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Open Standards and APIs for a Better World
Nordic APIs Stockholm2014-03-31
Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanwww.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors
“An investment in better information is an
investment in better development”
- APC Colombia (La Agencia
Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia)
World Bank Goals- Ending Extreme Poverty
- Decrease the percentage of people living with less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030
- Promoting Shared Prosperity - Promote income growth of the bottom
40% of the population in each country
The Open World Bank
What We Know (Data, Research &
Knowledge)
• Open Data Initiative • Open Knowledge Repository • Knowledge Reports
What We Do (Operations, Finances
& Results) • Projects & Operations • Open Finances • IEG Evaluations • Mapping for Results • Corporate Scorecard • AidFlows
How We Work (Partnerships for
Openness) • Open Aid Partnership • Open Government Partnership • Knowledge Platforms • Kenya/Moldova Open Data Portal
Access to Information Policy
Open Aid Partnership
- Turning aid reporting upside down- www.openaidmap.org
World Bank APIs- Indicators (time series data)- Projects (World Bank operations)- World Bank Finances- Climate Data- RESTful with (at least)JSON and XML- data.worldbank.org/developers
> 8000 Indicators
Environment
External Debt
AgricultureEconomy
Gender
Public Sector
Urban Development
Health
Climate Change
Trade
Poverty
Private Sector
Social Development
Aid Effectiveness
#IATI
InfrastructureRural Development
Energy
Science & Technology
Education
Social Protection & Labor
Growth
Openaid.se
Openaid.se
- Hub for statistics and documents about Swedish development cooperation from the 70s until today- Openaid.se API launched 2011- Moving to IATI API
IATI =InternationalAidTransparencyInitiative
iatistandard.org
Multi-stakeholder
Traceability
Publish OnceUse Often
IATI$
CRS$
FSS$
FTS$
EDRIS$
IFAF$
AIMS$
“Dogfooding”
- Using your Public API as a Private API is like“Eating your own dog food”
- Organizations who use their own IATI data for visualizations etc tend to increase their data quality
IATI APIs
- IATI Datastore- http://datastore.iatistandard.org
- OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman
- http://oipa.openaidsearch.org
- AidData - http://aiddata.org/api-documentation
Challenges- Timely, comprehensive and forward
looking data- Data quality- Traceability with e.g. budget and
unique organization identifiers- Access and use of data- Governance
How Can You Contribute?
How do you think you and your organization can contribute to creating a better world using your skills and expertise?
#ICT4D =Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Follow e.g. @SidaICT4D
#OKFEST14 =Open Knowledge FestivalBerlin, 15-17 July 2014- Open Minds to Open Action- www.okfestival.org & @okfestival- Working Groups: okfn.org/wg/
e.g. Open Development / #opendev- Local groups: se.okfn.org & @okfnse
Thank You! Now Go and Save
the World!pernilla@openhearted.se
Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanpernillan.se <3