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Open Data for Development Shaida Badiee Neil Fantom The World Bank
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Open Data: improving lives in the 19 th Century Created data: distribution of deaths by location Combined with other data: plotted with water points and pumps Analyzed data: saw connection with one pump Took action: removed the handle
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Technically open: You can find it, access it, your machines can read it, and you can combine it with other data Legally open: You’re allowed to use it, re-use it, and re-distribute it freely, for commercial and non-commercial purposes json, txt, csv, xml, html, API, rdf, etc. pdf, jpg, gif, png, other proprietary formats CC-BY attribution license, opendefinition.org Subscriptions, restrictions on commercial use “Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone – subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.” Open Knowledge Foundation What is Open Data?
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More than transparency Transparency Social and economic value Interaction and engagement Source: okfn.org
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We started in 2010
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Our aim is Open Development Open Knowledge Work with others to collect, share and analyze data, measure results, increase knowledge Open Data Legally open and technically open: easy to find and free for use and re-use Open Solutions Engage in new ways to find solutions to development problems
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We’re open about what we know
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We’re open about what we do
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We’re open to new engagement
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We’re supporting others to be open
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What have we learnt?
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1. You can’t do open data without data to open up We didn’t start with this:
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1. You can’t do open data without data to open up We started with this:
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2. Free data is not free Revenues Investment
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But it’s good for business
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3. Open up your data and it will be used Source: yourtopia.net
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4. Others can do it better
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Five ideas for what’s next
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1. Going global
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2. Going local
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3. Open Data from the crowd Citizens Mapping Services Linking Citizen Voice to Public Service Provision in Dar Es Salaam August 2011
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3. Open Data from the crowd September 2011
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4. Open Data leads to better data
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Source: opendata.go.ke
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4. Open Data leads to better data Source: opendata.go.ke
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5. Big Data and Open Data Mass participation >2 billion users 2011 Source: unglobalpulse.org
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6. Citizen engagement and feedback
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A Public Good for the Public Good
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