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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