Open Kent is an award-winning approach to empowering people to make better use of local information by publishing public data in an open and standardized format. It provides a platform and tools for the public and staff to access, use, and visualize local data. This facilitates partners to share and compare their data to inform decision making. Open Kent also enables local businesses and non-profits to build innovative applications using this open data. The benefits include supporting community engagement, improving access to information, and increasing efficiencies through a shared intelligence platform.

3. Transparency Open Data Big Society “ Create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public “ Ensure all data published by public bodies is published in an open and standardised format” “ Enable businesses & non-profit organisations to build innovative applications and websites“

4. Open Kent Open Access Open Data Open Innovation Provide platform & training toolkit for public & staff to access, use and visualise information Publish public information in an open and standardised format Provide environment for businesses & non-profits to build innovative applications and websites

6. Users can manage, share & visualise information Download Visualise Upload “ Whilst there is a particular focus on data relating to public spending and procurement, the requirements for open data extend to virtually all areas of the public sector in both a central and local government context.” LGA Group Transparency Programme (2010)

7. To develop useful applications

8. Enables local digital sector to develop applications with the data Help yourself Help each other Do it together

13. What are the benefits? Support community engagement Support access to information Create a shared intelligence platform Add value to the data Improve user satisfaction Visualise and share Increase efficiencies Format it how they want it Reduce cost of multiple databases Find it in one place – who ever owns it Rationalise data collection Get information they want For the public sector For the public