The document discusses Switzerland's strategy for open government data (OGD). It outlines that Switzerland has charged the FITSU agency with developing an OGD strategy by spring 2014, including implementing measures around law, licensing, financing and standardization to introduce OGD. The strategy needs to address launching an effective OGD portal for coordination, how users can access data, what data will be offered, who will finance the OGD offerings, and potential cultural changes around data sharing. The strategy may include principles, shared directions, and a master plan, and could look to other strategies like the cloud strategy for examples. The goal is an effective national strategy to introduce OGD in Switzerland.

1. Open Government Data
Strategy: how?
Juan Pablo Lovato
Projektleiter B2.12 « Open Government Data»
FITSU Federal IT Steering UNIT

2. 2
E-Government Switzerland:
Cooperation among different players

3. 3
Swiss strategy for E-Government
3 objectives
• Online transactions between
economy and administration:
online
• Authorities: modernization of
their processes and online
communication
• Citizens are able to conduct
their important tasks with
public administration
online

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Organisation
• Steering Committee: 9 political
representant from cantonal
communal and federal level
• Advisory board: specialists from
economy, administration and
science are selected by the steering
committee
• Program office: administrative unit
of the Streering Commitee has to
coordination the implementation of
the swiss strategy for E-Government

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Catalogue of prioritised projects
• National coordination
• Regularly reviewed and updated from
the Steering Committee
• Prioritized Projects:
A. Services
B. Preconditions
• The project leader organizations are
responsible for the implementation of
the prioritized projects

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E-Government Roadmap (Juin 2013)

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Project OGD: Switzerland is conscious
about the follow up!
On September 13th was the FITSU charged, in collaboration with the
Swiss Federal Archives and the Federal Chancery with:
• Development of a Swiss “Open Government Data” strategy
(until spring 2014)
• Implementation of measures to guarantee an effective introduction
of OGD in Switzerland (law, licensing, financing, standardization)
• Creation of an infrastructure (OGD-Portal), starting from the
pilot project opendata.admin.ch
• Coordination of activities at a swiss level

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Strategy: many questions which need
„one“ answer
 Launch of a potentially effective and attractive infrastructure (OGD-
Portal)
• Coordination at a national level: how?
• How should users be able to use data?
• What will our offer be (for economy, population and administration)?
How far should this offer go?
• Who and how should finance this OGD offer?

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Should these elements be part of a OGD
Strategy?
• Directions of a cultural change
• Use/Collaboration Medias
• Policy
• Commitment of the single data-producer
• Communication

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Sources?
• OGDCE Guidelines: Section II “Design of an open government data
strategy”
• …

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OGD strategy: core structure
• « Principles »
• P1
• P2
• P3
• P…
• « Shared directions »
• D1
• D2
• D3
• D…
• Proposition for a masterplan

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An example: Swiss authorities' cloud
strategy

13. Grazie per la vostra
attenzione!
Juan Pablo Lovato, juan-pablo.lovato@isb.admin.ch
Projektleiter B2.12 « Open Government Data»
FITSU Federal IT Steering UNIT