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Open Data and the Voluntary Sector
NCVO Annual Conference1st March 2011, London
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Charities and openness:The story so far
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Openness is part of
being a good
charity
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… and part of charity regulation
"The register [of charities] … shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times"
Charities Act 1960
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open data community led by (parts of) civil society
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Government has released data…
…VCS often included but
not separately identified
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Charities are being transparent…
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Developers are entering the field
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vsCollect the data Secondary data
Closed license – no commercial use
Open license
Access by applying for CD Download as CSV
Web access for humans Web access for humans and computers
No link to other datasets Link to other datasets (eg Big Lottery Fund,
government spending data)
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NCVO has released data…
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…and set up a data store
But should be owned by sector, not by NCVO
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Others are releasing data
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Why embrace open data?
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Inform campaigning and lobbying
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Improve your services
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Demonstrate your impact
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Do public services better
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Challenges of open data
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Resources and skills
Costs of time and money, Need skills in organisation: handling data, analysis, publishing on the web
But can be built on a range of free tools.
Large, active developer community willing to help and keen to try new things.
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Reputation and Competition
Will you lose out by revealing your secrets and failures?
Or will open data demonstrate honesty and ability to quickly learn from
mistakes?
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Compulsory
Will public contracts require that open data is released?
What about grant applications?Will donors demand you release data?
But will demonstrating transparency help you bid?
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Some references
• opencharities.org• data.ncvo-vol.org.uk• ckan.net/group/civil-society• www.publishwhatyoufund.org• transparency.number10.gov.uk• slideshare.net/podnosh/ncvo-needs-conference
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