Challenges in raisingsocial and economic Impactof Open Data
Policy in Brazil
Augusto Herrmann Batista - @dadosgovbr
Panel: Building a thriving open data ecosystem for economic
growth and innovation IODC16
Secretariat for
Information Technology
Ministry of
Planning, Development& Management
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Current state of
open data impact in Brazil
Open Data Barometer (3rd edition, 2015), Brazil is:17th in the
world
2nd in Latin America & Caribbean regionsScore: 61.16 (in
comparison, Mexico's is 61.76
and 16th in the world)
Readiness: 60
Implementation: 80
Impact scores: 36Political: 50
Social: 26
Economic: 31
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Examples: social impact
Non-profits that use open dataQeduFind out and compare
the quality of education
in each Brazilian
school
Cad a minha escola?
(Where is my school?)Citizens will be able
to monitor the building
of schools
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Examples: social impact
Non-profits that use open dataOlho neles!
(Eyes on them!)Monitor the use of
reimbursement funds by
members of parliaments
DiferentonasUses machine learning to
help citizens find outliers
in cities spending federal funds
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Examples: economic impact
Businesses that use open dataMediciniaSocial tool to
connect
doctors and patients
NeowayBusiness analytics that
save companies money
e.g. in locating good
potential corporate clients
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Examples: economic impact
Businesses that use open dataGrafeno6Uses machine learning to
find
out average prices over time for each kind
of product that have
been practised in
procurement
by governments
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The usual hurdles
in using data
Data that is not available
Data that is not up-to-date
Data that is unreliable
Data that is not machine readable (have to resort to
scrapping)
Data that has no licensing information
Digital Government
Digital government explores how governments can best use
information and communication technologies (ICTs) to embrace good
government principles and achieve policy goals.
OECD: http://www.oecd.org/gov/digital-government/
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OCDE e
Governo Digital
Recommendation of the Council on Digital Government
StrategiesCapa do documento de recomendao da OCDE para Estratgias
de Governo Digital
Digital Governance Policy
Digital Governance Strategy (DGS)
Open Data on the DGS
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Strategic Objective OE.01:Foster the supply and use of open
data
Not only for transparency and social control, but also to
stimulate the creation of new services, applications, research,
etc.
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Open Data on the DGS
Strategic Initiatives:IE.01.04 Foster innovative business models
and solutions that use open data to meet the needs of society
IE.01.05 Gather international good practices for implementation
of open government data policies
Requirements for an ecosystem
Data availabilityBreadth
Depth
Reliability (minimal downtime)
Data qualityUse of standards where applicable
Documentation
Ease of use
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Requirements for an ecosystem
Awareness about the issue of open data
Effective discovery mechanism
Effective feedback channel on data
Participatory governancedata users should have a say on open
data policy
Effectively work on both
the supply side and the demand side
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Supply side:
Milestones achieved in 2016
open data policy for federal government established by Decree
8777/2016open data by default
mandatory open data plan for each organization
ties in to processes and authorities already previously
established by freedom of information law
digital governance policy (Decree 8638/2016) and strategy
capacity building workshops on open data planning
Workshops on
Open Data Planning
10 new workshops in 2016: March(1), April (2), May (1), June
(4), July (1) and August (1).
46 organizations, 283 public servants trained up to August
results: 18 new
open data
plans published
in 2016
(and counting)
Demand side:
What's been done for impact
Meetings with private sector representatives to raise awareness
about open government data (2015)local IT companies association and
startups association
potential business opportunities and the usual reports
(McKinsey, Deloitte, Lateral Economics, etc.)
Government innovation week
3rd Open Government Partnership Action Plan (draft)challenge:
make supply and demand of open data closer
Open data users survey (as part of an audit)
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Planned next steps:
supply side
Online course
Getting all federal institutions to have open data plans of
their own
Improving the user experience on dados.gov.br
Getting more data on dados.gov.br, integrate & harvest other
Brazilian data portals
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Planned next steps:
demand side
Series of workshops with specific sectorsStartups / Data-driven
companies
Accelerators / entrepreneurship support groups
Data journalists
Academics
Tie-in with smart city project and working groupSupport the
increase of supply of local governments open data
Stimulate use of open data by businesses
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Thank you!
@[email protected]@planejamento.gov.br
Secretariat of
Information Technology
Ministry of
Planning, Development& Management
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