Juan GomezHead of Economic Strategy

First principles

Open data allows us to:

— Be transparent— Use public assets to generate new products and processes that

benefit citizens and consumers— Encourage innovation in a relatively simple and cost-effective way— Open up new opportunities for collaboration across different public

agencies and spatial levels— Generate efficiencies in data access as practitioners

Case studies and benefits

Cities that have already implemented successful open

data infrastructures and their benefits:

— Canada: Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal — “Open Data = Open Cities” — Public and Social Policy Benefits:— access to and sharing data increases population’s data literacy—a

skill necessary for success in digital economy— open data allows for production and widespread dissemination of

new and creative research motivated by public’s ingenuity— reinforces both political and bureaucratic government accountability

Case studies and benefits

Case studies and benefits

Toronto software developer used data sets on location and space availability of child care centres to create a daycare search by postal code using texting or Twitter

Epidemiologist developed HealthAndSafetyWatch.com, a website that tracks product and food recalls using aggregated Canadian government open data in combination with media monitoring software

Famous Toronto-based open data project is MyTTC.ca, a trip planner “born out of a desire for free, open access to transit data” (myttc.ca/about).

Vancouver furthest along of Canadian Cities – Opened-up over 100 datasets

“Open Vancouver” portal is itself a space for interactive feedback and discussion space and includes RSS feeds that aggregate city information on Job postings, bike routes etc.

Case studies and benefits

Key lessons

Needs commitment and investment from both city and citizens to be successful

Everyone benefits – Entrepreneurs create new app/tool, city and citizens make better use of public services via an application government didn’t have time or budget to develop.

http://www.martinprosperity.org/media/pdfs/Toronto_election_series-Open-Data-Open-City.pdf

http://martinprosperity.org/insights/insight/open-data-open-city

What is the Greater Manchester Strategy (GMS)?An Integrated Strategy

Human Capital Early Years, Better Life Chances, Skills

Development, Talent Attraction and Retention

InfrastructureLow Carbon, Digital Broadband,

Transport (Road, Air, Rail), Housing, Public Places

Economic CompetitivenessInternational trade and investment, new business

start-ups, increased innovation and productivity

Linking to and supporting the GMS

How does DataGM support the GMS?—Government leveraging assets to spur innovation

— Improve & build on systems (i.e. procurement)— Imperative to improve innovation in both public & private

sectors—Fostering and improving cross-agency collaboration in the public

sector to achieve cohesiveness— Improved access and simplified use for practitioners—Growing demands for increased transparency

Linking to and supporting the GMS

How does DataGM support the GMS?—Economic base

—Use existing materials to create new products and services —Provide avenue and opportunities for growth—Empower private sector and developers to use data to create

useful applications and information—Makes GM an attractive place for developers and innovative

entrepreneurs to locate—Potential to boost GM’s reputation as innovative ICT hub