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David Kane's presentation about open data and what it might mean for your organisation at the NCVO Annual Conference 2011. David is a Research Development Officer at NCVO, http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/networking-discussions/blogs/20591/11/01/31/civil-society-20-how-open-data-will-change-your-organisa
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Open Data and the Voluntary Sector
NCVO Annual Conference1st March 2011, London
Charities and openness:The story so far
Openness is part of
being a good
charity
… and part of charity regulation
"The register [of charities] … shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times"
Charities Act 1960
open data community led by (parts of) civil society
Government has released data…
…VCS often included but
not separately identified
Charities are being transparent…
Developers are entering the field
vsCollect the data Secondary data
Closed license – no commercial use
Open license
Access by applying for CD Download as CSV
Web access for humans Web access for humans and computers
No link to other datasets Link to other datasets (eg Big Lottery Fund,
government spending data)
NCVO has released data…
…and set up a data store
But should be owned by sector, not by NCVO
Others are releasing data
Why embrace open data?
Inform campaigning and lobbying
Improve your services
Demonstrate your impact
Do public services better
Challenges of open data
Resources and skills
Costs of time and money, Need skills in organisation: handling data, analysis, publishing on the web
But can be built on a range of free tools.
Large, active developer community willing to help and keen to try new things.
Reputation and Competition
Will you lose out by revealing your secrets and failures?
Or will open data demonstrate honesty and ability to quickly learn from
mistakes?
Compulsory
Will public contracts require that open data is released?
What about grant applications?Will donors demand you release data?
But will demonstrating transparency help you bid?
Some references
• opencharities.org• data.ncvo-vol.org.uk• ckan.net/group/civil-society• www.publishwhatyoufund.org• transparency.number10.gov.uk• slideshare.net/podnosh/ncvo-needs-conference
[email protected] | @kanedr | #opendata