1. tonzijlstra.eu
knowledge work, learning, social media
Making #opendata work for
the EU Public Sector
Dublin, 22 November 2012
@epsiplatform @ton_zylstra

2. husetsweb.dk

3. wheelmap.org

4. openspending.org

5. “We will open up the public sector”

6. 2012 EC, 2013 EU, 2014-2020

7. economic impact
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5858059202/

8. Dutch Meteo: 100, 35M
Finnish SME’s: 15%
Spain: 5000, 350M
EU: 140B

9. Min BZK
transparency
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/3856928872/

11. Networked life, networked
WIIFM?
work, networked learning
your psb here..
avoiding the compliance trap

12. Costs too much; What’s the business case; Has commercial value; Possible
privacy issues; Confidential info; It’s not ours, and we don’t know who owns it;
It’s not ours and supplier won’t allow it; The quality isn’t very good; We don’t
know where it is; Not our job; It’s in a useless format anyway; I don’t have the
authority; People will misuse the data; People will use it wrongly; Only we
understand our data; We’ll get sued; Files are just too big; Too little bandwith;
It starts with this, but where’s the end? It’s there, but can’t be opened; Data is
dated/too old; It’s not in digital format; Is this even legal?; Our Minister says no;
We never have done this before, why start now?; I don’t see the use; Nobody will
Networked life, networked
be interested; No time; No resources; Just do FOIA requests; We’ll publish it
redacted; It’s not complete; It contains errors; It’s commercially sensitive;
work, networked learning
Combining this with other data is dangerous; People will come to wrong
conclusions; People will get lost and confused; It will trigger endless discussions;
We can’t confirm or deny we have that data; We’ll get feedback, and can’t handle
that; Our IT supplier says it’s not possible; Our IT supplier will charge too much;
Our site will crash; It’s already online! (but in unfindable PDFs); If people
download it and use it later it will be outdated; I can’t take responsibility for all the
reuse; People will get angry; Our data is in contradiction to the data of the
department that is in charge of the topic; Only we truly understand.....statistics/
meteo/geo/laws; We’ll disrupt the market; It will only be used to attack us.
fig leaves for inaction

13. real obstacles
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsiplatform/5737203950/)

14. new
existing
tech is not the key issue

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/docjohnboy/4106899304/
legal is not the key issue

16. Networked life, networked
<<1%
work, networked learning
cost is not the key issue

17. making the transition is

18. Networked life, networked
WIIFM?
work, networked learning
your psb here..
making it relevant to your public task

19. open data as policy instrument

20. questions
• What do we have?
• How far from ‘open data’?
• Motivating external partners?
• Publishing as standard process?
• Embedding it in contracts/procurement?
• Opportunities for the city government?

21. policy goals
Participation
Getting into the city
Sustainability (2020 energy neutral)
Budget surplus in 2014
‘Societal real estate’
Increase self management
Tourism, culture capital 2018

22. issue
value, efficiency, impact
stakeholders open data
open data as policy instrument

23. e.g. maintenance

24. e.g. road safety

25. e.g. cultural heritage

26. source: David Osimo http://epsiplatform.eu/content/
collaborative-e-gov-services-get-better-more-people-
use-them
changing government services

27. Stockholm

28. issue
value, efficiency, impact
stakeholders open data
build your triangles, hunt for examples

29. tap into the abundance

30. join us at epsiplatform.eu

31. tonzijlstra.eu
knowledge work, learning, social media
Credits
All photos: Ton Zijlstra, by nc sa
Except where mentioned on the photo.
Slides: Ton Zijlstra, by
Slides: http://slideshare.net/epsiplatform
Blog: http://zylstra.org/blog
Contact: ton@tonzijlstra.eu
Skype: ton_zylstra