Open Data as a Platform
ACCOUNTABILITY DIVERSION CORRUPTION EFFECTIVENES S EFFICIENCY OWNERSHIP BUDGET PLANNING FEEDBACK RESULTS COORDINATION PREDICTABILITY Traceability
1. High demand for data
2. There is lots of data about development
Agency DAC CRS AMP FTS Parliament & FOI AidData, TRAID, Aidflows, etc Sectoral working groups Line Ministreies Journalists & Researchers Donors Agency website (PDF reports) Agency reporting to many systems and services BUT Inconsistencies Time consuming for providers and infomediaries Still unmet demand Aid agency reporting is increasing ….
DAC CRS AMP FTS Parliament and FOI AidData, TRAID, Aidflows, etc Sectoral working groups Lind Ministres Journalists & Researchers Donors Donor website 45 Donor websites 45 Agency websites Systems are producer rather than user oriented Information can be: hard to find Inaccessible Inconsistent Unavailable … but the information is hard to use
Open data can provide the platform Agencies 1) Raw Data 2) Standard Format Parliamentarian Database Visualizations Mobile apps Re-use Re-purpose Mash up Infomediaries Innovate Publish once, use many times Donor reporting
Profarmer Manly Hydraulics Lab Environmental Protection Agency
IATI – an open data platform
What to do with the raw open data?
The most exiting thing is…….. …….the stuff you cant predict