This document discusses the concept of open development and some opportunities and gaps that exist. It introduces various open concepts like open knowledge, open data, open government, open science, and more. While new technologies allow for more participation and feedback, not everyone has access. There are also questions around how open approaches may impact organizations, communities, and funding structures. Open development seeks to take advantage of new opportunities while being mindful of power dynamics, access, and inclusion issues.

1. Open knowledge
and
open development

2. Open Open Open Massive
Academic
Open Open Online
Design! Seating! Open
Publishing! budgets! Space! Courses!
(MOOCs)
Open Open
Source! …and why are people Cities!
putting the word Open
Open
Knowledge!
‘open’ in front of Educational
Resources!
everything these days? (OER)
Open
Data! Open
Hardware!
Open
Open Open Geodata! Open Open Open
Government! Classrooms! Research! Science! Sauna!

4. ‘Open’ is not a new concept
Democracy and participation represent an opening up of
decision-making processes to more people1.
Transparency and accountability are about opening up
organizations, people and processes to scrutiny and
feedback2.
New technologies allow additional spaces and channels
for participation and feedback (for some, not everyone!)
1,2Matthew Smith, IDRC

5. Open Development (theory of change)

6. Huge opportunity… and some gaps
Civil
Donors? INGOs? Society?
The
Country general
Communities? governments? public?

7. Take Plan, for example
Communities?
Our local partners?
The public?
Institutional Donors?
Program $$ goes to
admin?
Reporting burden?
Loss of our ‘edge’?
Questions, misundersta
ndings?

8. On top of the institutional questions…

9. International Level
National Level
Sub-National / District Levels
Community Level

10. International Level
National Level
Sub-National / District Levels
Community Level

11. International Level
National Level
Sub-National / District Levels
Community Level

12. Perhaps the question for Open
Development to explore this week is…
How to take advantage
of opportunities that
arise from new
technologies and the
open data movement
while being mindful of
power dynamics and
issues of access and
inclusion?

13. When we think about “open
development” we might think about:
Things that
have
nothing to
do with
tech