Open Government Data Stephan Röthlisberger Programm-Manager E-Government Switzerland Going local Switzerland Bern,

2 Publication of data in terms of Open Government Data (OGD) is suitable only for data held by the administration and the use of which is not restricted for legal reasons, in particular in terms of data protection law, copyright law or information protection law. Objectives of Open Government Data

3 Why Open Government Data? Improve the process by removing the barriers More data available Easier to find Easier to reutilize Better product or services for the data- consumer DATA- OWNER RAW DATA DATA- OWNER RAW DATA DATA-WORKER RAW DATA + WORK = VALUE (products, services) DATA-WORKER RAW DATA + WORK = VALUE (products, services) Licensing Formats Delocalization Price

4 Key Players Community opendata.ch Swiss Parliament Federal Administration: Swiss Federal Archives SwissTopo MeteoSwiss Statistical Office Federal IT Steering Unit Federal Chancellery

5 OGD Events Since 2011 several Events by the Community and often in collaboration with the Federal Administration

6 Report of the Federal Swiss council

7 Mandate of the Swiss Federal Council Coordination Elaboration of a national OGD Strategy Preparing the implementation Identifying solution for new financial scenarios Creating the necessary legal environment Standardization

8 Swiss Open Government Data Pilot Portal

9 Planning Conception Strategy, catalogue of measures Conceiving supporting agency and its tools Conceiving a national access (OGD Portal) Identifying and obtain the right conditions Conceiving and realizing standards 2015 Realization Realizing the supporting agency and its tools Developing a national access (OGD Portal) Introducing standards Communication 2016 Introduction Activation of the supporting agency Activation of a national access (OGD Portal) Updating standards Promotion and communication

10 Challenges Cooperation over all the federal levels Finance Legal conditions Implementing measures against data mishandling

11 Open questions How should we handle „private“ data-owner? How should this new public service/activity be financed? For who should we design an OGD service? How should the private actors be incentived?

12 How do we measure our success?  Strategic alignment and consistency  Disclosure policies  Accessibility and availability of data  Data provision mechanisms  User/Consumer utilization & perception  Impact on economics and innovation Main source: Ubaldi, B. (2013), “Open Government Data: Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives”, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance, No. 22, OECD Publishing

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