10 recommendations to maximise open data impact
Fecha de la noticia: 01-04-2016
Last 23rd March, the GovLab and Omidyar Network published the report Open Data Impact: When Demand and Supply Mee where key findings about the social, economic, cultural and political impact of open data are released, based on the analysis of 19 case studies from around the world. These case studies serve as the base to understand when and how open data works; as, so far, there are few systematic analyses that assess real impact of open data.
The initiative Open Data’s Impact has selected nineteen stories to evaluate their geographic and sectoral representativeness. To this end, a combination of desk research and in-depth interview with projects’ key players has been used. In order to systematically interpret the collected data, an analytical framework was built and applied across each case study analysing the three following parameters: key dimensions of impact, key enabling conditions and key challenges.
The report concludes with ten recommendations designed for policymakers, advocates, users, and other stakeholders in the open data community. Together with each conclusion, the study includes a few concrete methods of implementation that help turn the general recommendation into real impact. This set of recommendations and methodologies has been called “Next Generation Open Data Roadmap”, a plan which guides the research of open data potential across geographies, sectors and demographics.
Together with the release of the key findings report, Open Data’s Impact has aldo launched an “Additional Resources” section on its website, whose objective is to provide context on the case studies, and to point in the direction of other complementary research, including:
- A “repository of repositories,” other compendiums of open data case studies and sources.
- A compilation of some popular open data glossaries.
- A number of open data research publications and reports, with a particular focus on impact.
- A collection of open data definitions and a matrix of analysis to help assess those definitions.
The team of Open Data’s Impact invite user to participate in this project with their thoughts on the report or at its website. To leave comments or suggestions, user should contact Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at The Govlab.
