Open DataGood Governance
@GeorgesLabreche
The Idea
● Open data contributes to good governance by promoting transparency and accountability.
● For instance, if details of a civil servant’s official expenses are publicly available then he or she will be discouraged from mishandling his or her allocated lunch money.
Realities and Challenges
● Open data by itself is useless.● Data needs to be transformed into
knowledge and information for all.● This data transformation process requires
expensive technical expertise.● Even when it is accessible, the value of the
data lies in its consumption.
Scope
● Kosovo ranks 111/130 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (2013).
● Many of Kosovo’s corruption cases occur in procurements for public contracts.
● Define and implement an anti-corruption strategy with procurement data.
Step 1: Advocate for Open Data
Step 2: Project Definition
● Collaboration with UNDP Kosovo, Municipality of Gjakova, and the Mayor of Gjakova.
● Develop visualizers for Gjakova procurement data (from 2011 to 2014).
● Secure a commitment from the Municipality to release future procurement data.
Step 3a: Open and Host Data
Step 3b: Don’t pen it the wrong way
Step 4: Involve Civil Society
Step 5: Disseminate Knowledge
Step 6: Close The Feedback Loop
● Policy making.● Data journalism.● Action.● Repeat.
Some Positive Spillovers
● Digital Capacity Building.● Process repeatability.● Platform scalability.● Instead of constantly having to chase for
data, organizations are now starting to approach us on their own.
Faleminderit
@GeorgesLabreche
@OpenDataKosovo
http://opendatakosovo.org