Global Open Data Initiative

Global open data initiativePartnership of Civil Society

● Initial partnership of 5 organisations

● Committed to working openly

● Main goal to define what a meaningful open data

commitment means

Draft DeclarationA Citizens’ Call to Action on Open Data

● Build on pre-existing work and initiatives

● First draft open for comments

● Encourage civil society organisations to engage

1. Open By DefaultUltimately entrenched in law

● Release without extra effort

● Develop policies that encourage unrestricted reuse

2. Put the users firstInvolve users from the start

● Encourage sharing and reusing data within gov

● CSOs and businesses should be equal stakeholders

● Involve all stakeholders identifying key datasets

3. Provide no-cost accessNo additional cost to release data that is already being collected

● Remove existing fees for access

● Publish in open standards so no proprietary licenses are

needed to use the data

● Harmonise data publishing across departments

4. Accountability at the coreEmpower citizens to hold governments accountable

● Text to support your narration (not make you superfluous).

● Datasets fundamental to citizen-state accountability should

be released

● Transparency policies should underline comprehensive data

release

5. Invest in capacityRapidly broadening and deepening capacity

● Make data simple to navigate and easy to understand

● Support training for officials, SMEs and CSOs to tackle lack of

data skills

6. Improve data quality Remove a major barrier to unlocking the full potential

● Governments should develop plans to implement the Paris21

2011 Busan Action Plan

● Bring statistical efforts into line with international data

standards and schemas

7. More open governanceCreate more open, transparent and participatory governance

● Uphold basic rights to freedom of expression, information

and association

Next stepsRapidly broadening and deepening capacity

● Make data simple to navigate and easy to understand

● Support training for officials, SMEs and CSOs to tackle lack of

data skills

Inviting feedbackComment on the declaration until Nov 8