[open-development] Towards Open Development Data - white paper published

Tue Jun 26 15:26:00 UTC 2012

Dear all,

TNO in collaboration with Partos and Open for Change in the Netherlands has prepared a white paper with the title "Towards Open Development Data". You can download the paper via http://openforchange.info/content/towards-open-development-data. In this white paper, we explore the potential of open development data as an instrument to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy of NGO's development processes. Open development data is part of the transition towards a more open, information-driven and networked development sector, also termed Open Development.

Open development data is hailed as a strong instrument for NGOs to make their work more transparent and be more accountable towards their stakeholders. This is expected to have a positive effect on the legitimacy question that is currently posed on the sector. Next, the active re-use of open development data promises more effective development services and management, improved flow of information, and increased opportunities for stakeholder engagement and ownership by partners in the South.

Currently, only 55 organisations have published their data in the IATI standard. The slow uptake has technological, organizational, economic, political, and cultural reasons. To overcome these hampering factors we discuss 8 next steps for the development sector. This paper will serve as input for further work and research on open development (data). If you are interested to participate or support this research, join the presentation at ODDC this Friday in Amsterdam or contact Marijn Rijken marijn.rijken at tno.nl<mailto:marijn.rijken at tno.nl>, Anne-Marie Heemskerk amh at partos.nl<mailto:amh at partos.nl> or Rolf Kleef rolf at openforchange.info<mailto:rolf at openforchange.info>.

Best regards,
Marijn Rijken

Ir. M. (Marijn) Rijken
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