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6 BLOCKS OF OPEN DATA

6 BLOCKS OF OPEN DATA. The Kenyan Experience By Al Kags, Chair Kenya Open Data Taskforce. THE OPEN DATA INITIATIVE MIND MAP. THE SIX BLOCKS. LEADERSHIP POLICY & LEGAL FRAMEWORK TECHNOLOGY & APPS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT INNOVATION & FINANCING. (COLOUR CODE FROM MINDMAP).

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6 BLOCKS OF OPEN DATA

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  1. 6 BLOCKS OF OPEN DATA The Kenyan Experience By Al Kags, Chair Kenya Open Data Taskforce

  2. THE OPEN DATA INITIATIVE MIND MAP

  3. THE SIX BLOCKS • LEADERSHIP • POLICY & LEGAL FRAMEWORK • TECHNOLOGY & APPS • CAPACITY BUILDING • CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT • INNOVATION & FINANCING (COLOUR CODE FROM MINDMAP)

  4. LEADERSHIP (KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) The arguments for different audiences – Development vs. Accountability, Selling Open to Politicians The availability of a champion – Someone who understands how to navigate the politics and the technocracy to win support across the board. Support at the highest level – The President of Kenya has been at the forefront of supporting Open

  5. POLICY & FRAMEWORKS(KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) Legislation & Constitution – Article 35 of Kenyan Constitution, Freedom of Information Bill etc. Cabinet Leadership – Create the necessary structures to ensure continuous supply side (publishing of data), creation & strengthening of necessary government bodies to manage process Judicial perspective – to promote openness through precedents and enforcement

  6. TECHNOLOGY & APPS(KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) Solid World Class Platform – For data curation and visualisation (Kenya used Socrata) Encourage Application Development – For interesting narrative development depending on relevance

  7. CAPACITY BUILDING(KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) Demonstrate benefits of Open for development – To C-Level Government executives in order to promote supply of data Facilitate knowledge of technical data handlers – For better curation, for more data acquisition (enable them to see more creative data as they come across it, and better narrative creation) Facilitate knowledge of ICT Officers – for better definition of ICT projects to support Open

  8. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT(KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) Grow user community – Academia, Non-profits/ Development workers, private sector, media Link the user community to app developers – to enable better visualisation and narrative development

  9. INNOVATION & FINANCING(KEY POINTS TO THINK ABOUT) Encourage Application development – Hackerthons & User competitions, Media Data Journalism Encourage private sector participation – make it a sustainable endeavour for growing the knowledge economy

  10. Importance of Partnership • Successful Open Data initiatives are Partnerships between Governments, Civil Societies and Private Sector • In Kenya, the World Bank was an important facilitator and partner of this (access to information, expertise and finance) • Successful national Open Data initiatives must be actively led by Government (for sustainability)

  11. IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE BY COMMITTED PEOPLE.

  12. Roll Credits (the Kenya Open Data Task Force) • Dr. Bitange Ndemo, PS, Information & Communications • Al Kags, Chairman • Paul Kukubo, Kenya ICT Board • Kaburo Kobia, Kenya ICT Board • Cleophas Kiio, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics • Jay Bhalla, Independent Consultant • Chris Finch, World Bank • Tracey Lane, World Bank • Athman Mohamed, Trademark East Africa • Angie Gachui, Triple Bottom line Associates • Gladwell Otieno, Africog • Michael Murungi, Kenya Law Reports • Ory Okolloh, Google • Dennis Gikunda, Google • Daudi Were, iHub • Juliana Rotich, iHub, • Vincent Mugambi, Microsoft • Philip Thigo, Sodnet

  13. Contact Al Kags alkags@good.co.ke http://www.opendata.go.ke

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