1. Jeff Kaplan - Consultant, ICT Unit, World Bank Email: jeff@openesolutions.com Twitter: @jeffkaplan88 Open Government Data in Developing Countries: Kenya & Moldova October 3, 2012

2. Moldova Joins Global Leaders in Open Data 16th national Open Data portal 1st in Eastern Europe / CIS But it’s not a portal-centric strategy...

3. Systematic Approach to Open Data in Moldova April Dec 10 - Mar 11 MayJune July Aug.Sept. 300 downloads 187 14 15,000 17 213 19,500 3,300 92 115 4,000 Socializing open data among MD agencies; pre-launch preparations Sept 26 Chisinau adopts alerte.md April 29 Open Data Directive July 15-16 May 25 BOOST database Released Sept 20 April 15 Apps Contest launches 67 datasets 5 agencies April 15 19 243 20,400

5. Portal anchored with key, high-value data sets: public expenditures database (BOOST) + data bank of National Bureau of Statistics Sustainable pipeline of agency data sets driven by Open Data Directive Over 20,000 downloads to date 18 public agencies have uploaded data onto data.gov.md Investments in co-creation & apps development using open data paying off (alerte.md) Highlights

6. Strong linkage between Open Data and national eTransformation Strategy, championed by Prime Minister for over 1 year. Clear value add for World Bank’s catalytic role in early stages Time invested in socializing open data created real ownership by MD agencies Don’t waste time fighting resistence; find first mover agencies and move forward with them on open data Leveraged portal success into whole-of-government Open Data Directive Launch was well synchronised with co-creation events to generate apps and reuse of open data (Contest, TechCamp) partnering with private sectors + CSOs Understood that promoting apps that meet agency priorities can result in more sustainable apps/e-services (e.g., alerte.md adopted by Chisinau) Open data is, by design, part of effort to build an Open Innovation Ecosystem Lessons Learned in Moldova (Pt. 1)

7. Lessons Learned in Moldova (Pt. 2) Promoting reuse by targeting most valuable data sets (e.g., BOOST) More data, more data, more data APIs on data.gov.md to make data sets more usable for developers Apps Store: data.gov.md needs to expand its apps offerings Building Communities of Interest and Community of Practice around data Greater investment in reuse & co-creation (Field of Dreams does not work) Apps Innovation Fund Approval of full Open Data Program Hiring dedicated Manager for Open Data within eGC Work in Progress:

8. Moldova’s Comprehensive Open Data Program Data.gov.md 2.0 Apps / e-services Crowdsourced data Data.gov.md 2.0 Challengs/contests Agency OGP Plans Agency pilot projects Local gov data Apps Innovation Fund Challenges Apps store - data.gov.md Hackathons, Techcamps, etc Visualizations/apps partnerships Citizen Engagement Open Data Co-Creation & Innovation Core Components Infrastructure PoliciesStandardsData setsTechnology (Cloud +) Change ManagementInstitutional Capacity

9. Moldova Open Data Program: Components Moldova Open Data Program Data.gov.md Apps Innovation Fund Co-Creation Activities Open Data Dashboards Open Data License OGD Manual Citizen.md

10. Dec Nov. 2011 Jan 2012 Feb Mar AprilMay Approval of Open Data Program Open Data License Individual Agency Open Data Plans OGP Best Practices Manual 2.0 Agency Data Inventories Local Gov Data on Data.gov.md Open Data Dashboards & Perf Indicators Moldova Open Data Program: Next Steps Data.gov.md 2.0 Data.gov.md 3.0

11. Open Data Lessons for Developing Countries (Pt. 1) Small developer community?  Enables Gov to really partner with local developer community Few IT professionals within gov?  Real ROI from encouraging others to use your data to build services/apps. And they will do it faster, cheaper, more innovatively. Hard to convince entire gov to open data?  Identify first movers... And move forward with them. Others will catch up (by mandate or pressure). Little budget resources?  Target partnerships with others willing to contribute with code, promotion, even funding. Take advantage of your “disadvantages”

12. High mobile penetration  Promote development of mobile apps using open data Visible, high-level political support  Push open data on whole-of-government basis Large talent pool of developers (or small but active community)  Identify data they want most and release it as open data Open Data Lessons for Developing Countries (Pt. 2) Take advantage of your advantages