Open Data for Sustainable Development | TheSquealer.Net

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Summary:

"With open data, there is more open engagement. It is more about promoting civic engagement (health, education, local government, business, etc.) and decision making. It increases citizens’ voice and accountability — an efficient and effective way of doing things.

Open data, is a great resource that is as yet largely untapped. Many individuals and organizations collect a broad range of different types of data in order to perform their tasks. Government is particularly significant in this respect, both because of the quantity and centrality of the data it collects, but also because most of that government data is public data by law, and therefore could be made open and made available for others to use.

This is of much interest because there are many areas where open data is expected to be of value, with already existing examples of how it has been used. There are also many different groups of people and organizations who can benefit from the availability of open data, including government itself (to be discussed in next write up). At the same time it is impossible to predict precisely how and where value will be created in the future – as developments and the nature of innovation often comes from unlikely places."

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08/01/2017, 22:38

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