open data spearhead project
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Open Data Spearhead ProjectThe Six City Strategy
Helsinki | Espoo | Vantaa | Tampere | Turku | OuluFINLAND
Connected Smart Cities Conference / Brussels, Jan 21st 2016
Matti SaastamoinenCOO, Open Data
The Six City Strategy / Tredea Ltd
Freezings from Tampere!
Photos: Sari Mäkelä
Six City Strategy
2014-20206aika.fi/in-english
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Open Data Spearhead Project• ERDF project, 2014-2017, ~8 M€
• Goals:–Mutually agreed data models and APIs - harmonization–Speeding up the data-driven business in Finland–Bringing the six cities to the same level–Open data as part of the cities’ normal functions - “open by default”
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Six City Strategy
Common APIs Deciding what APIs to implement together and what standards and technologies to use.
Common data models
Finding the best data standards and models. Harmonizing datasets.
Data platforms
Building the technology together. CKAN based data portal, API management system and other solutions to ease opening, managing and using data. Goal: 100% open source.
More business
Activating business and other organizations to use and open data. Constant dialogue between the data producers and users. Sparring and collecting data and other wishes.
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How to achieve goals?•Committing to common goals–Motivation
•Active communication and transparency–We use tools like Slack, Google Hangouts, Google Drive
•Good coordination–Joint activities need to be coordinated
•Find the right people to work with–...in the end it’s all about the people
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Six City Strategy
OASC
Common APIs
Common data models
Data platforms
More business
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One city is not a market!