Presentation by Bart Rosseau & Joran Van Daele. Talk at DataOps Ghent Meetup. About Open Data and Stad Gent.

1. 17 juli 2019
Open Data for better
datamanagement
Meetup DataOps
@bartrosseau
@jo__ran

2. Data in a local government

3. Data in a local government
> Maps, registries, permits, demographics, events,
news, bylaws, …
> Used for policymaking, operational decisions,
analysis, communication
• Data & Policy
> Open Data in coalition agreement for 10+ years
> New coalition agreement: ‘datadriven’
> GDPR put data on political agenda
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4. Open Data

5. Open Data
From USB with 15 excel files to
‘FIVE STAR LINKED OPEN DATA SEMANTIC API
PUBLICATION FOR QUADRUPLE HELIX COCREATION OF
SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETAL CHALLENGES’
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6. Open Data
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7. Datamaturity

8. Datamaturity
>Externalising the data raises sensitivity
>First users of open data are our
colleagues
>Reuse shows link between dataquality
and result
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9. Dienst Data & Informatie

10. Data & Informatie
• 1 team, many topics
– Datamanagement
– Data-analysis
– Information management
– IT alignment
– International projects
– 3D
– International networks
– (linked) open data
– Data-awareness projects (events, …)
– …
 Ambition!
 Strategic information management
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11. Our ‘products’
>https://stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-
stadsbestuur/over-gent/kaarten-
cijfers-en-data/gent-gescand
>‘I hate Ghent’
>Apps For Ghent
>City monitor
>…
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13. Apps For Ghent
How to make data ‘public’?

14. Yearly hackathon, since 2010.
> Hackathon?
> Yearly theme
– Maps, sports, …
– 2019: Museum
– 2020: Mobility
> Incentive for city departments to share data
> Collect data AND challenges
 presentation + ideation (datadive)
 hackathon
 feedback
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15. Incentive for open data collection, you say?
> Less open data minded departments!
> “What’s in it for me?”
> Awareness & use of open data!
> Next steps are clear!
> Connections!
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16. Incentive for open data collection: results!
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17. Data  Datadive
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18. Datadive  Hackathon
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19. Hackathon  Results
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20. Hackathon  Results
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21. New open data methodology
More open data!

22. Finding new open data?
> How can we create a more frequent ‘stream’ of ‘new’
open data?
– Update existing open data
– Deleting existing open data
– Uploading new open data
> Also, how can we communicate this?
– Datadives? Hackathons?
– …
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24. Bedankt!
Bart Rosseau Joran Van Daele
Diensthoofd Data & Informatie Open Data Manager
@bartrosseau @jo__ran
• Open Data for better datamanagement