[open-government] [okfn-discuss] open data assessment

[Carlos Iglesias]

Hi namesake!

You may also be interested in the Open Government Data feasibility Reports
published by the Web Foundation (there are more under way).

http://www.webfoundation.org/2011/05/open-government-data-reports-published/

The methodology is based on the findings from the aforementioned "Becky
study" and it is also under continuous development and refinement.
It has been also used to conduct country studies by other institutions
http://www.cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=39 and served as input for the World Bank
readiness assessment toolkit.

My personal experience is that although as Daniel said assessment is not an
easy task, I would say also that it is really a recommended good practise
before starting a OGD initiative at any level (national, regional or
local). I've been involved in the methodology development and further
refinement, as well as in some of the assessment studies, so if you have
any question please don't hesitate to contact me.

Regards,
 CI.

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Carlos Iglesias
Independent Open Data Consultant
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On 16 March 2013 09:57, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi Carlos,
>
> the UN (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public
> Administration and Development Management) have developed what is called the
>
> "Open Government Data for Citizen Engagement in Managing
> DevelopmentToolkit (OGDCE Toolkit)"
>
>
> http://www.unpan.org/DPADM/ProductsServices/OpenGovernmentDataandServices/tabid/1536/language/en-US/Default.aspx
>
> It also has a chapter on country readiness assessment (page 50..)
>
> I recommend also having a look at Becky Hogge. Open Data Study, 2011,
>
> http://www.transparency-initiative.org/reports/open-data-study-new-technologies
>
> My personal view on this is that as of today assessing a countries'
> readiness to start an OGD initiative is  not trivially. Little is known
> about enabling environments and actual impacts of OGD policies and more
> research is needed. Hope to see more on this here:
> http://www.opendataresearch.org/
>
> Maybe also of interest the latest topic report on Open Data in Developing
> Countries
> http://epsiplatform.eu/content/topic-report-open-data-developing-countries
>
>
> * looping in OGD and open development WG's lists, to see if others have
> more...
>
> All the best
> Daniel
>
>
> On 16 Mar 2013, at 09:11, Andrew Stott <andrew.stott at dirdigeng.com> wrote:
>
> > Carlos
> >
> > The World Bank have developed one: seehttp://
> data.worldbank.org/about/open-government-data-toolkit/readiness-assessment-tool Although some of the language is in terms of countries, it is applicable
> to regions and to municipalities too.
> >
> > The World Bank is seeking continuous improvement, so a commentable
> version has been posted (there’s a link on the page above) and the
> intention is to revise it periodically in the light of comments from the
> community and of feedback from operational use.
> >
> > I believe that translations into Russian, French and Spanish are under
> way.
> >
> > Please note that this is a *readiness assessment* tool; that’s a
> different task from assessing open data initiatives which have already been
> developed.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > From: okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Perez-Brito
> > Sent: 16 March 2013 01:04
> > To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
> > Subject: [okfn-discuss] open data assessment
> >
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > A quick question, has anyone developed an open data assessment tool, for
> example, a short survey or a framework to assess how ready is a country, a
> sector (health or education ministry for example) or organization to begin
> an open data initiative?
> >
> > Please let me know, thanks so much,
> >
> > Carlos
> >
> > --
> > Carlos T. Perez-Brito
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