open standards and apis for a better world - nordic apis stockholm 2014
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How can open standards and APIs be used to improve public service delivery in the developing world? What are the challenges and lessons learned from developing and implementing a common open data standard globally? What is the role of the tech community and API specialists in such a process? Pernilla Näsfors is working as a Development Data Specialist at the World Bank, helping recipients of aid to open up and standardize the data in their country systems. At the Nordic APIs Stockholm conference on March 31, 2014, Pernilla Näsfors was sharing her experiences from working with other international aid donors and local governments at the World Bank, and from her previous job as the product manager of the Openaid.se website at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), one of the first Swedish government websites with an open API.TRANSCRIPT
Open Standards and APIs for a Better World
Nordic APIs Stockholm2014-03-31
Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanwww.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors
“An investment in better information is an
investment in better development”
- APC Colombia (La Agencia
Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia)
World Bank Goals- Ending Extreme Poverty
- Decrease the percentage of people living with less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030
- Promoting Shared Prosperity - Promote income growth of the bottom
40% of the population in each country
The Open World Bank
What We Know (Data, Research &
Knowledge)
• Open Data Initiative • Open Knowledge Repository • Knowledge Reports
What We Do (Operations, Finances
& Results) • Projects & Operations • Open Finances • IEG Evaluations • Mapping for Results • Corporate Scorecard • AidFlows
How We Work (Partnerships for
Openness) • Open Aid Partnership • Open Government Partnership • Knowledge Platforms • Kenya/Moldova Open Data Portal
Access to Information Policy
Open Aid Partnership
- Turning aid reporting upside down- www.openaidmap.org
World Bank APIs- Indicators (time series data)- Projects (World Bank operations)- World Bank Finances- Climate Data- RESTful with (at least)JSON and XML- data.worldbank.org/developers
> 8000 Indicators
Environment
External Debt
AgricultureEconomy
Gender
Public Sector
Urban Development
Health
Climate Change
Trade
Poverty
Private Sector
Social Development
Aid Effectiveness
#IATI
InfrastructureRural Development
Energy
Science & Technology
Education
Social Protection & Labor
Growth
Openaid.se
Openaid.se
- Hub for statistics and documents about Swedish development cooperation from the 70s until today- Openaid.se API launched 2011- Moving to IATI API
IATI =InternationalAidTransparencyInitiative
iatistandard.org
Multi-stakeholder
Traceability
Publish OnceUse Often
IATI$
CRS$
FSS$
FTS$
EDRIS$
IFAF$
AIMS$
“Dogfooding”
- Using your Public API as a Private API is like“Eating your own dog food”
- Organizations who use their own IATI data for visualizations etc tend to increase their data quality
IATI APIs
- IATI Datastore- http://datastore.iatistandard.org
- OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman
- http://oipa.openaidsearch.org
- AidData - http://aiddata.org/api-documentation
Challenges- Timely, comprehensive and forward
looking data- Data quality- Traceability with e.g. budget and
unique organization identifiers- Access and use of data- Governance
How Can You Contribute?
How do you think you and your organization can contribute to creating a better world using your skills and expertise?
#ICT4D =Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Follow e.g. @SidaICT4D
#OKFEST14 =Open Knowledge FestivalBerlin, 15-17 July 2014- Open Minds to Open Action- www.okfestival.org & @okfestival- Working Groups: okfn.org/wg/
e.g. Open Development / #opendev- Local groups: se.okfn.org & @okfnse
Thank You! Now Go and Save
Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanpernillan.se <3