[open-government] open-government Digest, Vol 51, Issue 20

Wed May 28 01:08:08 UTC 2014

Hello members! This is the first time I connect here, but always following
the updates.

Im among the finalists of the Dean's grant challenge at Columbia/SIPA.
Our project in an open gov toolkit.

I would like to take a look at evaluation papers on this field and keep
exchanging ideas!
 On May 27, 2014 6:10 AM, <open-government-request at lists.okfn.org> wrote:

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>    1. Papers about evaluating impact of OpenData (Mart?n Szyszlican)
>    2. The Ambition of Open Government Partnership (Martin Tisne)
>    3. Open Government and Open Humanitarianism (Leandro Salazar-Li?vano)
>    4. Open Government and Open Humanitarianism (Leandro Salazar-Li?vano)
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> Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 14:47:38 +0000
> From: Mart?n Szyszlican <martinsz at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [open-government] Papers about evaluating impact of OpenData
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> Hello Everyone, this is my first email to this list. I'll introduce myself
> briefly. I work for Congreso Interactivo (www.congresointeractivo.org), a
> grassroots open data initiative in Argentina, and I also belong to the
> Sinapsis UX Research Team (www.accesibleyusable.org/sinapsis).
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> In this context I want to research about how ot measure effectiveness of
> different open data initiatives, mashups, websites, etc.
>
> Given my background, I tend to think that usability evaluations of the
> interface, plus gathering feedback from users will give a good measure of
> how well each app is implemented and how effective it is in reaching it's
> beneficiaries.
>
> But it would be great if people in this group will help me find literature
> so I could support or refute that claim (that usability is a good
> measurement for open data initiatives), and in the negative case,
> complement my study with a more comoprehensive technique.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mart?n.
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>
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> *Mart?n Szyszlican*
> Desarrollo web usable y accesible
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> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 10:40:20 +0100
> From: Martin Tisne <mtisne at omidyar.com>
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> Subject: [open-government] The Ambition of Open Government Partnership
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> http://tisne.org/2014/05/27/the-ambition-of-open-government-partnership/
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> The Ambition of Open Government Partnership
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> Posted on May 27, 2014
>
> Coming back from two weeks on the road for OGP events, I?ve been struck by
> a few important developments within the global platform that OGP has now
> clearly become that I wanted to share:
>
> (1) This seems obvious, but it?s worth emphasizing the degree to which OGP
> is a truly global platform. I was fortunate to attend the Paris Conference
> ?from Open Data to Open Gov? where France announced it would join OGP. Then
> on to Bali, Indonesia where the Indonesian government hosted over 600
> representatives  from all over the Asia Pacific region (incl. 20
> representatives from Burma) for two days in an event presided by President
> Yudhoyono,  Minister Kuntoro and civil society co-chair Rakesh Rajani. And
> finally to Dublin, Ireland where the Irish government hosted what was
> likely the most important peer learning event to date where 29 European OGP
> country members discussed and debated lessons learned from their first OGP
> action plans as they prepare or finalise their second action plans. The
> level of government/civil society exchange taking place is symbolically and
> practically helping us re-imagine government.
>
> (2) The Independent Reporting Mechanism ? the independent body that
> monitors progress of OGP national action plans ? has ?starred? those
> government commitments that have significant social impact, are
> substantially or fully completed, and relevant to OGP values. 21% of OGP
> commitments to date are starred. This means that out of 958 government
> commitments, 194 commitments were ambitious, in line with OGP values and
> mostly or fully completed. From a funder?s perspective, I think this makes
> OGP one of the best returns on investment we?ve had. I can?t think of any
> other program I?ve been involved in that has led to almost 200 instances of
> change in 43 countries around the world in less than 3 years. (Overall, 54%
> are substantially or completely implemented.)
>
> There are three other areas I?ve also been struck by in recent weeks and
> that point to OGP?s transformation and maturation as a global platform:
>
> (3) OGP was created as a form of ?solidarity network? to bring reformers
> together, and it seems to be working. OGP has become a platform where
> senior politicians from both the left and right of the political spectrum
> come together, work together and relate to one another as ?open government
> reformers?. This will create fascinating dynamics over the years to come.
> One of these dynamics is already apparent ? foreign ministries are becoming
> more involved in OGP. This is important ? we need diplomatic presence
> (clearer linkages to open government reform opportunities at the G20 and
> post-2015 development framework are precious). But I suspect the long-term
> success of OGP may in part be predicated on how well we strike the balance
> between OGP as a platform for reformers vs. a diplomatic forum. Domestic
> open government reformers could help inform and improve these international
> negotiations.
>
> (4) The importance of what we call ?peer learning?, i.e. how countries can
> learn from one another and replicate innovations from one country to the
> other (but also learn from their failures). Countries are committed:
> success going forward is about supporting their capacity to fulfill their
> commitments. We are starting to see some instances of exchange, but we
> still far too episodic (i.e. they happen but we don?t know enough how or
> why they happen). We are experimenting with the creation of smaller
> networks of open government reformers to see how these forums could help
> boost learning and networking.
>
> (5) How best to harness the potential of the private sector: we are still
> missing investors at the table. If ?open government is good for business?
> as the OGP private sector council states, then where are the sovereign
> wealth funds, the pensions funds? These should benefit from better risk
> analysis and due diligence if they had both had (a) rigorous and extensive
> data on open government in a range of countries (see above), and (b) the
> ability of tools to quantify these.
>
> I?ll be writing a few of these up in more detail and very happy to discuss
> if anyone would like more detail.
>
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> Martin Tisn?
> Director, Policy
> Omidyar Network UK Limited
> Cell: +44 782 388 7414
> Landline: +44 20 7033 8655
> Email: mtisne at omidyar.com
> Twitter: @martintisne
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> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 12:06:52 +0200
> From: Leandro Salazar-Li?vano <leandrosalazarfr at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [open-government] Open Government and Open Humanitarianism
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> Good morning all,
>
> Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Leandro Salazar and I'm currently
> working at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
> Affairs on a project that we call 'Open Humanitarianism'. We are basically
> collecting information on 'Open Government' to start establishing the
> pillars of our project.
>
> My colleagues and I would really appreciate any suggestions on documents,
> websites, authors or any other help related to that matter.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
>
> *Leandro SALAZAR-LIEVANO*
> Field Information Services (FIS)
> United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
> Universit? d'Aix-Marseille
> Master 2 N?gociations Internationales
> Gen?ve, Switzerland
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> Mobile: + 33 6 20 25 46 88              Linkedin: Leandro SALAZAR
> Skype: leoslzr                                         Twitter: @teachaleo
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> UN Mail: salazarlievano at un.org
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> Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 12:10:36 +0200
> From: Leandro Salazar-Li?vano <leandrosalazarfr at gmail.com>
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> Good morning all,
>
> Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Leandro Salazar and I'm currently
> working at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
> Affairs on a project that we call 'Open Humanitarianism'. We are basically
> collecting information on 'Open Government' to start establishing the
> pillars of our project.
>
> My colleagues and I would really appreciate any suggestions on documents,
> websites, authors or any other help related to that matter.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
>
> *Leandro SALAZAR-LIEVANO*
> Field Information Services (FIS)
> United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
> Universit? d'Aix-Marseille
> Master 2 N?gociations Internationales
> Gen?ve, Switzerland
>
> Mobile: + 33 6 20 25 46 88              Linkedin: Leandro SALAZAR
> Skype: leoslzr                                         Twitter: @teachaleo
> Google Mail: leandrosalazarfr at gmail.com
> UN Mail: salazarlievano at un.org
> www.unocha.org
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