OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA

REVIEW OF POLAND

Unlocking the value of

government data

Luiz de Mello Deputy Director Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial DevelopmentOECD

26 May 2015, Warsaw

Poland’s open government data strategy is the result of

1. Political ambitions – Ministry of Administration and Digitisation– National Efficient State Strategy includes OGD

2. EU policy developments – Late implementation of EU PSI Directive– Revision of EU PSI Directive– Structural EU funds (Digital Poland Operational Programme)

3. Polish civil society and municipalities dynamics– Polish Open Government Coalition and others– Poznan, Warsaw, Gdansk and others

Recognisable efforts made so far…

• Beta version open government data portal (CRIP) launched in 2014 with some datasets available for download.

• Little stimulation of re-use leads to a low ranking in OECD OURdata index (open, useful, re-usable government data)

…need to be taken to a next level now

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Total score OECD

No national OGD portal

Only few years ago today’s OECD leaders in OGD were at the same stage as Poland. What are they doing?

• Stimulate development of an OGD eco-system.

• Continuously work to show ministries and agencies that their government data can and will generate value if opened.

• Improve the coordination mechanisms to identify good practices and share them.

What is Poland missing to create more value from open government data?

• Ranked 2nd in OECD OUR Government Data Index• Strong mandate and governance• Paralleled with strong community engagement

Learning from leaders: France

Governance Community engagement

• “Etalab” – open government data unit created by Prime Minister’s decree in 2011. Today over 20 people.

• First Director – former Internet entrepreneur. Second Director too.

• In 2012 – Etalab transferred to Prime Minister’s State Modernisation Secretariat

• Since 2015: Etalab Director is also Government Chief Data Officer

• “DataConnexions” – series of partnerships, awards, contests and events since 2012

• Inclusive, not exclusive – awards attributed in five categories: administration, business, civic use, general interest and journalism

• Using champions to illustrate the value and open the eyes and minds of the administration step by step

France open government data portal: Not a repository, a platform

1. Engaging communities: towards an eco-system and an open government data culture

2. Creating the ambition: from compliance towards common vision & ownership

3. Creating a narrative: towards proactive release across government

Three major sets of recommendations to Poland

• Intermediate actors can best articulate the needs for data• Companies can help identify commercial re-use value• But cooperation and collaboration with non-government actors in

Poland remains limited:

1. Engaging communities: the challenge

Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)

Share of central government institutions that have consulted with specific user groups on the data they would like to access

• National open government data portal (CRIP): from being a data repository towards becoming a platform for engagement, collaboration and data re-use.

• Establish guidelines on data formats, data quality and meta-data – and facilitate their adaptation through hands-on manuals.

• Clarify licensing and re-use conditions to give all actors long-term planning horizon.

• Actively explore and manage communities of re-users, e.g. similar to French “DataConnexions”.

• Establish a panel of businesses that us public sector information, or might do so in the future, to recognise and illustrate economic potential.

• Leverage local government experiences in Poland – make sure they are part of the community.

• Raise awareness and build capacities within the administration and across the society.

Engaging communities: recommendations to Poland

• Government aims: promote re-use for citizen participation, better services, business opportunities

• Institutions do not fully share those ambitions (yet)

• Lack of a common vision and objectives

2. Creating ambition: the challenge

Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)

Importance of different driving factors for institutionsAverage ranking for the central government; 0 = weak; 10 = strong

• Focus on creating collective commitment to the OGD agenda across the public sector and around common objectives– Complement the existing legal basis with a persuasive vision and

good illustrations of value creation– Consider developing an action plan with milestones for specific policy

areas (the action plan can be a developed collaboratively)– Establish baselines for continuous monitoring of efforts

• Identify cross-cutting barriers that challenge further OGD implementation– For example interoperability and statistical anonymity

Creating ambition: recommendations to Poland

• Use of data for better policy making exists in some institutions

• But dispersed and heterogeneous capacities across the administration mean data is not (yet) used as a strategic asset

• This is related to heterogeneous levels of digitisation across the public sector

3. Creating narrative: the challenge

Source: OECD survey of Polish central government institutions (2014)

Share of Polish central government institutions that have an official strategy or policy to better use data

• Strengthen the governance of OGD– For example by nominating a Chief Data Officer to support, coordinate

and lead OGD efforts across government

• Establish a task force / unit that is adequately staffed and has a clear mandate– Lead development of OGD strategy– Supervise cross-government implementation– Foster an eco-system to stimulate OGD re-use

• Promote domestic champions– Use awards and other means to raise visibility of domestic success

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• Promote sharing of experiences and creation of synergies within and across levels of government– Sharing of experiences with local government authorities and local

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Creating narrative: recommendations to Poland

National peer reviewers and OECD staff showing appreciation for existing communities of open government data use in Poland…

Thank you.

Luiz de Mello @OECDgovBarbara Ubaldi @BarbaraUbaldiArthur Mickoleit @arturelis