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8/20/2019 Open Data and Government: Putting the Challenges First with Dawn Duhaney
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Aim
Understand how releasing government op
can be used to solve challenges, and notmeet targets.
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Learning outcomes
By the end of the session you will be able to:
● Identify different types of government open data sets
● Categorise different government open data sets
(according whether they can be used to solve challenges,
or meet targets)
● Recognise challenges where releasing government open
data could be beneficial
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Hello
• Who are you?
• What do you do?
• What was your first experience of
open data?
• What do you hope to get out of
today?
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What is open data?
Open data is data that is availablefor anyone to access, use and share
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What are some examples of
government open datasets?
Two minutes:
● Divide into groups
● Write down as many answers on
individual post-it notes
● One person from each group to call back
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Are the following examples of
government open datasets?
1. Office of National Statistics
● Regional household income
2. UK Government
● Policy data
3. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
● VAT registered businesses
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What are some
examples of
government open
datasets from around
the world?
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● Health: Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet
● Education: Apprenticeship completion
●
Transport: Active MOT vehicle testing
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154 datasets released
Examples:
● Permits for operators of waste data
● Addresses of company communications services
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From the examples of
government datasets that we
identified earlier:
● What was covered?
● What was not?
● Why?
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How can we categorise some government open data
● By-product of existing government services
● Potential high value, high impact datasets
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Targets and government
open data initiatives
Push and pull factors
● International instruments
○ Open Government Partnership
● Internal resistance and lack of understanding
● Prioritisation of data
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How can open data be
categorised?
How could we categorise the government open data sets
we identified earlier?
Either to solve challenges or to meet targets?
Five minutes:
● In same groups● Divide paper into 2 sides, categorise datasets on
post-it notes
● One person from each group to share
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Water point mapping in
Kenya
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Water point mapping in
Kenya
Problem
● Ministry of Environment wanted to improve
evidence base to kickstart investments in
water pipelines in rural areas
Method
● Mapping 8,000 datasets across 8 counties in
Kenya
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Water point mapping in Kenya
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Putting challenges first with
open data
10 minutes:
● What challenges do the data sets you have listed
help solve?
● Are there any challenges that you have that you
could be solved by data that hasn’t been
mentioned?
● What data would you need to be opened?
One person to call back from group
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How can governments ensurethat data released helps to
solve challenges?
Ingredients for Open
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Ingredients for Open
Data Success (1)1. Articulate a clear and practical vision
2. Develop and maintain support acrossgovernment
• Political will
• Senior officials on board
• Individual frontline champions – incentives andrewarding success
3. Create cultural change champions
• Who will be responsible for guiding through
cultural change?
Ingredients for Open
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Ingredients for Open
Data Success (2)4. Create systems to encourage feedback: internal
and external
• Who are you relying on to use your data? How canyou help develop those communities?
• How will data users easily and regularly providefeedback?
5. Embed quick wins in a long-term strategy
6. Know what success looks like, and how you willmeasure it.
• How will you measure progress as you go?
Ingredients for Open
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Ingredients for Open
Data Success (3)
7. Plan for change: be agile and respond toshifting opportunities and needs
• Does your plan have space for adjustments?
• What are the right times to review the opendata strategy?
8. Give communities inside and outsidegovernment opportunities to keep learning
• Who will need avenues for training anddevelopment as plans progress?
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Learning outcomes
By the end of the session you will be able to:
● Identify different types of government open data sets
● Categorise different government open data sets
(according whether they can be used to solve challenges,
or meet targets)
● Recognise challenges where releasing government open
data could be beneficial
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Resources
Open data in government, How to bring about change:
https://theodi.org/open-data-in-government-how-to-bring-
about-change
Open data in Macedonia, from legislation to engagement:
https://theodi.org/case-studies/case-study-a-pr ofile-of-open-
data-initiatives-in-macedonia
Kenya open data, water point mapping:
http://blog.opendata.go.ke/?p=39
Open Data Barometer:
http://www.opendatabarometer.org/report/analysis/index.html
http://www.opendatabarometer.org/report/analysis/index.htmlhttp://blog.opendata.go.ke/?p=39http://blog.opendata.go.ke/?p=39https://theodi.org/case-studies/case-study-a-profile-of-open-data-initiatives-in-macedoniahttps://theodi.org/open-data-in-government-how-to-bring-about-changehttp://www.opendatabarometer.org/report/analysis/index.htmlhttp://blog.opendata.go.ke/?p=39https://theodi.org/case-studies/case-study-a-profile-of-open-data-initiatives-in-macedoniahttps://theodi.org/case-studies/case-study-a-profile-of-open-data-initiatives-in-macedoniahttps://theodi.org/open-data-in-government-how-to-bring-about-changehttps://theodi.org/open-data-in-government-how-to-bring-about-change
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