1. ‘structural adoption of open data in governmental organisations’
Province of South-Holland Bart Spée | senior GEO-IT specialist
Municipality of The Hague Ed Visser | senior consultant GEO information Antoine Gribnau | information manager GEO systems
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Bert Mulder | associate professor
Martijn Hartog | researcher |

2. ‘government of the future’
two research programmes Province of South Holland Municipality of The Hague open and transparent government ‘Open Data’ ‘Transparency’

3. structural and practical adoption of open data
several explorations in 2012 and 2013 key expert interviews two large governmental organizations Municipality of The Hague, inhabitants Province of South Holland, 3.5 million people, km2

4. landscape of ‘some’ developments
International
Open Government Partnership
Open Government Data Public Sector Information INSPIRE
Linked Data
Open Spending
National
Data Protection Act Freedom of Information Act Information society Networked society
Hackatons
Challenges
Publication process Open data portals and stores
Legal issues Guidelines, policy
Changing collaborations Trust and transparency
(e.g. private/public)
Mobile phone or web Participation
applications
Sustainable solutions Accessibility and reliability

5. examples of conflict of interest
accountable economical and societal effects (e.g. Meijer, 2013; Pollock, 2009; Halonen, 2012)
Vs.
‘Why should I open up or publish my data’?
perceiving openness or transparency by governmental bodies (e.g. Henninger, 2013; Halonen, 2012)
‘Is this even part of my job?’
effects on citizen empowerment and government processes (e.g. Meijer, 2013; O’Hara, 2012; Paled, 2013)
‘How should data be published and how much does it costs?’

6. situation: internal procedures are inefficiently cluttered
Lessons learned 1/2
situation: internal procedures are inefficiently cluttered
immediate ‘data hunt’ is an effective supplier of data sets and applications
opening up data is not a natural process
solution:
standardized formats for up-to-date, automatically reachable data sets are a necessity
attitude and dissemination of open data policy by management is a must
invest in the quality, quantity and sustainability of data sets
create awareness and necessity of opening data by source owners and holders

7. situation despite ‘Open Data, unless’ policy still a lot of cold feet
Lessons learned 2/2
situation despite ‘Open Data, unless’ policy still a lot of cold feet
explaining and convincing source holders is very time consuming an effective central open data system can reduce costs
solution
harmonize definitions and uniform terms of usage adapt open data policy into information architecture, conditions of information for ICT’s
stimulate a creative and pro-active approach
activate an open data store with up-to-date data and a platform

8. conclusions
Policy central systems of open data accessibility generates success and can even reduce costs
corporate policy is necessary for stimulation and active marketing
Coordination
create a central position for legal and technical open data representatives
Process thinking in technical infrastructures and automated data helps
thematic approach of data generates clarity connecting data and users bring open data to the front of the internal processes
Culture rudimentary questions prevail the common practice organizational culture is elementary as a structural base for open data

9. next necessary steps
developing more knowledge and experiences with best practices pragmatic model to adapt open data into governmental bodies

10. ‘structural adoption of open data in governmental organisations’
Province of South-Holland Bart Spée | senior GEO-IT specialist
Municipality of The Hague Ed Visser | senior consultant GEO information Antoine Gribnau | information manager GEO systems
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Bert Mulder | associate professor
Martijn Hartog | researcher |