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Introduce open data

Explore open data in governance

Share some examples of data in use

Consider what it means for participation

Accessible on the web

Licensed to allow re-use

Machine-readable and ‘remixable’

Data that is...

Image Credit: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | Attributed Author: Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914; Hewes, Fletcher W.; United States. Census Office

Our institutions run on data

Image credit: Figure 2.20 from the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) of 2001, showing hockey stick graph based on 1999 reconstruction by Mann, Bradley and Hughes. (Source: Wikipedia)

From global warming targets

Image from: http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/country-profiles

to aid pledges

Graphs from: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2012/GenderE.pdf

to the millennium development goals

data is central

data is central

data is central

Opening data can support transparency...

...innovation...

...engagement...

...and collaboration.

Read-write open data

Open data is on the agenda

Tax & land deal transparency at the G8

http://gov.uk/g8

Open government partnership

www.opengovpartnership.org

open data = open government/

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“The new oil”

Data + ? = participation

Recap

Data has always been part of how governance works

Open data is emerging on the policy landscape changing the way data can operate in governance

Open data can be both a policy tool and a platform for engagement

But we’re just at the beginning...

Recap

Data has always been part of how governance works

Open data is emerging on the policy landscape changing the way data can operate in governance

Open data can be both a policy tool and a platform for engagement

But we’re just at the beginning...

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