open data initiatives and psi reuse in the czech republic
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Open Data Initiatives and PSI reuse in the Czech Republic. Presented at ePSI Workshop Platform in Budapest.TRANSCRIPT
OPEN DATA INITIATIVES AND PSI REUSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Michal KubáňePSI National Correspondent in the Czech Republic Open Data Coordinator @OPEN SOCIETY FUND PRAGUE
October, 2nd 2013, BudapestePSI Platform Workshop,
1. Open Society Fund Prague and Open data 2. National level
a) Open Government Partnership (OGP)
b) Current status of OGP3. Role of the public sector
a) Otakar Motejl Fundb) NGO’s – best practices
4. Conclusion
OUTLINE
OSF MISSION Strengthening Open Society and Democracy in the Czech Republic
Open data = a vital tool to strengthen the rule of law and transparency.
1999: Freedom of Information Act Supporting citizens asking for information according to this law
2011 - 2012: Open Government PartnershipProviding the Czech government with consultations on the Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
2013: Let´s Open the Data Together•Supporting tens of online activism projects •Organizing a contest of applications using the open data
OPEN SOCIETY FUND PRAGUE AND OPEN DATA
OPEN GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP
RESULT - April 2012 , SIGNED - Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership1. The adoption of an Act on Civil Servants, to ensure the depoliticization and stabilization of the public administration sector
2. Streamlining the system allowing free access to information
3. Improving access to data and information
The Open Government Partnership is a global effort to make governments better. We all want more transparent, effective and accountable governments -- with institutions that empower citizens and are responsive to their aspirations. But this work is never easy.
3. Improving access to data and information
a) the publication of data under an open license
b) the publication of data in a standard machine-readable format;
c) the creation of an open data infrastructure in the CR and the
establishment of rules for the public procurement sector
d) Opening up the most important sources of data - 10 datasets
ACTION PLAN FOR THE OGP
Deadline: End of 2012 -March 2013
Theoretical part ->
1. Czech Public Administration Open Data Publishing
Methodology
2. Concept of Catalogization of the Czech Republic’s Public
Sector Open Data
Practical part -> new deadlines !
• Open data catalogue (December, 2013)
• Legislative conditions (July, 2014)
• OD datasets - only 1 out of 10 (Election Results, Census
2011 )
CURRENT STATUS OF THE OGP COMMITMENTS
OPENED DATASETS – 1/10
Institutions that opened data
Czech Statistical Office
The Czech Trade Inspection Authority
Ministry of Finance – Monitor of State Budget
OD – as a part of key strategies
Government Strategy For the Fight against
Corruption for the period 2013-2014
Digital Czech 2.0.
Development Strategy of Czech Public
Administration and eGOvernment 2014+
CURRENT SITUATION – NATIONAL LEVEL
ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1. OTAKAR MOTEJL FUND (OSF)Forum for Open Data => Otakar Motejl Fund (OSF Prague) + Faculty of Informatics and Statistics (University of Economics, Prague) + Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Charles University in Prague)
Open Data Cities - pilot project - 3 cities
Let´s Open the Data Together (OD challenge)
The Data Journalism Handbook (CZ version)
Open Data: Opportunity for the Czech Republic
(handbook)
NGO‘S – BEST PRACTICES
let's know who really represent you
Factcheck of political discussions
Encyclopedia of Czech politicians
Control the budget of your city
Where does my money go?
Ask your institution
Information about all auctions and sales
NÁŠSTÁT.CZ – OUR STATEMAIN WEB DIRECTORY OF CZ WATCHDOG
PROJECTS
VÁŠMAJETEK.CZ – YOUR PROPERTY INFORMATION ABOUT ALL AUCTIONS AND SALES
BUDOVANISTATU.CZ EXPLORE HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS YOUR
TAXES
•Otakar Motejl Fund – Motejl.cz + NasStat.cz•Otevrenadata.cz•Datablog.cz
•Data IHNED.CZ - Data journalism and data visualization on IHNED.cz•cz.okfn.org + mailinglist
MORE ON OPEN DATA IN THE CR
CZECH OPEN DATA AUTHORITIES
@jindrichmynarz
@jakubmracek
@MichalBerg
Martin Nečaský
OGP commitments –> no punishments –> no results x - OD as part of for e-strategies
=> new government, end of 2013Lack of OD legislation and user- friendly guidelines for institutionsSome institutions are more opened than others – depend on each IT departmentNGO‘s sector is more active than state sector Internationally successful projects transformed to CZ
Czech OD community – active (meetups, barcamps)
x
lack of datasets as a fuel to OD projects
CONCLUSION