OPEN DATAIN GDAŃSK

OPEN DATA, REAL MONEY

270 British companies, using, producing or investing in open data, has a combined annual turnover of over 92bn GBP.

Citymapper – public transport routes in 29 cities – sells products or services using open data

Pew Research: 84% of Americans with a smartphone have used open data through applications

NASA open satellite imagery of the Earth’s surface benefited the U.S. economy by $1.8 bilion

Source: https://medium.com/@ODIHQ/the-economic-impact-of-open-data-what-do-we-already-know-1a119c1958a0

BENEFITS OF OPEN DATA FOR GDP

Quantified benefits of open data various studies show between 0.4 and 4.1 % of

GDP

OPEN DATA IN GDAŃSK. BACKGROUND

High expectations on transforming the city for better

Boosting innovation and development of new applications

Ongoing process of metropolization and integration in the region

How to increase levels of trust, engagement, participation?

Need for transparency

Need of engaging residents in the new ways, looking for new solutions

for old problems

OPENNESS MANIFESTO OF GDANSK

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland every citizen has the right to obtain information about the activities of public authorities and persons performing public functions;

Everyone has the right to access public information in accordance with the law on access to public information;

Publishing information in open and structured forms allows citizens to analyze and re-use; 

THE OPENNESS POLICYOfficial policy of Gdańsk – Mayor’s Regulation No.

306/2014

Gdańsk shares data-sets if possible (IT and legal conditions)

Bottom-up approach

OUR DATA-SETS

•RE-USE: data accessible and free to use in any way•CREDIBLE and UP-TO-DATE•COMPLETE – no hiding of information•MACHINE-READABLE: automated processing in applications, websites

•CRUCIAL issues: finance, public information, data facilitating life

CITY EXPENDITURE LISTALL city spendings are updated and published daily

MACHINE READABLE

CITY PRICE LIST

How much things in the city cost?

Interactive, graphic,easy-to-understand

Focus on detail

www.gdansk.pl/cennik

ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

All requests and answers published on the Internet immediately

Raising awareness: residents can ask, the city hall has to answer

ENCOURAGING THE USE OF OPEN DATA

The city develops its own web applications to show the potential of open data

CONDITIONS - our applications should be…

•Simple to use•Solving residents’ problem•Created on little or no cost•Open source – free to re-use by other cities and all interested parties

EXAMPLES?

WHERE TO PLANT A TREE?Show where to plant a tree – pin it on the Google Maps

www.bandgdansk.com

Throw It AwayData on collecting waste, recycling on the Google Maps

www.wyrzuc.to

OPEN SOURCESource code of our applications available on GitHub

COLLABORATIVE WORK

CIVILHUB.ORG People have the power

External web platform to connect officials and residents

„City Facebook” Direct way to access officials to discuss city issues

Only real people, no trolls, no haters

Open source solution, developed by a NGO, free to download

THANK YOUotwartedane@gdansk.gda.pl