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Open Standards and APIs for a Better World Nordic APIs Stockholm 2014-03-31 Pernilla Näsfors Twitter: @pernillan www.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors

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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.

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Open Standards and APIs for a Better World

Nordic APIs Stockholm2014-03-31

Pernilla NäsforsTwitter: @pernillanwww.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors

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“An investment in better information is an

investment in better development”

- APC Colombia (La Agencia

Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia)

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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

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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

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Open Aid Partnership

- Turning aid reporting upside down- www.openaidmap.org

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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

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> 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

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Openaid.se

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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

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IATI =InternationalAidTransparencyInitiative

iatistandard.org

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Multi-stakeholder

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Traceability

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Publish OnceUse Often

IATI$

CRS$

FSS$

FTS$

EDRIS$

IFAF$

AIMS$

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“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

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IATI APIs

- IATI Datastore- http://datastore.iatistandard.org

- OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman

- http://oipa.openaidsearch.org

- AidData - http://aiddata.org/api-documentation

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Challenges- Timely, comprehensive and forward

looking data- Data quality- Traceability with e.g. budget and

unique organization identifiers- Access and use of data- Governance

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How Can You Contribute?

How do you think you and your organization can contribute to creating a better world using your skills and expertise?

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#ICT4D =Information and Communication Technologies for Development

Follow e.g. @SidaICT4D

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#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

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