Open Data as a Platform

ACCOUNTABILITY

DIVERSION

CORRUPTIONEFFECTIVENES

S

EFFICIENCY

OWNERSHIP

BUDGET PLANNING

FEEDBACKRESULTS

COORDINATION

PREDICTABILITY

Traceability

1. High demand for data

2. There is lots of data about development

Agency

DAC CRS

AMP

FTS

Parliament& FOI

AidData, TRAID, Aidflows, etc

Sectoralworking groups

Line Ministreies

Journalists & Researchers

Donors

Agency website (PDF reports) Agency reporting to

many systems and services

BUT

•Inconsistencies

•Time consuming for providers and infomediaries

•Still unmet demand

Aid agency reporting is increasing ….

DAC CRS

AMP

FTS

Parliament and FOI

AidData, TRAID,

Aidflows, etc

Sectoralworking groups

Lind Ministres

Journalists & Researchers

Donors

DonorwebsiteDonor

websiteDonorwebsite45 Donor

websites45 Agencywebsites Systems are producer

rather than user oriented

Information can be:

•hard to find•Inaccessible•Inconsistent•Unavailable

… but the information is hard to use

Open data can provide the platformAgencies

1) Raw Data2) Standard Format

Parliamentarian Database

Visualizations

Mobile apps

Re-use

Re-purpose

Mash up

Infomediaries

Innovate

Publish once, use many times

Donor reporting

ProfarmerProfarmer

ManlyHydraulics Lab

ManlyHydraulics Lab

EnvironmentalProtection Agency

EnvironmentalProtection Agency

IATI – an open data platform

What to do with the raw open data?

The most exiting thing is……..

…….the stuff you can’t predict