III. Case Studies: Empowering Citizens
by Stefaan Verhulst, Andrew Young
The Global Impact of Open Data
- Acknowledgements
- Executive Summary
- I. Open Data’s Impact—Lessons Learned
- 1. Understanding the Impact of Open Data
- Introduction
- I. What Is Open Data?
- II. The Case Studies
- III. What Is the Impact of Open Data on People’s Lives?
- IV. What Are the Enabling Conditions that Significantly Enhance the Impact of Open Data?
- V. What Are the Challenges to Open Data Making an Impact?
- VI. Recommendations: Toward a Next Generation Open-Data Roadmap
- Recommendation 1:Focus on and Define Key Problem Areas for Which Open Data Can Add Value
- Recommendation 2:Encourage Collaborations Across Sectors (Especially Between Government, Private Sector, and Civil Society) to Better Match the Supply and Demand of Open Data
- Recommendation 3:Approach and Treat Data as a Form of Vital 21st-Century Public Infrastructure
- Recommendation 4:Create Clear Open-Data Policies That Are Measurable and Allow for Agile Evolution
- Recommendation 5:Take Steps to Increase the Capacity of Public and Private Actors to Make Meaningful Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 6:Identify and Manage Risks Associated with the Release and Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 7:Be Responsive to the Needs, Demands, and Questions Generated from the Use of Open Data
- Recommendation 8:Allocate and Identify Adequate Resources to Sustain and Expand the Necessary Open-Data Infrastructure in a Participatory Manner
- Recommendation 9:Develop a Common Research Agenda to Move Toward Evidence-Based Open Data Policies and Practices
- Recommendation 10:Keep Innovating
- Key Remaining Questions
- II. Case Studies: Improving Government
- 2. Brazil’s Open Budget Transparency Portal: Making Public How Public Money Is Spent
- 3. Openaid in Sweden: Enhanced Transparency and Accountability
- 4. Open Contracting and Procurement in Slovakia: Establishing Trust in Government
- 5. Indonesia’s Kawal Pemilu: Elections: Free, Fair, and Open Data
- 6. Denmark’s Open Address Data Set: Consolidating and Freeing-up Address Data
- 7. Opening Canada’s T3010 Charity Information Return Data: Accountability of Charities through Open Data
- III. Case Studies: Empowering Citizens
- 8. Open Education Information in Tanzania: A Tale of Two Dashboards
- 9. Kenya’s Open Duka: Open Data for Transactional Transparency
- 10. Mexico’s Mejora Tu Escuela: Empowering Citizens to Make Data-Driven
- 11. Uruguay’s A Tu Servicio: Empowering Citizens to Make Data-Driven
- IV. Case Studies: Creating Opportunity
- 12. Great Britain’s Ordnance Survey: A Clash of Business Models
- 13. United States’ New York City Business Atlas: Leveling the Playing Field
- 14. United States’ NOAA: Opening Up Global Weather Data in Collaboration with Businesses: Creating a New Industry Through Access to Weather Data
- 15. United States Opening GPS for Civilian Use: Creating a Global Public Utility
- V. Case Studies: Solving Public Problems
- 16. Battling Ebola in Sierra Leone: Data Sharing to Improve Crisis Response
- 17. New Zealand’s Christchurch Earthquake Clusters: Open Data for Improving Emergency Response
- 18. Singapore’s Dengue Cluster Map: Open Data for Public Health
- 19. United States’ Eightmaps: The Unintended Negative Consequences
- 20. Kennedy v. City of Zanesville, United States: Open Data as Evidence
- A. Appendix
Part III. Case Studies: Empowering Citizens
In a number of cases, open data is empowering citizens to take control of their lives and demand change. The new ways of communicating and accessing information exemplified by open data are enabling more informed decision making and new forms of social mobilization.
The case studies in this section examine:
- An improved capacity to track school performance and demand improvements in Mexico and Tanzania.
- More informed decision-making regarding health care by citizens in Uruguay;
- Crowdsourced confirmation of election results in Indonesia, leading to greater faith and confidence in the political system; and
- Potential citizen-driven improvements to transparency and accountability among public- and private-sector entities in Kenya.
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