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Report of the Regional Study Tour in Asia on

Open Government Data

9-12 August, 2016 Seoul, Republic of Korea

Asia Regional Study Tour on Open Government Data. 9-12 August, 2016. Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Part I - Overview of the Study Tour

Context

Part II - Structure and Methodology

Identification of Topics of Interest

Analysis and Selection of the Host Country

Part III - Overview of Thematic Presentations and Workshop Modules

Description of the Sessions

Part IV - Proceedings of Deliberations and Conclusions

1. Policy (Importance: Very High)

2. Technology (Importance: Very High)

3. Implementation (Importance: High)

4. Regulation (Importance: Medium)

Participants Feedback and Summary Evaluation

Annexes

Study Tour Agenda

Pre-Study Materials

List of Consultations by Category

Policy (Importance: Very High)

Technology (Importance: Very High)

Implementation (Importance: High)

Regulation (Importance: Medium)

Participants

Study Tour Participants’ Evaluation

Quantitative feedback

Objectives and relevance

Quality

Organization

Questionnaire Feedback:

Qualitative Feedback


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Acknowledgements

This publication reflects the results of the Study Tour on Open Government Data for Sustainable

Development held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 9-12 August 2016. The tour was organized

under the project: “Strengthening of Capacities of Developing Countries to Provide Access to

Information for Sustainable Development through Open Government Data (OGD)”

implemented by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA),

Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), in partnership with

the National Information Commission (NIC) of Nepal and the Access to Information Program

(a2i) under the Prime Minister’s office of the Government of Bangladesh.

The Study Tour (ST) was hosted by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and National Information

Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea, in partnership with the United Nations Project

Office on Governance (UNPOG).

UNDESA/DPADM would like to express its gratitude to Mr. Jae Young Lee, Director General of

Creative Government Planning Bureau, Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Mr. Boo Mann Choung,

Executive Director of the Open Data Center and Vice President of Department of Government

3.0, National Information Society Agency (NIA), for their support and guidance in hosting this

ST.

We also extend our sincere thanks to the following officials in the Government of the Republic

of Korea (RoK), who participated in ST sessions and shared their valuable experience and

lessons learned during the OGD advancement in the Republic of Korea: Mr. Sung Yeol Shin,

Director of Public Service Policy Bureau, Ministry of Interior (MOI); Mr. Yun Byung Park,

Director of Creative Government Planning Bureau, Ministry of Interior (MOI); and Mr. Seok-

Hyun Song, Director of Open Data Innovation Team, National Information Society Agency (NIA).

We acknowledge the contribution of each member of NIA for their valuable support and

coordination during different ST sessions, as well as the assistance provided by the United

Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) in Seoul, RoK.

We would also like to acknowledge and thank experts and presenters for their insights,

recommendations, knowledge, ideas and information shared during this ST.

Ms. Arpine Korekyan, Governance and Public Administration Officer in UNDESA/DPADM


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oversaw the ST organization and implementation. Ms. Sohana Chowdhury, National Consultant

Bangladesh, and Mr. Tanka Aryal, National Consultant Nepal, ensured organization and delivery

of activities of the study tour agenda.

Part I - Overview of the Study Tour

The project “Strengthening of Capacities of Developing Countries to Provide Access to

Information for Sustainable Development through Open Government Data” implemented by

the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the United Nations

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA/DPADM), supports selected governments

of developing countries in applying modern information and communication technologies (ICTs)

to enhance access to information, including through open government data, for better service

delivery and inclusive sustainable development. In Nepal and Bangladesh UNDESA/DPADM

partnered with the National Information Commission (NIC) from the Government of Nepal and

the Access to Information Program (a2i) of the Government of Bangladesh.

Prior to this study tour, two national level capacity building activities have been conducted by

UN DESA/DPADM during 2015-2016 and laid the foundation for the study tour:

● OGD Capacity Development Workshops (CDW) for 3 days for more than 100

participants were held in August 2015 in Bangladesh and in November 2015 in Nepal.

Participants included high-level government representatives and mid-level specialists

from various ministries, public agencies, and civil society organizations. The objectives of

these CDWs included (i) sensitization of national stakeholders on OGD concept and

requirements, as well as intended use and potential benefits of OGD for development

planning and management; (ii) initial gap assessment on capacity needs for OGD

emerging from the dialogue and interaction among workshop participants; and (iii)

identification of demand for relevant datasets and strategic planning on the next steps

required for advancing OGD initiatives in each country.

● OGD National Substantive Trainings (NST) for 4-5 days for more than 120 participants

were held in April 2016 in Nepal and in May 2016 in Bangladesh. Participants including

public officials from national government agencies, representatives from local

governments, OGD stakeholders from civil society, media, and academia

representatives. The objectives of the NST included (i) increased awareness and

knowledge on OGD-related topics among middle-level public servants, statisticians,

CIOs, ICT personnel, CSO and private sector representatives, journalists and media

representatives; (ii) addressing specific capacity gaps identified during the OGD Capacity


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Development Workshops as hindering the publication and reuse of open government

data in Bangladesh and Nepal, and (iii) sensitization and training of public servants in

data management and the concept of “open by default” focusing on efficiency and data

analysis beyond publication.

The Study Tour on Open Government Data for Sustainable Development was the third capacity

building event organized for eight Bangladeshi and Nepali officials, and CSO representatives,

and was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea during 9-12 August 2016 (please see the names of

delegation members under Participants heading of this report).

The aim of the ST was to enhance participants’ capacity to further develop an open government

data strategy, improve capabilities for use/reuse of data, and automate data publication

processes through lessons learned from peers in visited agencies in the Republic of Korea.

Part II - Structure and Methodology

Identification of Topics of Interest

The “wish list” below was prepared by NIC, in collaboration with DPADM/UN DESA, after

conducting a Capacity Development Workshop in Nepal in November 2015 and a National

Substantive Training in April 2016. To ascertain the capacity development needs of Nepal

without limitations or influence based on what other countries could offer, DPADM/UN DESA

requested NIC to identify areas of interest for strengthening the national OGD initiative. At this

initial stage, the needs assessment was conducted without considering which country/ies

offered good practices under each identified learning area.

The following list of topics includes the OGD areas on which the OGD team of Nepal would like

to enhance its capacities and learn from other countries with an operational OGD action plan:

A. Policy: Legal framework; OGD strategy and Action Plan.

B. Technology: Data management and sharing; data portal.

C. Implementation: Process design; monitoring, and capacity building.

The “wish list” below was prepared by a2i, in collaboration with DPADM/UN DESA, after

conducting a Capacity Development Workshop in Bangladesh in August 2015 and a National

Substantive Training in May 2016. To ascertain the capacity development needs of Bangladesh

without limitations or influence based on what other countries could offer, DPADM/UN DESA

requested a2i to identify areas of interest for strengthening the national OGD initiative. At this


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initial stage, the needs assessment was conducted without considering which country/ies

offered good practices under each identified learning area.

The following list of topics includes the OGD areas on which the OGD team of Bangladesh

would like to enhance its capacities and learn from other countries with an operational OGD

action plan:

A. Policy: Data management policy; legal controls, OGD strategy and Action Plan.

B. Technology: OGD technology framework and Information security framework.

C. Implementation: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), monitoring and capacity building.

Each topic had a list of subtopics and also a set of questions which were carefully designed by

NIC, a2i and UNDESA/DPADM to guide the study tour based on the capacity needs and

priorities of the Bangladesh and Nepal OGD team. This prioritization offered important

information in terms of the selection of the host country/cities for conducting the study tour. It

was also critical for preparing the agenda outline (please see annexes, Study tour agenda).

Analysis and Selection of the Host Country

The selection of the host country for the study tour derives from an analysis of different options

in the Asian Region. A list of initial possible alternatives was identified in consultation with NIC,

a2i and DPADM/UN DESA, and with inputs provided by United Nations Development Program

(UNDP) and United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG). The initial list of

prospective host countries included: Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

The list of prospective host countries was analysed in view of the topics of interest and their

relative importance. The table below shows the results of the analysis which was conducted

through desktop research. Each topic of interest became a criterion with a specific weight. A

score was assigned to each criteria according to the research findings. In addition, the category

of "closeness" was introduced to determine the final assessment of the most suitable host.

Closeness in this regards means the comparability of a similar local challenges and

opportunities, and a similar environment and similar maturity model in regards to the feasibility

for implementation and the country's overall readiness for OGD. Based on this analysis,

Republic of Korea was identified as the best candidate for hosting the study tour for the OGD

teams of both Nepal and Bangladesh because of the lessons it can offer in terms of OGD policy,

technology, implementation, and regulation. Based on these criteria, Republic of Korea

obtained a total score of 85 compared to Malaysia scoring 80 and Philippines scoring 75.


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While Malaysia and the Philippines score similarly high, research conducted in the country

assessment indicates that the timing is not in favor of the Philippines due to their recent change

in Government. While the departing Government has championed the Open Government and

Open Data agenda, the incoming Government has announced that the Open Data Task Force

(under the Office of the President) will be dissolved. There is uncertainty as to whether open

data champions trained and organized by outgoing President Aquino will still be involved in

pushing for open data in the country. Thus, the future of the open data portal is in question. For

these reasons, Republic of Korea has been identified as the best choice to become the host of

the Asia Regional Study Tour. The score table of all three countries follows:

Place Policy Technology Implementation Regulation Closeness Total1

Republic of Korea

20 20 20 20 5 85

Malaysia 10 20 10 20 20 80

Philippines 20 10 20 10 15 75

Part III - Overview of Thematic Presentations and

Workshop Modules

Sessions were either based on presentations that helped guide discussion along a specific

subject or open ended conversations using the previously formulated list of questions as

guidance and triggers. All presenters shared in a very open manner their experiences, projects

and challenges, something positively valued by the Bangladesh and Nepal delegation. Also,

every session gave the chance for the participants to share the advances of the OGD initiative in

Bangladesh and Nepal, allowing for peer-exchange, enriching the conversation and resulted in

more interesting discussions.

Description of the Sessions

Day 1: Tuesday, 9 August 2016

1 A total of 100 points is distributed over 5 categories in which a country can score between 0 and 20 points max.


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Opening Session took place at Central Government Complex on morning of Day 1. Director General, Creative Government Planning Bureau of Ministry Of Interior (MOI) and Head of UNPOG delivered Welcome Remarks. Word of Thanks was delivered by Head of Delegation of both Bangladesh and Nepal teams.

Introductory Session started with a presentation delivered by Mr. Kepin Yao, Governance and Public Administration Officer, UNPOG, on Programme Review and its alignment with Open Government Data for Sustainable Development. Director, Public Service Bureau of MOI described the “Government 3.0” theme that shifts focus from Nation to Citizens. Director of Creative Government Planning Bureau of MOI delivered a presentation on Open Data Strategy of Korean Government.

Q & A session provided participants with an opportunity to ask questions on organization and leadership role of the Korean Open Government Data development team. A Group Photo session took place after this, followed by a Luncheon hosted by MOI for the participants.

Session 1 took place at National Information Society Agency (NIA) Seoul Office in the afternoon. Executive Director of Open Data Center and Vice-President of Department of Government 3.0 of NIA delivered Welcome Remarks to the participants. Group photo was taken after his speech.

Representative from both Bangladesh and Nepal Delegation delivered presentation on the Overview of Open Government Data in their respective countries. Director of Open Data Innovation Team of NIA presented an introduction of NIA followed by the organization and functionality of Open Data Center.

This was followed by a Q&A session and interactive discussion with exchange of knowledge and lessons learnt among the participants of Bangladesh and Nepal with peers from NIA. The participants then went to visit NIA Smart Office.

Day 2: Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Session 2 started at NIA Seoul Office in the morning. Professor Wonseok Lee of Yonsei University delivered a presentation on Progress Results and Future Plans of Public (Open) Big data in Korea.

Presentation of showcase examples was next to demonstrate best Practice of Data Provision by Government. Representative from Korea National Park Service presented a showcase of Scientific Park Management via Application of Open Source GIS and Data. Representative from Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) delivered the second presentation to showcase “Public Safety Map” as a Open Public Data Service used as web and mobile app.


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Q & A session took place next where participants had interactive discussion with the presenters on the challenges & resolutions related to working with Big data to achieve the expected Progress results. There was also discussion on the technological and operational aspects on the two showcase examples on Scientific Park Management and Public Safety Map.

Session 3 took place at NIA Seoul Office in the afternoon. Executive Principal of Open Data Center of NIA presented an overview of Open Data Quality Management & Standardization process followed in Korea. This was followed by a presentation on Open Data Portal of Korean Government delivered by Principal Manager of Open Data Center of NIA. The presenter spoke on different essential components of the portal focusing on their structure and functionality.

Q & A session took place next where participants had interactive discussion with the presenters on the evolution of Open Data in Korea, key points in developing the Open Data Management & Standardization process; and challenges, resolutions and lessons learnt during this process to develop Korean Open Data portal.

Day 3: Thursday, 11 August 2016

Session 4 started at NIA Seoul Office in the morning of Day 3. Executive Principal of Open Data Center of NIA delivered a presentation on Open Data Governance Framework in Korea for Dispute Resolution System and Case Studies.

Project Lead of Creative Commons Korea (CCKorea) delivered a presentation on Open Government Data and role and engagement of Civil Society in Korea during Korean Open Data development and progress.

Q & A session took place next where participants had interactive discussion with the presenters on different key components of the Open Data Governance Framework and the leadership roles of different agencies and industry experts contributing to this progress. Participants were engaged in discussing activities of Korean CSO toward contributing to Korean Open Data development.


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Session 5 took place at Open Square-D in the afternoon. Manager of Open Square-D delivered a presentation on how this facility, which is managed by Open Data Center of NIA, is offered at free of cost to promote Open Government Data Use for the end users ranging from startup companies, entrepreneurs, research groups to citizens. This was followed by 3 showcase examples presented by 3 start up companies to demonstrate Best Practices of Data Use by Private Sector: New Perspective on Securities Analytics by Antock, Kredit House and Kredit Job by Kredit Data Inc. and Modu’s Parking Lot: Parking Lot Sharing by Modu Company.

Q & A session took place next where participants had interactive discussion with the presenters regarding their business strategy, prospects with using Open Data, future plans, etc.

Day 4: Friday, 12 August 2016

Session 6 started at NIA Seoul Office in the morning. Manager, Data Service Team, Data & Statistics Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government delivered a presentation on Smart City plan using OGD of Local Government and demonstrated how this has been implemented for Seoul Metropolitan City Plan.

Q & A session took place next where the participants had interactive discussion with the presenter on different aspects of Seoul Metropolitan City Plan using OGD.

Participants then went to Seoul City Hall to visit Seoul Transportation Information Center. The manager of the Center delivered a presentation on the history of development of the City Transportation System to its present state. He conducted a 3D virtual tour of the operation of the Seoul Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS). This was followed by a Q & A interactive discussion session.

Closing Session concluded the workshop. Head of UNPOG delivered closing remarks expressing his appreciation and satisfaction for interactive and engaging discussion & knowledge sharing during the study tour. He also wished for future possible collaborative efforts among Korean Government & UNPOG with the participating countries. The head of the delegation from Bangladesh and Nepal thanked MOI, NIA, UNPOG & UNDESA for successfully organizing a very productive study tour and expressed their willingness for future collaborative efforts.


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Part IV - Proceedings of Deliberations and Conclusions

The Bangladesh and Nepal delegation had many occasions for discussion on lessons learnt,

deliberation and recommended actions to help further develop the National Action Plan on

OGD. Here are the main ones, related to the central topics of the Study Tour.


Wish list Priority: 7 (NIC: 4 and a2i: 3)

Topics: Legal framework; data management policies, strategies and action plan; protection of

personal data; Right to Access Information and OGD; intellectual property rights and licensing

OGD; data assessment and prioritization.

Key Lessons learned:

● A clear vision from the top level policy makers to provide good governance and efficient

public service.

● Top level policy makers are involved in playing key roles within the OGD Governance

framework.

● A solid organization of the Open Data (OD) Governance Framework ensures execution

of sustainable goals as specified in the vision.

Next steps:

● Identify institutional leader- who would lead the Open Data Initiative?

● Study Internal structure of the government (different skills, decision making models,

capacity to work with open data, data flow within the government).

● Plan for an Open Data Governance Framework - Open Data Strategy Council, Chief Open

Data officer (central and local public institutions), Open Data Center, Open Data

Mediation Committee, etc.


Wish List Priority: 7 (NIC: 3 and a2i: 4)

Topics: Information Communications technology (ICT) framework; interoperability; data portal


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and services; digitization.


● Expand open data format.

● Expand standard of disclosure of open data.

● Monitor and ensure High quality data (file data, open API) from the open data portal.

● Separation and improvement of services (registration, management focused services,

etc.) for public sector staff and private sector users (data driven service).

Next steps:

● Study Current status of data within the government, status of datasets - are they

electronic, are they in open format? Is data already published anywhere? What formats

available?

● Study the national infrastructure including how many people access the web, have

computers, what’s the bandwidth etc.

● Expand Open Standard, Develop Self- Inspection tools and detailed guideline for

creating open standard.

● Strengthen open format verification, encourage voluntary use of open format by

carrying out assessment and evaluation of open data provision format of each agency.

● Raising portal awareness through: press & media, monitoring group, SNS, developer

outreach, etc.

● Develop Pilot Project to showcase benefits of Open Data (from Open Data Portal).



Topics: Design of the implementation process; implementation monitoring and evaluation;

Capacity development; stakeholder engagement; dissemination. Strategies to include local

governments.


● Formulate Open Data Master plans to ensure release and publication of high value data

that ensures creation of jobs for different sectors of the industry leading to good quality

living standard for all citizens.

● Inclusion of experts from private industry, academia, legal and other sectors of the

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● Decentralization of central and local governance system making each individual

ministry/agency/division independent and self sufficient with resources to operate on

its own agenda.

● Efficient processing of monitoring and analyzing regular feedback from citizens to

address their demands, complaints and queries.

Next steps:

● Develop an Action Plan identifying high priority activities that are manageable and most

feasible to begin with (start out small, simple and fast).

● Analyze the Demand for open data - how open data can be used? Who are the key

stakeholders in this regard, who may be interested in what kind of data?

● Identify Potential champions with regard to data users (who have been demanding data

from the Government).

● Define scope of organization (central and local government, public sectors), scope of

data and data provision method (machine readable).

● Identify how to finance these activities including capacity building and technical

arrangement costs, investment on data catalogues, software etc.

● Develop a short, medium and long term goals with regard to open data initiative

implementation.

● Engage with actual and potential users and re-users of the data as early and as often as

fisible, be they citizens, businesses, developers or intermediaries.



Topics: Regulations for data management and sharing; mandatory proactive data publication;

regulatory mandate, oversight of regulation and compliance with existing regulation.


● Strengthen continuous disclosure of plentiful quality open data by establishing an open

data quality management framework.

● Legal framework for quality management: Open Data Act, Open Data Management

Guideline, Public Information Quality Management manual.

● Efficient Review, monitor and Evaluation of Open Data Master plans.

Next steps:


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● Assess enactment and Implementation of Open Data Law.

● Establish an open data quality management framework to improve the level of data

quality management of each government agency in order to continuously disclose

plentiful of quality open data.

Participants Feedback and Summary Evaluation

Based on evaluation forms completed by 6 participants from Bangladesh and Nepal, 100% of all

respondents had a very positive overall impression of ST results. Five out of six delegates

evaluated the workshop as ‘excellent’ and one as ‘very good’.

The objectives and relevance of ST were evaluated positively by 89% of the participants (

‘excellent’ by 58.3% and ‘very good’ by 30.6% ).

The overall quality of ST was evaluated positively by 83.3% of the participants (‘excellent’ by

75% and ‘very good’ by 8.3%).

The organisational aspects of ST were evaluated positively by 83.3% of the participants

(‘excellent’ by 75% and ‘very good’ by 8.3%).

Participants commented that the study tour was a great opportunity for:

● Professional enrichment through contacts with peers (networking)

● Identification of methodologies to support decision-making

● Benchmarking the local experiences with those of highly regarded governments

● Getting to know a wide diversity of visions on the subject

● Confirmation on how very different initiatives share many of the same challenges.


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Annexes

Study Tour Agenda

TUESDAY, 9 AUGUST 2016

Time Programme Venue

10:30-11:00 OPENING SESSION

§ Welcome Remarks

Mr. Jae Young Lee

Director General Creative Government Planning Bureau

Ministry of Interior (MOI) § Welcome Remarks

Mr. Jae-hong Lim

Head

United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) DPADM/UNDESA

§ Words of Thanks

Mr. M. A. Mannan Howlader

Additional Secretary (Development) Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) Ministry of Planning

Bangladesh

§ Words of Thanks

Mr. Kiran Kumar Pokharel Information Commissioner

National Information Commission (NIC) Nepal

Central Government Complex

CS Room

(12F)


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11:00-12:00 INTRODUCTORY SESSION

§ Programme Review: Open Government Data

for Sustainable Development Mr. Keping Yao

Governance and Public Administration Expert


§ Gov 3.0: New Paradigm for Government Operation

Mr. Sung Yeol Shin

Citizens Participation Policy Division

Public Service Policy Bureau

Ministry of Interior (MOI) § Overview of Open Government Data in Korea

Mr. Yun Byung Park

Director Public Data Policy Division

Creative Government Planning Bureau

Ministry of Interior (MOI) § Q&A

§ Group Photo

12:00-13:00 Luncheon hosted by Ministry of Interior (MOI)

Central Government Complex

(2F)

13:00-14:00 Move to the Next Venue Transportation

provided

14:00-16:00 SESSION 1 NIA


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§ Welcome Remarks

Mr. Boo Mann Choung

Executive Director of Open Data Center

and Vice President Department of Government 3.0

National Information Society Agency (NIA)

§ Group Photo

Seoul Office

(14F)

§ Overview of Open Government Data in Bangladesh

Mr. Arfe Elahi IT Manager

a2i (Access to Information Program) Prime Minister's Office

Bangladesh

§ Overview of Open Government Data in Nepal Ms. Yashoda Devi Timsina

Information Commissioner and Spokesperson

National Information Commission(NIC) Nepal

§ Introduction of NIA and Open Data Center

Mr. Seok-Hyun Song

Director Open Data Innovation Team

Open Data Center


§ Q&A

§ Group Photo

16:00-17:00 INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

§ Deliberations and Lessons Learned

§ Recommended Actions

WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 2016



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10:00-12:00 SESSION 2

§ Public(Open) Bigdata in Korea: Progress Result and

Future Plans

Mr. Won Suk Lee

Professor of Yonsei University

Chairman of Bigdata Special Committee for Public Data Strategy Council

§ Best Practices of Data Provision by Government (2 cases) ● Application of Open Source GIS and Data for

Scientific Park Management Mr. Byeong-Hyeok Yu

Assistant Manager

Future Strategy Office

Korea National Park Service (KNPS) ● Public Safety Map Service

Dr. Kyungsoo Pyo

Deputy Scientific Director

Disaster Information Research Division

National Disaster Management Research Institute

Ministry of Public Safety and Security

§ Q&A

NIA

Seoul Office

(3F)

12:00-14:00 Lunch Break


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14:00-16:00 SESSION 3

§ Open Data Quality Management and Standardisation

Mr. Hyunmok Oh

Executive Principal Open Data Development Team

Open Data Center


§ Open Data Portal of Korea Government

Mr. Jae-won Lee

Principal Manager

Open Data Development Team

Open Data Center

National Information Society Agency (NIA) § Q&A

NIA

Seoul Office

((3F)




THURSDAY, 11 AUGUST 2016



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10:00-12:00 SESSION 4

§ Open Data Governance Framework in Korea for Dispute Resolution System and Case Studies

Ms. Moon-Sil Choi Director Open Data Secretariat Open Data Center


§ Open Government Data and Civil Society

Mr. Jongsoo Yoon

Project Lead

Creative Commons Korea (CCKorea) § Q&A

NIA

Seoul Office

(3F)

12:00-14:00 Lunch Break & Moving to the Next Venue

Transportation

provided


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14:00-16:00 SESSION 5

§ Overview of Open Data Use Policy

Mr. Seung-Woo Han

Manager

Open Data Innovation Team

Open Data Center

National Information Society Agency (NIA) § Best Practices of Data Use by Private Sector (3 cases)

● Antock: New Perspective on Securities Analytics Mr. YoungJun Park

Co-Founder / Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Antock

● Kredit House and Krediet Job Mr. Kyung-june Jo

CEO / Founder

Kredit Data Inc. ● Modu’s Parking Lot: Parking Lot Sharing

Mr. Soonam Kahng

CEO

Modu Company

§ Q&A

Open Square-D

(5F)




FRIDAY, 12 AUGUST 2016



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10:00-11:00 SESSION 6

§ OGD of Local Government: Seoul Metropolitan City

Mr. Yong-Hyun Cho

Manager, Data Service Team

Data & Statistics Division

Seoul Metropolitan Government

§ Q&A

NIA

Seoul Office

(3F)

11:00-13:00 Lunch Break & Move to the Next Venue

13:00-14:30 § Seoul Transport Operation and Information Service (TOPIS) Mr. YounGye Yang

Transportation Information Center (*consecutive interpretation will be provided)

§ Q&A

Seoul City

Hall

14:30-15:00 CLOSING SESSION

§ Closing Remarks

Ms. Jae-hong Lim

Head


§ Feedback from Delegations on Study Tour

Pre-Study Materials

To enhance the results of presentations, discussions and demonstrations during the activities of

the study tour, it was necessary that the OGD Bangladesh and Nepal delegation prepared with

the following:

1. Literature review: The OGD delegations from Nepal and Bangladesh need to become

acquainted with existing initiatives in the Republic of Korea. Possible elements for this

literature review would include:

a) Republic of Korea OGP National Action Plan

b) Republic of Korea OGP Self Assessment

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/country/south-korea/action-plan

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/country/south-korea/assessment


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c) Republic of Korea OGP Independent Review Mechanism

d) International Open Data Workshop at W3 Conference proceedings

e) National data portal

f) Open Data Compass for Republic of Korea

g) Republic of Korea in the Open Data Index and Open Data Barometer

List of Consultations by Category

UNDESA/DPADM grouped the “wish list” topics into a few main categories (e.g. “Strategy” and

“Regulation”) in order to clearly differentiate the scope of each topic and translate the “wish

list” into a capacity development plan. The categories were linked to the “wish list” items with a

simple coding system2. Each category also includes a set of questions which were carefully

designed by DPADM/UN DESA to answer and guide the study tour based on the capacity needs

of the OGD teams of Nepal and Bangladesh. After reviewing each set of questions, NIC and a2i

prioritized the main capacity development topics (priority levels are indicated for each topic in

parenthesis). This prioritization offered important information for the selection of the host

country for the study tour. It was also critical for preparing the agenda outline (section VII).


Wish list Priority: 7 (NIC: 4 and a2i: 3)

Topics: Legal framework; data management policies, strategies and action plan;

protection of personal data; Right to Access Information and OGD; intellectual property

rights and licensing OGD; data assessment and prioritization.

1.1. What are the main priority areas of the OGD strategy?

1.2. Does the OGD strategy consider sustainable development and are there any plans to

adjust the strategy to align with the countries SDGs?

1.3. Did the existing legal framework present any challenges for the OGD initiative? What

changes to the legal framework where necessary? How have they been implemented?

1.4. What was the process of developing the OGD Action Plan? What are the main

priorities?

1.5. What are the main lessons you have learned in the process of developing and

implementing the OGD Action Plan? 2 Each “wish list” item is indicated by the code “WL” and a number from 1 to 4 representing the order of priority

which was assigned by NIC and a2i. Scoring scheme: 1-2 points equals low priority; 3-4 points equal medium

priority; 5-6 equals high priority; and 7-8 equals very high priority.

http://www.opengovpartnership.org/country/south-korea/irm

http://eng.nia.or.kr/english/bbs/download.asp?fullpathname=%5CData%5Cattach%5C201112221611231975%5Cintl_open_data_workshop_proceedings.pdf&filename=intl_open_data_workshop_proceedings.pdf

https://www.data.go.kr/e_main.jsp

http://www.opendata500.com/kr/

http://index.okfn.org/place/south-korea/

http://opendatabarometer.org/3rdedition/regional-report/east-asia-and-the-pacific/


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1.6. How have you addressed the protection of personal data in OGD policies?

1.7. How have you addressed the relation between OGD and Right to Access Information

in OGD policies?

1.8. How did you address intellectual property rights and licensing of OGD?

1.9. How did you address the assessment of data inventories and prioritization of data for

release?



Topics: Information Communications technology (ICT) framework; interoperability; data

portal and services; digitization.

2.1. What are the recommended components of a OGD technology framework?

2.2. How did you overcome siloed / legacy ICT systems and improve interoperability?

What have been the main challenges? Based on your experience, which technologies

can help improve data management and sharing?

2.3. Did you encounter any sector specific needs for the data management and sharing? If

so, how did you address them?

2.4. What are best practices and lessons learned for setting up a national data portal?

2.5. Do agencies select the datasets to be published? What is the selection process? How

do you guarantee the quality of the published data? How do you guarantee the

maintenance and update of published data?

2.6. Should the data portal provide data only, or also services such as analysis,

visualisations, etc.?

2.7. What were the challenges related to the data portal in regards to development,

procurement, design, populating it with open data? How have you addressed them?

2.8. How do you promote the data publication in the portal?

2.9. Is there a coordinated process of digitalisation? What are the technologies used to

digitize paper-based government records?



Topics: Design of the implementation process; implementation monitoring and


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evaluation;

Capacity development; stakeholder engagement; dissemination.

Strategies to include local governments.

3.1. How was the implementation process designed?

3.2. How has the government effectively engaged with different stakeholders in the

process?

3.3. What is the governance model for the implementation process? Is there a multi-

stakeholder working group including civil society and the private sector?

3.4. What capacity development programs have been established? How were capacity

development programmes recoursed? Which groups are targeted by the existing

capacity building initiatives?

3.5. How has OGD reuse been promoted among different stakeholders (civil society,

startups and businesses, other government agencies, etc) and What has the

government done to promote and simulate data reuse in different sectors

(transport, health, education, etc)?

3.6. How has the central government been working with local governments? What

actions /initiatives have been taken to get local governments involved? Are there

any specific programs for local governments? What have been the main challenges?

3.7. How did you design an effective dissemination plan?

3.8. How is the process of monitoring, evaluation and learning structured? What specific

indicators did you use for M&E? How did you design a specific M&E plan?

3.9. How have government authorities disseminated OGD knowledge among different

interest groups (such as CSO, journalists, academia, developers’ community, etc.)?

How did you maintain a lasting communication and collaboration with these groups?

What were the challenges of this collaboration? How did you overcome them?



Topics: Regulations for data management and sharing; mandatory proactive data

publication; regulatory mandate, oversight of regulation and compliance with existing

regulation.

4.1. What regulation on data management, archiving and sharing already exists?

4.2. Is there a mandatory list of key datasets that must be published ?


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4.3. Who decides which data sets must be published? What is the differentiation

between gency level and central mandate?

4.4. What regulation for agencies to publish their data is in place? Is there a regulation to

publish data into the national portal?

4.5. Is there regulation to improve interoperability and standardisation of data?

4.6. Is there regulation in regards security of data ICT systems?

4.7. How is high-quality of the published data guaranteed?

4.8. How is the maintenance and update of published data guaranteed?

4.9. Is there an oversight on the implementation process to assess performance? What

are the mechanisms for accountability?

Participants

Three Bangladesh and Nepal government officials and one representative of the OGD

stakeholder’s group were sponsored by UNDESA. The study tour targets mid-level Bangladesh

and Nepal officials (not high level authorities) and civil society.

Participants’ Name and Information from Nepal

Name Organization Position email Sponsor

Mr. Kiran Kumar Pokharel

NIC Information commissioner

[email protected] UN DESA

Mrs. Yahsoda Devi Timsina

NIC Information commissioner


Mr. Sarad Raj Bista

NIC Secretary of NIC


Mr. Tanka Aryal UN DESA UN DESA national consultant

[email protected] UN DESA consultant

Participants’ Name and Information from Bangladesh

Name Organization Position email Sponsor


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Mr. Arfe Elahi a2i IT Manager [email protected]

UN DESA

Dr. Ramiz Uddin

a2i Lead, Results Management

[email protected]

UN DESA

Mr. M. A.

Mannan

Howlader

Statistics & Informatics Division (SID)/ Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

Additional Secretary(Development)


Ms. Sohana Nahid Chowdhury

UN DESA UN DESA National Consultant

[email protected]

UN DESA consultant


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Study Tour Participants’ Evaluation

Based on the evaluation forms completed by the six participants from Nepal and Bangladesh, 100% of all respondents had a very positive overall positive impression of the study tour. Five out of six evaluated the workshop as ‘excellent’ and one as ‘very good’.

The overall results are presented in the table below:

Negative Answers Intermediate Answers Positive Answers

1.7% 11.7% 86.6%

Quantitative feedback

Objectives and relevance

● The clarity of the workshop objectives and the extent to which these were achieved, its relevance and usefulness, and the knowledge acquired to promote changes was evaluated as positive by 89% of the participants ( ‘very good’ by 30.6% and ‘excellent’ by 58.3%).

Quality

● The overall quality and clarity of the documentation, quality of selected speakers and the presentations and the discussions were evaluated as positive by 83.3% of the participants (‘very good’ by 8.3% and ‘excellent’ by 75%).

Organization

● Administrative arrangements and facilities, time balance devoted to ST participants’ discussion and presentation by speakers, and the structure of the programme and method of work, the whole organization, was evaluated as positive by 83.3% of the participants (‘very good’ by 8.3% and ‘excellent’ by 75%).


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Questionnaire Feedback:


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Qualitative Feedback

As part of the evaluation form, the participants were also invited to provide comments regarding the study tour. The six participants provided a total of 11 comments, which focused on the following areas:

● “This type of study tour is needed for other team members who are working on OGD in

the country.”

● “The program was memorable and excellent experience for OGD learning.”

● “Discussions would be better if they where more was domain specific.”

● “More site visit of the data provider might add more value for better understanding.”

● “The overall impression about the study tour was really very good.”

● “The selection of institutions visited was appropriate for the learning purpose.”

● “Learning about visualizations of big data and public services based on open data was

useful.”

● “Discussions with some civil society organizations and public representatives added

value to the study tour.”

● “The sse cases of OGD outside the government mechanism was also useful.”

● “We would have preferred the distribution of more reference materials from relevant

agencies and organizations in English.”


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● “It would also help if the speakers and others related their topics of discussion with other countries as well.”