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Open data and the voluntary sector

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David Kane's presentation about open data and what it might mean for your organisation at the NCVO Annual Conference 2011. David is a Research Development Officer at NCVO, ...

David Kane's presentation about open data and what it might mean for your organisation at the NCVO Annual Conference 2011. David is a Research Development Officer at NCVO,

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Open data and the voluntary sector Presentation Transcript

Open Data and the Voluntary Sector NCVO Annual Conference 1 st March 2011, London

Charities and openness: The story so far

Openness is part of being a good charity

… and part of charity regulation

"The register [of charities] … shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times"

Charities Act 1960

open data community led by (parts of) civil society

Government has released data… … VCS often included but not separately identified

Charities are being transparent…

Developers are entering the field

vs Collect the data Secondary data Closed license – no commercial use Open license Access by applying for CD Download as CSV Web access for humans Web access for humans and computers No link to other datasets Link to other datasets (eg Big Lottery Fund, government spending data)

NCVO has released data…

… and set up a data store But should be owned by sector, not by NCVO

Others are releasing data

Why embrace open data?

Inform campaigning and lobbying

Improve your services

Demonstrate your impact

Do public services better

Challenges of open data

Resources and skills Costs of time and money, Need skills in organisation: handling data, analysis, publishing on the web But can be built on a range of free tools. Large, active developer community willing to help and keen to try new things.

Reputation and Competition Will you lose out by revealing your secrets and failures? Or will open data demonstrate honesty and ability to quickly learn from mistakes?

Compulsory Will public contracts require that open data is released? What about grant applications? Will donors demand you release data? But will demonstrating transparency help you bid?

Some references

opencharities.org

data.ncvo-vol.org.uk

ckan.net/group/civil-society

www.publishwhatyoufund.org

transparency.number10.gov.uk

slideshare.net/podnosh/ncvo-needs-conference

david.kane@ncvo-vol.org.uk | @kanedr | #opendata