1. WORKSHOP
OPEN DATA CENSUS
OPEN KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE, GENEVA 2013
PRESENTED BY
TON ZIJLSTRA & CHRISTIAN VILLUM

2. Connecting virtually
Google Hangout: http://bit.ly/census-workshop-hangout

3. Program
Discussions & hands-on data exploring
1. Introduction and discussions (45-60 mins)
2. A: Continue discussions (up to 90 mins)
B: Explore data and submit to the Census (up to 90 mins)
3. Wrapping up (30 mins)

4. Introduction
Getting familiar with you and with the Open Data
Census
Who is here? Who is on-line?

5. Assessing the state of open government data

6. ● Citizen based
● Country Editor community
● Based on local expertise

7. ● Scoring system
● 10 categories (expanding)
● New submission system

8. ● The 2013 Autumn push
● Reliable data
● Tool for conversation

10. Discussions
Visions and ideas for creating a better tool
● How is the Census a tool for you & your goals?
How could it be?
● Are these the data sets that matter? Connected
to your goals?
● What functionality would improve it?

11. A: Work on the Census
Let’s get our hands dirty and explore open data!
B: Continue discussions
Visions and ideas for creating a better tool

12. Work on the Census
● Research your own country’s data and bring them up
to date (by speadsheets + later submitting)
● Work on other countries (if you have relation, speak
the same language) + find potential new Country Editors
in your network
● Reach out to possible new country editors in
‘uncovered countries’
● In the end of this session - submit your findings!

13. Work on the Census
Instructions:
http://bit.ly/census-instructions
Work sheets:
http://bit.ly/census-sheet

14. Work on the Census
Submit your findings:
http://new.census.okfn.org/
If you find a bug in the new system, then please submit a
Github ticket:
https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus/issues
(press the green ‘New issue’ button)
Or, alternatively, send email to: christian.villum@okfn.
org

15. Wrapping up
What ideas came up today? What work did we do?
How should we move forward?