The document discusses the importance of open data in government for maximizing economic, social, and governance value. It emphasizes the need for an ecosystem that engages data producers and users, promoting innovation and accountability. The goals include enhancing service delivery and encouraging citizen participation through improved access to public data.

1. Encouraging open data in governments
Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi
Project Manager -Digital Government
Public Sector Reform Division
Public Governance and Territorial
Development
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2. Assist governments to maximise re-use and
exploit public data to create economic, social
and good governance value
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OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA (OGD)

3. • Economic value
• Growth and competitiveness in the wider economy
• Innovation, efficiency and effectiveness in government services
(internal and external)
• Social value
• Citizens’ self-empowerment, social participation and engagement
• Public governance value
• Accountability, transparency, responsiveness and democratic control
What values?

4. • Service delivery
• Ordinary citizens’ experience
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• Public procurement
• Policy making processes
• Public engagement
• Civil servants’
What can we innovate?

5. Creating an ecosystem of data producers
and users:
–social engagement, talent outside the
public sector
–crowd source civil servants’ experiences
–real time data and information sharing to
provide interactive services
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Open Data in Governments:
crowdsourcing joint solutions

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Crowd sourcing policy insights from open
government data

7. Top 5 objectives of the open data
strategy/policy

8. Does the government track the
economic or social value of data reuse?

9. Thank you!
For more information: www.oecd.org/gov/egov
Barbara.ubaldi@oecd.org