1. Open Government
Data across Europe:
Achievements and
Challenges
Andrew Stott
@dirdigeng
ESD, Cambridge andrew.stott@dirdigeng.com
26 Sep 2012

2. Three years of Open Data
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3. A World of Open Data
Now over 260 governmental Open Data sites
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4. United Kingdom
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5. Federal Government, USA
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6. Kenya – first in Africa
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7. Singapore
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8. France
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9. Open Data is about Cities
as well as Countries
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10. Rennes
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11. Berlin
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12. Gent
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13. Vienna
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14. Manchester
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15. Typical Policy Drivers for Open Data
Transparent Government
Objectiv
Triple
Improve public services
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Economic growth and social value
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16. Economic Value of Open Data
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17. Economic Value of Open Data
● Open Gov Data in EU would increase
business activity by up to €40 Bn/year
● EU Direct & indirect benefits up to €140
Bn/year (0.7% of GDP)
● Spanish study found ~€600m of business from
open data with >5000 jobs
● Australian study found ROI of ~500% from
open data
● Deloitte found open data was reused 10x-100x
more than charged-for data
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18. Core Reference Data for the Economy
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19. Core Reference Data for the Economy
Government data provides a National
Information Infrastructure
●Releasing GPS data now has $122bn/yr
benefits to US economy alone
●UK National Mapping Agency data supports
£100bn/yr of GDP activity
●Open Weather Data in US has created 400
companies employing 4000 people
●Open addressing data in Denmark gave
$21m/yr benefits and 22x ROI in first 4 years
(now 70x in steady state)
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20. Open Data improving public services
Patient 12+ Weeks
ratings MRSA-free
Blood
clots
2 recent
MRSA
Good C-Diff
Low record
Mortality
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21. Open Data for Accountability

22. Best Practices and Challenges
● Release interesting and useful data
● Use standard, open formats
● Use Open Licences
● Make best use of Cultural Data
● Create an open data “eco-system”
● Remember the “internal ROI”
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23. Release interesting & useful data
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32. Use standard, open formats
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34. App App
App City
City
App
City App
App
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35. City App
Common
Open
Standards
City App
City App
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37. Use Open Licences
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38. “You shall … not use such information in any way that
causes detriment to TfL or brings TfL into disrepute.”
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43. Deliver incrementally
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44. Deliver incrementally
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45. Make best use of Cultural Data
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46. Cultural Content: like this?
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47. Or like this?
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48. National Gallery, London
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49. Objectives
● Care for the Collection
● Enhance the Collection
● Study the Collection
● Allow Access (sub-objective)
● Encourage tourism? – NO
● Contribute to economic growth? - NO
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50. Create an open data “eco-system”
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52. Photos: @memespring, *
@MadLabUK, @paul_clarke

53. UK Open Data Institute
● Develop capability of UK
businesses to exploit value of
Open Data
● Engage developers/small
businesses to build Open Data
supply chains and commercial
outlets
● Help public sector use its own
data more effectively
● Ensure academic research in
Open Data technologies
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54. Remember the “internal ROI”
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55. Let people improve your data
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56. Let Other public agencies use your data
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57. Best Practices and Challenges
● Release interesting and useful data
● Use standard, open formats
● Use Open Licences
● Deliver incrementally
● Make best use of Cultural Data
● Create an open data “eco-system”
● Remember the “internal ROI”
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58. Discussion?
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59. End
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