Open Data Uganda

@uopendev

The Components

Social Economic

Social Economic

• ( )Analogue Mindset• Opennness is a bit scary

– Quality– Monetarily

• Small budgets

Technological

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Technological

• Internet is not everywhere– ( )But radio is and print

• - In continent Datacenters• Invest in people all over

& Institutions Politics

& Institutions Politics

• More and more awareness all over– On the supply and demand side

• Access to Information Act is in place• , No Gov budget yet

– Lot of public sector initiative

Ecosystem

Ecosystem

• Government– NITA– NPA– UBOS– : Special mention Ministry of Water

Ecosystem

• Civil Society– Very active– Very scattered– Umbrella organisations appearing

Others

• Advocating going on• & Waiting for more data infrastructure

?How to Set Up

Just do It

Preliminary Analysis

• : Happening online :// .http data ug

• Scrape the Internet• : ' Have more Let s talk

Inventory

. .www devtrac ug

. .www devtrac ug

.schoolguideuganda com

All projects have to access data about schools

. . .www kmcc org ug

Preparation

Preparation

• Regulatory framework– Copying– Linking– ( )Re collecting

Distributed

Organisation

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Pro

• & Quick Cheap• Open• Transparent• Data owner manages her own data• Endless possibilities

Cons

• Duplication• Authority

Challenges

• / Start Keep talking• , & Discuss Define Use standards• Tell everybody• Uganda Open Development

. .Partnership Platform www opendev ug

Exposure

• .Collect it all on data ug

Outreach

• Government– ( - , , .)Clusters geo cluster water etc– Cutting across– Open Data is part of everything

Outreach

• Media houses• Techies• Universities• Private Sector•

• Build it and they will come• ( , !)and they have data too

Samples

Supervision

• , Government please join• Use your current champions• -Do not over engineer• Most data is no security concern• Invest in people

& Q A

. @ .reinier battenberg fruitsofthought org

: @Twitter batje