Open Government DataStephan RöthlisbergerProgramm-Manager E-Government Switzerland

Going local Switzerland

Bern, 20.11.2013

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• Publication of data in terms of Open Government Data (OGD) is suitable only for data held by the administration and the use of which is not restricted for legal reasons, in particular in terms of data protection law, copyright law or information protection law.

Objectives of Open Government Data

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Why Open Government Data?

Improve the process by removing the barriers

• More data available• Easier to find• Easier to reutilize• Better product or

services for the data-consumer

DATA- OWNERRAW DATA

DATA-WORKERRAW DATA + WORK =

VALUE (products, services)

LicensingLicensing

FormatsFormats

DelocalizationDelocalization

PricePrice

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Key Players

Community• opendata.ch

Swiss Parliament

Federal Administration:• Swiss Federal Archives• SwissTopo• MeteoSwiss• Statistical Office• Federal IT Steering Unit• Federal Chancellery

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OGD Events

Since 2011 several Events by the Community and often in collaboration with the Federal Administration

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Report of the Federal Swiss council

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Mandate of the Swiss Federal Council

• Coordination• Elaboration of a national OGD Strategy• Preparing the implementation• Identifying solution for new financial scenarios• Creating the necessary legal environment• Standardization

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Swiss Open Government Data Pilot Portal

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Planning 2014-2016

2014

Conception• Strategy, catalogue of measures• Conceiving supporting agency and its tools• Conceiving a national access (OGD Portal)• Identifying and obtain the right conditions• Conceiving and realizing standards

2015

Realization• Realizing the supporting agency and its tools• Developing a national access (OGD Portal)• Introducing standards• Communication

2016

Introduction• Activation of the supporting agency • Activation of a national access (OGD Portal)• Updating standards• Promotion and communication

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Challenges

• Cooperation over all the federal levels• Finance• Legal conditions• Implementing measures against data

mishandling

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Open questions

• How should we handle „private“ data-owner? • How should this new public service/activity

be financed?• For who should we design an OGD service?• How should the private actors be incentived?

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How do we measure our success?

Strategic alignment and consistency Disclosure policies Accessibility and availability of data Data provision mechanisms User/Consumer utilization & perception Impact on economics and innovation

Main source: Ubaldi, B. (2013), “Open Government Data: Towards

Empirical Analysis of Open Government Data Initiatives”,

OECD Working Papers on Public Governance, No. 22, OECD

Publishing

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Questions ?