Presented at Visualize 2030, the First Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Data Camp in the Arab Region on 19 October 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon.

1. Open data for
social change
#Visualize2030: The First
SDGs Data Camp in the
Arab Region
October, 2017
www.webfoundation.org@anabmap
Image source: Ana Brandusescu

2. Why open data?

3. Image source: Andrew Clarke Flickr
● Fundamental Human Right
● The basis for state-citizen
interactions
● Fundamental in governance and
participation
● Measure of democracy
● Building block for open data
Access to information
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Public procurement
to open contracting
in Cote d’Ivoire.
From offline data to
online data.
Image source: Scott Webb FlickrImage source: Ana Brandusescu

5. Image source: IDEA Yogyakarta
Public
procurement to
open contracting
in Cote d’Ivoire.
Consulting key
stakeholders.
Image source: Fédération Ivoirienne des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (FIPME)

6. Open contracting workshop in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Image source: Charly Kodjo

7. Image source: IDEA Yogyakarta
Budget data in
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.
From offline data to
online data.
Image source: Ana Brandusescu

8. Open gender data
in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia.
Image source: Ana Brandusescu

10. Communication
mediums matter.
Online and offline.
Image source: IDEA Yogyakarta

11. Open data on education
Datasets that could contribute to advancing SDG 4:
• Budget
• Spending
• National statistics
• Health
• Education

12. Open data and education

13. Open data, gender and the SDGs
Maps, Budget, Spending, Contracting, Company, Crime, Education,
Elections, Health, Land ownership, Legislation, National statistics, Public
transport, International trade, Elections...

17. Readiness – Implementation – Impact; 115 countries, Global benchmark
What is the Open Data Barometer?

18. We have a
long way
to go.

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Tube Heartbeat in London, UK

22. Social change is
more than just
counting datasets.
It is the actual
change in our daily
lives.
Image source: Scott Webb Flickr

23. We must move beyond data about and for people, and
actively promote data with and by people.

24. You are the future.
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25. QUESTIONS? KEEP IN TOUCH
Ana Brandusescu
ana.brandusescu@webfoundation.org
www.webfoundation.org
labs.webfoundation.org
@webfoundation
facebook.com/webfoundation
@anabmap
Research and Policy Officer

26. Open Data Barometer: findings from the region

27. Open Data Barometer: findings from the region

28. 1. Data collection – Invest in greater disaggregation of data by sex,
income level, and/or age, and develop new indicators that allow
better analysis of diversity and stratification in our societies.

29. 2. Access to data – including low-cost internet access so that
low-income and other marginalised groups aren’t locked out at
the
front door.

30. 3. Data processes – Invest in low-cost and accessible internet access
for marginalised groups. Share data in offline formats or
offering data literacy training, that enable marginalised groups
to use data, particularly to participate in policy-making.

31. 4. Responsible data policy – Invest in practices that protect personal
privacy and avoid unintended side effects, with governments
becoming accountable for the impact of what data they collect
and
how.

32. Download global report
and raw data:
opendatabarometer.org