Jovana Pistek and Christian van der Kooi Open government data workshop Workshop at BOBCATSSS 2017

1. HOW OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA CAN
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE
The power of Open Government Data

2. HELLO!
I am Christian van der Kooi
from the Netherlands

3. I am Jovana Pistek
from Germany
HELLO!

4. ENERGIZER!
Who are you?
If you can relate to a statement, please
stand up and say “That’s me!”

5. What are we going to do today?
1. Brainstorming
2. Defining Open Government Data
3. The impact of OGD
4. The value chain of OGD
5. Privacy aspects
INDEX

6. We want to create
awareness and
inspire you!
TOP OF THE ICEBERG.
MORE TO DISCOVER.

7. Task:
Brainstorm with your group and write
down everything you know about Open
Government Data (5 minutes)
What is Open Government Data? Who creates the
data? What kind of data? What can you use it for?
WORKSHOPPART ONE
1.

8. “Open data is the idea that some data should be
freely available to everyone to use and republish
as they wish, without restrictions from copyright,
patents or other mechanisms of control”.
(Open data, 2016)

10. DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
What is Open Government Data? When and why is it open?
What kind of data? Where you can find this data?
2.

11. “Machine-readable information, particularly government data,
that’s made available to others. These open data sets share the
following four characteristics:
(Manyika, et al, 2013 p.3)
Accessibility
a wide range of users is
permitted to access the data.
Machine readability
the data can be processed
automatically.
Cost
data can be accessed
free or at negligible cost.
Rights
limitations on the use,
transformation, and distribution
of data are minimal.
DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA:
What is Open
Government Data?
2.

12. “My Administration is committed to creating unprecedented level
of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the
public trust and establish a system of transparency, public
participation and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our
democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in
government.”
(Barack Obama, 2009)
DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA:
When and why is it
open?
2.

13. Cultural data
• cultural work, titles and
authors, art
Science data
• scientific research from
zoology to astronomy
Financial data
• government accounts,
expenditure and revenue
• data on financial markets
Statistic data
• data by statistical office
• census and key socio-
economic indicators
Weather data
• weather and climate data
and analyses
Environmental data
• presence and level of pollutants
• quality of rivers and seas
DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA:
What kind of data?
2.
(Höchtl, J. et al., 2011)

14. Portals
● Mostly used are portals & websites
● Share data by request
DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA:
Where to find OGD?
2.

15. DEFINING
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA:
Where to find OGD?
2.

16. THE IMPACT OF
OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
Why do we want an open government?
3.

17. WORKSHOP
Task:
Read the case we gave you and discuss
the impacts of this case with your group.
(15 minutes) Create a small poster
introducing your case and its OGD
impact. (10 minutes)
Present it in front of the whole group.
PART TWO
3.

18. Brazil
Brazil’s Open Budget Transparency
Portal - Making Public How Public
Money Is Spent
Mexico
Mexico’s Mejora Tu Escuela -
Empowering Citizens to Make
Data-Driven Decisions about Education
Singapore
Singapore’s Dengue Cluster Map -
Open Data for Public Health
United States
United States’ NOAA: Opening Up
Global Weather Data in Collaboration
with Businesses - Creating a New
Industry Through Access to Weather
Data
THE IMPACT OF
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA
Cases
3.

19. Improving
government
• creates transparency
• makes a government more
accountable
• raises the level of public trust
Empowering
citizens
• increases participation and
engagement in public affairs
• supports better decision making
Solving public
problems
• enables to analyze societal problems
• supports data driven assessment
and engagement
Creating
opportunities
• encourages economic growth
• creates new economic opportunities
for organizations and individuals
THE IMPACT OF
OPEN GOVERNMENT
DATA
3.
(Young, A., & Verhulst, S., 2016)

20. THE VALUE CHAIN OF
OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
Understanding the value chain of Open Government Data.
Who are the actors in this chain? What are the challenges?
4.

21. generation collection distribution use
1. Data generation
Who: Citizens and government
organizations
2. Data collection
Who: Government organizations or public
funded research organizations
(international, federal or regional)
3. Data distribution
Where: Websites of governmental
organizations, national portals
4. Data use
Who: Entrepreneurs, developers,
researchers, citizens, journalists, other
governmental agencies
THE VALUE CHAIN
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
4.
(Ubaldi, B., 2013)

22. THE VALUE CHAIN
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
Process
4.
(Online Course, 2016)

23. Challenges
for data providers
THE VALUE CHAIN
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
Challenges
4.
Challenges
For data users
Publishing process
● lack of guidelines for publishing (which
format? where to publish?)
● various data formats
(which one to use?)
Creating process
● different types of data
● data sensitivity
● different level of quality
Finding and using process
● skills and knowledge of data
finding / usage
● knowledge about tools
● incompleteness
● various data formats
● lack of legal knowledge
● lack of feedback

24. PRIVACY ASPECTS OF
OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
Examples
5.

25. “Data can either be useful or perfectly
anonymous but never both.”
(Paul Ohms, 2010)
PRIVACY ASPECTS
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
5.

26. Finding the right balance
PRIVACY ASPECTS
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
Challenges
5.

27. Finding the right balance
PRIVACY ASPECTS
OF OPEN
GOVERNMENT DATA
Examples
5.
Gun licenses Gay referendum ‘Proposition 8’

28. Inspired?

29. THANKS!
Any questions?
c.r.r.van.der.kooi@st.hanze.nl
j.pistek@st.hanze.nl

30. • Höchtl, J. et al. (2011) Open Government Data: Potentiale, Risiken und Hürden, erschienen im Tagungsband der
INFORMATIK 2011, Lecture Notes in Informatics, Band P192:
http://www.user.tu-berlin.de/komm/CD/paper/061121.pdf
• Manyika, J. et al, (2013). Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information. Place of
publication not identified: McKinsey & Company.
• Mission. (2016) Mission and strategy Retrieved on 8th of December 2016 via
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/about/mission-and-strategy
• Ohm, P. (2010). BROKEN PROMISES OF PRIVACY: RESPONDING TO THE SURPRISING FAILURE OF
ANONYMIZATION. UCLA Law Review, 57(6).
• Online Course (2016), Open Governance and Use 2016, Retrieved on 4th
January 2017 from
https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/
• Open Data. (2016) Open Data Retrieved on December the 8th 2016 from
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Open_data&oldid=752977951
• Ubaldi, B. (2013), Open Government Data: Towards Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives. (No. 22).
OECD Working Papers on Public Governance. OECD Publishing, Paris.
• Young, A., & Verhulst, S. (2016), The Global Impact of Open Data. USA: O’Reilly Media.
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