open data vendors
Memories. 2011
Thank you! Katalin Gallyas
[email protected] @katalinG