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OPEN DATAIN GDAŃSK
OPEN DATA, REAL MONEY
270 British companies, using, producing or investing in open data, has a combined annual turnover of over 92bn GBP.
Citymapper – public transport routes in 29 cities – sells products or services using open data
Pew Research: 84% of Americans with a smartphone have used open data through applications
NASA open satellite imagery of the Earth’s surface benefited the U.S. economy by $1.8 bilion
Source: https://medium.com/@ODIHQ/the-economic-impact-of-open-data-what-do-we-already-know-1a119c1958a0
BENEFITS OF OPEN DATA FOR GDP
Quantified benefits of open data various studies show between 0.4 and 4.1 % of
GDP
OPEN DATA IN GDAŃSK. BACKGROUND
High expectations on transforming the city for better
Boosting innovation and development of new applications
Ongoing process of metropolization and integration in the region
How to increase levels of trust, engagement, participation?
Need for transparency
Need of engaging residents in the new ways, looking for new solutions
for old problems
OPENNESS MANIFESTO OF GDANSK
According to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland every citizen has the right to obtain information about the activities of public authorities and persons performing public functions;
Everyone has the right to access public information in accordance with the law on access to public information;
Publishing information in open and structured forms allows citizens to analyze and re-use;
THE OPENNESS POLICYOfficial policy of Gdańsk – Mayor’s Regulation No.
306/2014
Gdańsk shares data-sets if possible (IT and legal conditions)
Bottom-up approach
OUR DATA-SETS
•RE-USE: data accessible and free to use in any way•CREDIBLE and UP-TO-DATE•COMPLETE – no hiding of information•MACHINE-READABLE: automated processing in applications, websites
•CRUCIAL issues: finance, public information, data facilitating life
CITY EXPENDITURE LISTALL city spendings are updated and published daily
MACHINE READABLE
CITY PRICE LIST
How much things in the city cost?
Interactive, graphic,easy-to-understand
Focus on detail
www.gdansk.pl/cennik
ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
All requests and answers published on the Internet immediately
Raising awareness: residents can ask, the city hall has to answer
ENCOURAGING THE USE OF OPEN DATA
The city develops its own web applications to show the potential of open data
CONDITIONS - our applications should be…
•Simple to use•Solving residents’ problem•Created on little or no cost•Open source – free to re-use by other cities and all interested parties
EXAMPLES?
WHERE TO PLANT A TREE?Show where to plant a tree – pin it on the Google Maps
www.bandgdansk.com
Throw It AwayData on collecting waste, recycling on the Google Maps
www.wyrzuc.to
OPEN SOURCESource code of our applications available on GitHub
COLLABORATIVE WORK
CIVILHUB.ORG People have the power
External web platform to connect officials and residents
„City Facebook” Direct way to access officials to discuss city issues
Only real people, no trolls, no haters
Open source solution, developed by a NGO, free to download
