Open Data as a part of Open

GovernmentStefan Gehrke

Explorers of a new kind

Open Data: Economic potential or the end of the world…?

A global movement starts

“Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness.“

German citizens want more

transparency

“Open Data will increase trust in politics and public administration”

88 %are in favor of publishing non-personal government data

81 %believe, that citizens can participate better with Open Data

16 %See dangers for privacy

Many players, relatively

uncoordinated

Open Data has a high-level political visibility

Where does my money go?

Open Data can show correlations

Participation leads to more acceptance Understanding citizens

needs

Farmsubsidy Different insight in political relations

Stored in data silos?

Open Data can be a treasure

Principles help to define Powered by Sunlight

1. Complete

2. Primary

3. Timeliness

4. Accessible

5. Machine processable

6. Non-discriminatory

7. Non-proprietary

8. License-free

9. Permanence

10. Usage costs

Benefits of Open Data Efficiency and Effectivity

• More transparency

• More participation and self-empowerment

• Improvement of com-mercial products and services

• New commercial products and services

• Stimulator of innovations

• Improvement of services for citizens

• New governmental services for citizens

• Efficiency improvement in government agencies

• Effectivity improvement in government agencies

• More knowledge / new insights

Giant projects = perfect processes?

Better start with the long hanging fruits

Where is the haystack?

Government has to be the platform

Apps for Germany

320 data sets, 112 ideas and 77 applications

Open by default! Citizens are part of the audit court

Promoting Democracy! Open Data is the currency

www.opendata-network.org

www.bfnd.de

Stefan Gehrke

Open Data Network Germany

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