Open Data and civil society

Sanjana HattotuwaTED FellowEditor, groundviews.org | Senior Researcher, Centre for Policy Alternatives

open data: information vs. mindset http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/25/can-big-data-stop-wars-before-they-happen/

‘glocal’ pulse A local and global nervous system

twitter : a pulse of #srilanka https://tweetdeck.twitter.com

facebook: a pulse of #srilanka http://www.facebook.com

instagram: a pulse of #srilanka http://www.instagram.com

herefeed | instagram geo-tagged http://herefeed.com

sightsmap: Panoramio geo-tagged http://www.sightsmap.com

twitter archives: capturing for posterity https://twitter.com/groundviews/status/614615329906409472

twitter archives: capturing for posterity https://twitter.com/groundviews/status/614615329906409472

civic media data driven journalism

infographics: CPA http://www.cpalanka.org/sri-lankan-perceptions-on-life-post-war/

infographics: CPA http://www.cpalanka.org/infographic-happysrilankans/

google earth: witnessing inconvenience https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/sri-lanka-using-google-earth-as-a-storytelling-tool/s2/a553236/

data driven journalism: multiple lenses http://groundviews.org/2010/11/19/record-breaking-rice-cakes-but-at-what-cost/

investigative journalism: hacking team http://groundviews.org/2015/07/15/hacking-the-hackers-surveillance-in-sri-lanka-revealed/

investigative journalism: #cokepollutes http://groundviews.org/2015/09/26/cokepollutes-signatories-to-petition-and-archive-of-tweets-against-coca-cola/

opening up Prising open closed data

google public data: open data on the web http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

world bank data: open data on sri lanka http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&country=LKA&series=&period=

gdelt: media monitoring globally http://gdeltproject.org/about.html

lanka data: national data archive of SL http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/home

lanka sis: dept. of census and statistics http://sis.statistics.gov.lk

dept. of census and statistics: portal http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Indicators/htdocs/index.php

central bank of sri lanka: macro-economic lens http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/htm/english/08_stat/stat.html

open data portal: for developers, by ICTA https://icta.lk/index.php/open-data-portal

ocha and survey dept: aid data http://reliefweb.int/report/sri-lanka/saving-sri-lankan-lives-through-open-data

open data & aid Data driven relief ops

humanitarian response: HDX https://data.hdx.rwlabs.org

policymaking Data driven governance

open cities data: US http://us-city.census.okfn.org

open data: zurich http://opendata.ch/category/zurich/

UN high level panel on post-’15 development agenda http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-agenda/

UN high level panel on post-’15 development agenda http://www.post2015hlp.org/featured/high-level-panel-releases-recommendations-for-worlds-next-development-agenda/

Post-2015 Conversations on Twitter http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

Post-2015 Conversations on Twitter http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

Post-2015 Conversations on Twitter http://post2015.unglobalpulse.net

beyond transparency book http://beyondtransparency.org

build better, they will come http://www.socrata.com

meanwhile in sri lanka…

open data blog: inaction, disinterest? http://blog.data.gov.lk

challenges big data brings big challenges

“government as platform”media literacy as a prerequisite

open data vs. rightsmore data, more access vs. bounded use, sunset clauses

privacy optionala new data rich class

platforms vs end users cost & ease of access determines ways of

use

process event

thank you sanjanahattotuwa@ict4peace.org