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Digital Creativity
Open Data and Open
Partnerships to facilitate Open
Government
WORLD IP DAY APRIL 2016
2016-04-24
Agenda
Purpose
Introduction
Commitment
To whom does it apply?
What does open mean
Global ranking
ICT enabler
What needs to be done to ensure open data?
Conclusion
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Purpose
How can open data and open partnership
across public and private sector enable
economic growth and effective
government services considering the
benefits and cost for an integrated and
Open Government civil society?
Digital creativity
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Introduction
 South Africa like any other developing country is embarking on
the concept of doing more with less.
 The challenge is to improve the quality of service through the use
of ICT while at the same time reducing the cost. Data and
Information Management practices are often the best ‘unrealised
or untapped’ opportunities to directly address these high-level
challenges, especially when it comes to common and shared
services.
 One of the greatest opportunities and challenges facing
policymakers today is the ever increasing significance of data.
Data underpins our businesses and our economy, providing new
insights into citizen needs and enabling new products and
services to be developed.
 Data capability is underpinned by the ability of public and private
sector to access and share data appropriately.
 The open data revolution will change the way in which public and
private sector engage with citizens, develop policy, deliver
services, and the way they are held accountable.
 “Open data is data that can be freely used, shared and built-on
by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose.”
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Commitment
 Government is committed to develop an open data community involving the
public and private sector, communities, academia, and the citizen.
 The establishment of the Open Data ecosystem will benefit citizens by
providing access to cradle-to-grave information irrespective of data
ownership or origin.
 The success of open data hinges on the insight of Government and private
sector to make information transparent and available to citizens.
 There must be a drive for public-private partnership towards reuse of data
and information.
 In light of a lack of a current Open Data Policy for Government, and to
unleash the potential of Open Data, one of our next steps could be to come
up with an Open data Policy that sticks within South Africa much deeper and
making this fundamental change permanent. By doing piece meals, we can
demonstrate the value of open governance to economic growth, inclusive
development and improved citizen engagement and empowerment.
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To whom does Open Data apply?
 Openness can apply to information from any source and
about any topic.
 Anyone can release their data under an open license for
free use by and benefit to the public.
 Although we may think mostly about government and
public sector bodies releasing public information such as
budgets or maps, or researchers sharing their results data
and publications, any organisation can open information,
such as public and private sector, academia, State-OwnedCompanies, Non-Government-Organisations, Small, Medium
and Micro Enterprises, communities and citizens).
 Open data should not only concentrate on government
data, but should provide access to public and private
sector information and data with the aim of improving the
availability of data with proper access controls on the use of
the information.
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What does Open mean?
 Legal openness is the permission to get data legally, to
build on it, and to share it.
 Technical openness is to ensure that there are no
technical barriers to using that data.
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Global ranking
 Across the Globe, there are a myriad of evidence reflecting
the open data movement.
 In the 2014/15 Open Data Barometer Global Report,
published by the World-Wide-Web Foundation, indicates
that the United Kingdom, United States of America, Sweden
and New Zealand are the leaders at allowing open access
to government data.
 South Africa is currently 41st of the 86 countries covered in
the study, having the highest ranking in the Sub-Saharan
Africa group.
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What needs to be done to ensure open data?
 Establish a strong commitment to opening data;
 Ensure commitment to open partnerships and open data;
 Develop a government-wide framework on open data, through an inclusive process –
open information, open data and open dialogue.
 Review and evolve enabling legislations and practises with regards to open data;
 Identify and publish some information sets as open data in line with current
government and private sector legislative frameworks and guiding principles;
 Manage the availability of the data sets through data governance structures.
 Actively promote the use of open data inside government, so that government
becomes both a primary provider and a primary user of open data. This is fundamental
to make sure government is truly committed and also impacts the point made earlier
about internal skills. As government uses its own open data (inside and across agencies)
as well as open data published by private company, openness becomes business as
usual instead of being seen as a parallel, independent initiative. In order to stick, open
data must go to the core of how government operates.
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ICT Enabler
 As the enabler of ICT for Government SITA needs to lead the implementation of the
open data for government to ensure that it committed to open government, to
foster greater openness and accountability in government.
 This initiative will provide opportunities to learn about, participate, drive innovation
and to partner to ensure a responsive and efficient government.
 This can be done through the use of technological innovations (Such as cloud
services, big data, Internet of Government Things, etc.) to meet global and local
standards to empower the citizen (e-Services), government official and Industry
players to foster innovation and reform all-inclusive public services.
Collabo
ration
Participat
ion
Transpar
ency
Open Architecture
Open Data
Open Standards
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Conclusion
 We need to tap into the social, economic and cultural advantages of a
“inter connected government” that values information sharing and fosters
growth to allow data exchange and sharing across all spheres of
government.
 With transparency and accountability being the focal points, we believe
that by sharing and opening data in a consumable form, and not just
making it a compliance issue but looking at it as fundamental.
 As a way forward we will continue to consult and partner with all
stakeholders and open data communities to engage on ongoing
dialogue with government on policies and priorities to shape the
direction for open data.
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Thank You
Questions
2016 Open Government Partnership
Africa Regional Conference will be
held in Cape Town, South Africa
from May 5 - 6, 2016