Open DataGood Governance

@GeorgesLabreche

The Idea

● Open data contributes to good governance by promoting transparency and accountability.

● For instance, if details of a civil servant’s official expenses are publicly available then he or she will be discouraged from mishandling his or her allocated lunch money.

Realities and Challenges

● Open data by itself is useless.● Data needs to be transformed into

knowledge and information for all.● This data transformation process requires

expensive technical expertise.● Even when it is accessible, the value of the

data lies in its consumption.

Scope

● Kosovo ranks 111/130 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (2013).

● Many of Kosovo’s corruption cases occur in procurements for public contracts.

● Define and implement an anti-corruption strategy with procurement data.

Step 1: Advocate for Open Data

Step 2: Project Definition

● Collaboration with UNDP Kosovo, Municipality of Gjakova, and the Mayor of Gjakova.

● Develop visualizers for Gjakova procurement data (from 2011 to 2014).

● Secure a commitment from the Municipality to release future procurement data.

Step 3a: Open and Host Data

Step 3b: Don’t pen it the wrong way

Step 4: Involve Civil Society

Step 5: Disseminate Knowledge

Step 6: Close The Feedback Loop

● Policy making.● Data journalism.● Action.● Repeat.

Some Positive Spillovers

● Digital Capacity Building.● Process repeatability.● Platform scalability.● Instead of constantly having to chase for

data, organizations are now starting to approach us on their own.

Faleminderit

@GeorgesLabreche

@OpenDataKosovo

georges@opendatakosovo.org

http://opendatakosovo.org