Open data: prospects for industrial development

Open data: prospects for industrial development José M. Alonso CTIC (Spain)

CTIC, Spain
Technology and R&D&i centre
CTIC is located in the City of Gijon, Region of Asturias, North Coast of Spain in the City of Gijon.
Highly concentrated Innovation setting in the “ Mile of Knowledge ”
Gijon is a highly innovative City with a very highly qualified work force.
Important technology partnerships (W3C, World Wide Web Foundation…)

Open (Government) Data
Data sets or information sets produced or commissioned by government or government controlled entities.
Can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone
Making it available in open formats, reusable by third parties, that can be understood by machines and people.
Creating “ a great cloud ” of interconnected public data in such a way that the data of different administrations may be mixed and understood by the administrations themselves as well as by other private third parties.
This will generate economic activity and a multitude of innovative services, saving public money and with a high return on investment, and increased transparency, accountability and democratization of public data.

Open Data: find, gather, release Government Data

Open Data World Map http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/

Example: bicycle accidents in the UK
Government has records on where, when
Innovative applications from civil society
Mapping = reusing the data in a meaningful way to people
Routes = the safest paths for cyclers
See Sir Tim Berners-Lee video: “ The year open data went worldwide ”

Example: where should I locate my EMEA office?

Example: Peer to Patent http:// www.peertopatent.org /

The ecosystem: importance of context Economical and Business Macroeconomic Stability Financial Markets Markets for Goods and Services Business Environment Social Demographics Labour Market Quality of Life Education and Literacy Open Access Legal Basis Awareness and Support Data and Interoperability Agents Institutional and Political Governance and Democracy Transparency and Corruption Cooperation Infrastructures and Sci-Tech Innovation ICT Usage Infrastructures

Implementation benefits
Quicker release by government agencies
Less need of centralization and coordination
Unexpected reuse of data for innovative services
“ the best thing to do with your data will be thought of by someone else ” -- Rufus Pollock (OKF)
More services
More relevant to people and organizations

Example: Haiti maps

Economic potential
European market size ( Measuring Public Sector Information Resources, 2006 )
Reuse of data worth between 26 and 47 Billion € / year
UK (2010)
6 Billion GBP…
… and bad use may cost up to 50 Billion (Capgemini, 2008)
France (2011)
1.6 Billion €
Applications developed free of cost to the government
Apps for Democracy (US) 4000+% return on investment:
$50K spent for organizing application context
$2.3M equivalent of applications developed

Economic benefits
Businesses access valuable information
Possibilities of new business models
Innovation, modernization
Public application of emerging technologies
Citizens more empowered with knowledge, services
Bureaucracy is simplified and reduced
Improved intergovernmental coordination
Cost savings
(e.g. avoid duplicity of information)

Paradigm shift Data Data Plan B Plan A Gov Entepreneurs ------------------ Businesses Services ------------------ Applications Private Funding USERS USERS Taxes Taxes Gov

Emerging business models
Subsidized
Subscription-based
Advertising
Transformation
Certification
Web traffic increase
Differentiation (by added-value)
Selling Apps
( as proposed by J. Luis Marín )

Findings of feasibility study in Ghana (1/3)
Executive level
Culture of secrecy inherited from the stages previous to democracy, but political will to make information transparently available to citizens.
First democratically elected government that has RTI Act in its manifesto.
Remove barriers related to exceptions provided by law and make the system of information sharing transparent.
Government ’ s willingness to adopt an Open Data initiative at the agency level is present.
The President of Ghana is the prime mover behind enacting RTI .

Public Administrative level
Government departments and agencies are interested in creating Open Data initiatives extending to the middle layer of public administration.
National IT Agency (NITA) and Ministry of Communications understand the potential of such initiatives.
Budgetary and leadership support to key institutions.
Develop a common methodology for Open Data.
Select and adopt open standard formats for data to facilitate re-use.
Improve the capacity of public servants so that they themselves become active consumers of information, thus enabling intra agency sharing of data.

Civil Society level
Media and the civil society has played a prominent role in ensuring that RTI Act enshrines free availability of information.
There is already a movement towards re-use of information driven by organisations like population council as well as universities.
Need to increase awareness of re-use initiatives promoted by civil society.
Leverage existing related initiatives
Improve technical awareness and provide training.
Assist civil society in providing technical training.

Summary
Open Data: Cost‐effective tool for governments to improve service to citizens, civil society and businesses
Start now. Start simply.
Start at 3 levels
“ it has to happen at the top, it has to happen at the middle and it has to happen at the bottom. ” Sir Tim Berners‐Lee
We are here to help

Thank you!
Web
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http://www.w3.org/eGov
http://www.webfoundation.org
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