Open Data for Malaysia

Open Data Readiness Assessment MAMPU and World Bank

Ton Zijlstra, ton@tonzijlstra.eu, @ton_zylstra Carolina Vaira #jomkongsidata

25th May 2017

Outline

● What open data is, how it creates value

● The ODRA Methodology

● Key Results

● Recommendations / Actions

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Data, that

is public, and in machine readable formats

can be freely downloaded, used, re-used & redistributed

by anyone

for any purpose

four good

reasons

more efficient public services

more effective public services

more transparency

socio-economic activity

OPEN data

open

DATAvs

Open Data Readiness Assessment (ODRA) http://opendatatoolkit.worldbank.org/en/odra.html

ODRA

● A quick diagnostic tool

● Not a scorecard, evolving, not absolute

● Gives a cross-government overview

● Suggest actions possible in current situation

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8ODRA looks at 8 dimensions

ODRA for Malaysia

● At request of & in close collaboration with MAMPU

● Desk research: policies, laws, statistics

● Interviews with dozens of agencies

● Interviews with academia, business community, civil society

● Comparison with international practices

● Draft report for feedback and WB internal review9

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/529011495523087262/Open-data-readiness-assessment-Malaysia

Overall Findings

● Most building blocks are in place

● Very rich in digital data, ● Well developed structures and capabilities, ● General policy goals well aligned ● Lead agency with high level support, ● Circular, ● Portal, ● Engagement activities

● Building blocks need more connections to really drive impact of open data

● Legal aspects, agency buy-in, data provision, and stakeholder relations need most attention 11

Overall Findings: Dimensional Assessments

1. Senior Leadership 4. Data Availability and Management

6. Civic Engagement and Capabilities for

Open Data

2. Policy and Legal Framework ODRA 7. Funding an Open

Data Program

3. Institutional Structures,

Responsibilities, and Capabilities

5. Demand for open data

8. National tech and skills infrastructure

Legal aspects

● No single guiding legal framework

● Strongly devolved decision making on sharing data (to both government and public)

● Obstacle: uncertainty and inconsistency, case by case decisions, escalated to high level

● Opportunity: agency by agency, decisions can be based on expected impact for data holding agency itself

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Agency buy-in

● More government champions needed, more awareness and buy-in

● Perception of open data as useful government instrument will increase momentum

● Connecting data provision to domain / sector related policy goals

● Strong demand for examples from elsewhere

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Data Provision

● Often hard to get data currently, also G2G

● Case by case decisions at high level

● High-value data sets, continuity

● Fee structures likely inhibit latent demand

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Stakeholder relations

● Strong demand from academia, business community, and some civil society organisations (less from wider civil society and media)

● Unmet demand (geo, Denge, stats, other)

● Need for more continuous relationships, and at agency level. Also to help develop demand.

● Not just after but also before publication of data

● Offers of help to improve quality of data 16

Recommendations for action

● Increase impact of current situation

● Efficiency and effectiveness for the public sector

● Enable socio-economic impact

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Increase impact of current situation

● Increase awareness and buy-in inside agencies, find more advocates

● Focus on (granular, specific) outcomes

● Link to sectoral policy goals

● Meet existing demand

● Collect and share examples

● Agency by agency approach 19

value, efficiency, impact

linking open data to sectoral policy goals

policy issue

stakeholders open data

ideally data provision reflects national policy goals

if you know why, you’ll see the impact

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ringroadproductions/144808172/

Efficiency and effectiveness for the public sector

● Clarify legal situation for specific agencies / data sets ● Streamline decision making processes for providing

data, make default decisions, automate frequent requests, provide as open data (Circular)

● Look at fees, abolish when economically illogical

● Meet interagency demand with open data, as the cheapest way to exchange

● Welcome assistance from other stakeholders

● Agency by agency, MAMPU for guidance 23

Enable socio-economic impact

● Improve openness of existing published data (machine readability, open license)

● Publish agency inventories of existing data (triggers demand)

● Simplify ways to request data, and to entertain questions (articulates demand)

● Invest energy in intensive and frequent contact between external stakeholders and agencies

● Create a continuous dialogue around demand and possibilities (e.g. ODUG) 24

Wie is hier extern

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aidan_jones/1234618279

collaborative connections more than implementation

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