- 1. Next FrontierLow and Middle IncomeCountriesA proposal from
the Transparency and Accountability InitiativeFunded by:
2. OGD over the worldTime to consider OGD programs all over the
world,particularly low and middle-income countriessource:
http://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/faceted/ 3. How all
this began?Most of the things were already in placei.e. political
willingness, IT infrastructure, capacity etc. 4. Need to go one
step backHow to know if a given country is ready toengage and
maintain an OGD programme? What is needed? How much of what we know
from existinginitiatives is applicable? What are the indicators
that will enable thedefinition of OGD readiness in a givencountry?
5. Several topics to coverAnalysis of a complex set of indicators
Economical and business enviroment Social enviroment Institutional
and political environment Scientific-Technological Framework
Openess 6. Corruption is everywhere, fromthe airport to the
officersEducation Ministry website isdown since last 5 months 7.
Lots of questions Is democracy well founded in the country? Is the
political top-level layer ready tofacilitate an OGD initiative?
What level of data collection does thegovernment currently
undertake? What is the Internet connectivity level? What is the
education and literacy level inthe country? 8. We need the answers
Objective statistical information Desk research Literature review
Questionnaires In-country visits In-person or phone interviews 9.
Top level Government. Middle layers. International Institutions.
Civil hackers and Activists. Private Business. Press and Media.
University. NGOs and non-profit.It has to start at the top, it has
tostart in the middle and it has to startat the bottom. Tim
Berners-Lee 10. OGD Readiness AssessmentFramework 11. People dont
like to be taggedwithout permission 12. Open issues Still a work in
progress Iterative process Would like to start discussion Currently
around 70 indicators Just 4 use cases so far Need more use cases
Statistical refinement e.g. correlation analysis 13. Some
referencesOGD @ Web
Foundationhttp://www.webfoundation.org/projects/ogd/OGD @ CTIC
CThttp://datos.fundacionctic.org/Contact:Aman Grewal
[email protected] Iglesias
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