Open Data & Soft Power | Geopolitique du Cyberespace

From Google Translate: "It is clear that in terms of Open data, the Americans, and especially the British, are in charge. The international claims of British institutions and their presence in much of the globe bear witness to assumed leadership. But these institutions are now resonating funds for the French discourse on data use and open governance: offering the opportunity for French Open Data players to propose solutions in terms of governance, which , Reflects the French vision of the data openness movement that puts the common good, and the links between the public and private, at the heart of this new governance model.

As the map above shows, an actor has taken the lead, both on the European and international scene, in the movement to open up public data and in the movement towards open governance: Britain, Soft power ahead of the United States, which are far from accomplishing what the UK has set up. Indeed, as of 2011, a British offensive is emerging, akin to a demonstration of soft power well-stringed, and which now places the United Kingdom, as the first power in terms of openness. Simon Chignard, pointed out that this was a way of making their values ​​pass through the data.

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Our new data-driven economy - which sees the intermediation platforms as a dominant economic model - is disrupting the notion of sovereignty, as it has been and is still by the multiplication of service delegations. Opening up the data of the administration is also a way to restore control and understanding of reality to public decision-makers, who thus regain control over the territories they administer. If there are technical and legal ramifications so that it is not the Giants du Net (notably the Americans) who take advantage of the data released, the observation seems to be that it is undeniably necessary to turn to an economic model Similar to intermediation platforms, in order to retain control over our data, And our territories. In light of the British soft power, which currently marks the lead in open data, France aspires to become a model of open governance, in the form of a platform, and thereby impose its voice on digital. On June 18, 2015, Axelle Lemaire indicated in the announcement of the digital strategy that it was necessary to 'also move towards a coordinated platform strategy for public services, with a single entry portal to all The [State] services for users' (3), even though the advertisements seem to be still vague. If France is not one of the great powers of the digital world, the United States, China and the four cyber-dragons (South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, Singapore)"