Moldova Government Open Data Initiative: Status-quo and Strategic Priorities, presented at the Open Government Partnership European Regional Meeting in Dublin, May 8-9th, 2014

1. Government of Moldova E-Government Center
Open Data, Transparency and Good Governance
MOLDOVA EXPERIENCE
@STELA MOCAN
E-GOVERNMENT CENTER/GOVERNMENT CIO
#OGPDUBLIN, EUROPEAN REGIONAL MEETING, MAY 8-9TH, 2014

2. Open Data: The NEW NORMAL for Governments
Economic & Social Value
Public Service Delivery
Government Transparency & Accountability

3. Strategic Program for Governance Technological
Modernization 2011-2020
10.05.2014e-Government Center3

4. Open Data
E-Government
Open Government
Access to data
Moldova Open Data Approach

5. Apr2011 Feb 2014 Apr 2014Dec 2011 Apr 2012 Dec 2012 Apr 2013
734 datasets
3090 resources
Joined OGP Approved Law on PSI reuse
Open Data Initiative since 2011

6. Institutionalizing Open Data in Moldova
April 2011 – Open Data Directive Nr. 1,
signed by Prime Minister, ministries to
release at least 3 datasets monthly;
Slow pace of publishing data
February 2012  Open Data Directive
Nr.2 signed by Prime Minister,
establishing an Open Data Focal Points in
each ministry, responsible for publishing
open data on www.date.gov.md
December 2012 – Parliament passed the
Law on public sector information reuse,
which set the conditions for accessing and
reusing public sector information (open
data license).

7. Apps
Developers
Journalists
Development Partners
Private Sector
Open Data Ecosystem

8. Open Data: Challenges
Supply Side:
• resistance to opening public data for reuse
• Lots of data is on paper, low level of data digitization
• lots of public data available for visualizations, but not for
bulk download and reuse free of charge
• Most of structured public data is held by state enterprises,
which offer information as a paid service
• Lack of open data standards and data managements
skills among public servants
Demand Side:
• insufficient awareness of the value of open data and
limited skills to use it among journalists, business, CSOs

9. Data Journalism Bootcamp
BOOST training
Open Government Day
Hackathon
Open Data Knowledge Exchanges
Open Innovation Week, May 2012

10. ABC of Open Data
Awareness & Communication
egov.md
Facebook.com/datedeschise
@eGovCenterMD
@DateGovMD

11. Open Data: Immediate Priorities
Governance e-Transformation Action Plan 2014
• Open Data Policy, Open Data by Default Framework
• Government Interoperability Platform:
- set of standards, will publish national sets of classifiers
- allow publishing of information exchange through interoperability
platform directly on date.gov.md
• Open Contracting
• Improved capability of government and civil society in data
management and reuse