Chile joined the Open Government Partnership in 2011 to increase transparency and access to government information. In 2012, Chile selected Junar's open data platform to create its open data portal after determining their IT departments lacked the skills and resources. The Junar platform launched in November 2012 and was quickly stress tested through a hackathon where developers created over 15 applications using the Junar API. Chile now ranks 25th globally on the Open Data Barometer, leading Latin America in open data alongside Mexico.

1.
CHILE JOINS OPEN GOVERNMENT
PARTNERSHIP
September of 2011, the Government of Chile joined the
Open Government Partnership (OGP), committing to
improve access to public and government activities and
information. This plan is intended to stimulate citizen
engagement through policies for greater transparency
and increasing levels of access to new technologies.
In early 2012, experts within the IT departments
concluded that the mission required greater internal
effort and development skills than they originally
expected. They decided instead to find a commercially
available system. Following careful evaluation of the
best open data platforms available, Chile selected
Junar to be their partner. The Junar system met all of
the expectations of the country's leaders and promised
that Chile would be amongst the first countries in the
region to create a healthy Open Data ecosystem.
MAKING OPEN DATA FAST AND EFFICIENT
In November 2012, the Junar portal was launch
containing not only links to files but also data views,
charts and dashboards that provided a positive user
experience for their visitors. Junar also provided a
specific API that enabled administrators to more
quickly and efficiently import datasets while insuring a
well managed publishing process.
Customer Success
Government of Chile
“Junar
enables
Chile
and
all
governments
to
achieve
transparency
&
earn
public
trust”
Andrés
Bustamante
Director
of
Electronic
Government,
Chile
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RankingRanking on Openon Open
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2. The Director of Electronic Government also wanted to
make it as easy as possible for users to find data for
each of its agencies. Junar’s Open Data Platform
makes the implementation this type of filtering
straightforward as shown in the user’s view below.
WITHIN A FEW DAYS, A MAJOR FIELD
TEST
On the second week of November, only a few days
after the Junar-powered platform was launched, it
received its first major stress test. The government
sponsored its first hackathon – CodeandoxChile –
Coding for Chile. For 20 hours developers from
around the country used (and abused) the Junar API.
The hackathon was a total success with over 15 social
applications being developed for this event. This was
the first step into testing the readiness and awareness
of the developer community while helping establish
Chile as a regional leader in Open Data.
25 out of 77
countries is where Chile ranks on the
Open Data Barometer, topping Brazil
and Argentina, and co-leading the
Latin American region with Mexico.
See OD Barometer
500 resources loaded onto
Chile’s site as of end of 2013
50 new resources added weekly

3.
FASTEST, EASIEST, MOST AFFORDABLE
SOLUTION
Junar provides everything you need to open your data
with confidence. It's built for massive scale and
supports local and global data-driven organizations.
With Junar, you can easily choose what data to
collect, how you want to present it, and when it should
be made publicly available. You can also specify
which datasets are made available to the public and
which datasets are available only for your internal use.
Think of it as a next generation data management
system for sharing information.
Whether you want to integrate your data into your own
website or have us host it for you, Junar provides a
simple workflow that allows you to collaborate with
your colleagues and manage your entire Open Data
project. The platform also allows you to drive social
conversations with the public, understand what data
they want and what they find to be valuable. And,
because you can add metadata to the information you
publish, you will likely see improved use of your data
due to search engine optimization.
Junar
delivers all of the benefits of SaaS (Software-as-a-www.junar.com
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Figure
1.
Highlights
of
Various
Sub-­‐pages
Created
on
Chile’s
Open
Data
Site

4. Service) to help you open your data to stimulate
innovation. We make it easy to deal with complex,
end-to-end Open Data projects and turn the difficult
task of opening data into a secure and controlled
process. Finally, Junar offers a range of subscription
plans to suit every organization: the more data you
open, the less you pay per dataset.