open data meets devolution: open county initiative
DESCRIPTION
Open County Initiative is a programme spearheaded by the Open Institute to promote open government principles to sub-national governments in Kenya. Through this initiative, the Open Institute and its partners work with county governments to publish open data relating to development of the county. In addition, we work to build appetite for open data and empower citizens to use their voice to speak with government.TRANSCRIPT
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Open Data meets DevolutionThe Open County Initiative case.
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BACKGROUND
Kenya among the most recent countries to effect devolution (2010)
Spirit behind devolution Ensure equitable sharing of resources
Better service delivery Promote participation of citizens in governance
More robust citizen engagement Bring government closer to the people
More accountable government
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The Open County Initiative
Established by the Open Institute
Aims to support devolution by: Promoting development of Open Government
policies in sub-national governments (entrenching FOI)
Build tools to support National and County governments using Open Data
Build Appetite for Data and capacity for use among CSOs, Government, media and citizen groups
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Some of the activities of OCI (2014)
Helped organise the first devolution conference with Council of Governors
Supported development of Council of Governors website and structuring of County Government Data
Built capacity of Governors and senior government officials to appreciate data in government
Trained devolution CSOs on data literacy and visualisation
Organised roundtables for County governments with CSOs
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Stakeholders
• Governor• Department Secretaries• Management Level (ICT,
Treasury, Communications)
• Community media• Open Government working
group• Devolution working group
• Transitional Authority
• COG• COB• CIC• CRA
• Ministry of Devolution & Planning
• Treasury• Auditor General• ICT
National government
Independent Constitutional
bodies
47 County GovernmentsCSOs & Media
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The challenge of data
Devolution came into effect March 2013 Focus on transferring functions (and budgets and
control) from National Government to County Governments
Counties have no capacity to collect and manage data
Structure of power and control still major point of discussion
Accountability a major concern for citizens (therefore for governors political considerations)
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The Open County Dashboard
http://kenya.opencounty.org
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Intended outcomes
Improved accountability by county government To COB as required by law To citizens
Increase reporting automation Therefore reduce time and cost involved in reporting
process
Improved quality and usability of Open Data For public service use For public consumption
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Dashboard
Budgets
Allocated budget
Release information
Allocation (dept)
Projects
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Dashboard (continued)
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Success
1st County Dashboard
2013 Data liberated for 16 counties (early adopters)
Capacity development at county level 12 county governments Data LitCamps
At least 8 can upload data directly Data LitCamps CSOs & Community media at least 12
counties
2014 data not approved for publication
Clear appetite for data among community CSOs
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County Government LitCamps
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CSO LitCamps
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The road ahead for dashboard (Kenya)
Extend the Open County dashboard usage across all 47 counties Develop interfaces for Auditor General
Advocate for dashboard usage as policy
Increase amount of data in the dashboard
Include Contracts data in the tracking
Start trending with 2014 approved data
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Replicability: Bauchi State, Nigeria
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http://opencounty.org