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ICT Solutions Day Co-creating Solutions for a Smarter Future Using
Technology and Open Innovation
Lightning Talks: Enablers of Smart Development
Open Government & Open Data
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013 Room: MC13-121
Event page @ http://go.worldbank.org/J3HCU23B50 (info, details, connection, materials)
Open Government
ICT-enabled transformation into open, participatory, accountable and citizen-driven government
Creates tangible benefits and new opportunities for innovation for agencies and citizens
Benefits of Open Government
To governments:
• Cost-savings
• Increasing trust in government
• Creating jobs and attracting
investments
• Catalyzing innovation
• Improving competitiveness
• Unlocking new value from assets and services
To citizens:
• Transparent and efficient government
• New channels for engagement and
participation
• Involvement in improving public services and their delivery
• Access to more government data
Open Government principles translate into real services and apps ...
Transparency
Federal transparency portal: free access to all budget data including spending by each agency on salaries, travel, supplies, contracts, equipment, and even expenses paid with credit cards used by officials.
Updated daily. 250,000 visits per month.
Accountability
Collaboration
Participation
Open Data
is
data
collected or generated by government
that can be
freely
used,
reused
and redistributed
by anyone
for any lawful purpose
Uses that give economic & social growth
Uses that improve public services
Uses that increase transparency
Benefits of Open Data in figures…
• Open Weather Data in the U.S. has created 400 companies employing 4000 people (Todd Park’s opening note, $100B)
• Releasing addressing data as Open Data in Denmark gave $21m/year benefits and 2200% ROI- $100K in app development
• Publishing the UK’s 240 cardiac surgeons’ individual clinical outcomes reduced deaths by 1000 a year
• 1000s of apps delivering public transport information in the United States – 68 in New York alone
• UK released data on location of 300,000 bus-stops; OpenStreetMap corrected 18,000 of them, improving official data accuracy.
World of Open Data
Over 260 country and city Open Data initiatives
No “standard” solution – each has national context
World Bank has a lot of knowledge about what works and what does not – and has done it
itself!
Open Gov & Open Data Ecosystems
Open Government
What is needed & how we can help
• Champions - from government, civil society, private sector
• Innovate in Process, Teams and Approach: Active engagement by agencies + civil society + private sector
• Knowledge partners to share global best practices and expertise
• Capacity building efforts (for agencies, NGOs, media ...)
• Resources ($$) for a multi-year Open Government Program
Questions?