Presentation on the Aporta Initiative and the IODC conference in Madrid next October 2016

1. 2nd March 2016
Re-use of Public Sector Information
January 2016
Re-use of Public
Sector Information

2. Index:
Aporta initiative [2-6]
IODC: Project Background [8-10]
Basic Info / Objectives [11-13]
Call for Proposals [14-17]
Participation [18-19]
Index:
Aporta initiative [2-6]
IODC: Project Background [8-10]
Basic Info / Objectives [11-13]
Call for Proposals [14-17]
Participation [18-19]

3. What is Aporta Initiative?
 Aporta is the national initiative of the Spanish Government for promoting the Re-Use of
Public Sector Information (PSI) and fostering the open data culture among the Public
Administration and the Society.
 Aporta is a facilitator among the different members
of the open data community in Spain.
Public administration
which supply data and
want to work together
Re-users who create new
products and services based
on open data.
All citizens who need
the data or want to
know about open data

4. Which are the main pillars?
Orientation on PSI re-use
strategy, guidelines for
publication od datasets …
Analysis on how re-user sector
evolves and international
reporting PSI reuse situation
Dissemination activities through
social network, datos.gob.es
and events
Enrichment the Open data
National Catalogue as a single
access point
Contribution to PSI legal
framework and coordination
between administrations
Contribution to the pan European
portal and participation in different
international projects

5. National Catalogue
Datos.gob.es as national a single access point means:
 Less time the user needs to identify datasets that
belong to a high-domain, datasets in a particular
format, datasets available under and open license, and
so on.
 Homogenized access to metadata (title, description,
publisher, access url, licence, formats, and so on)
 A direct communication channel with the dataset
publisher.
Free-textsearchengine+Filters
9,000 datasets from 94 public institutions

6. Awareness and training
+1,500 Linkedin / + 9,600 followers in Twitter
@datosgob
Promotion of the value of PSI
re-use: datos.gob.es and 2.0 channels.
2-3 new posts each week
Monthly newsletter
1-2 reports and interviews each quarter
Reports, training materials, newsletter,
community interviews, …
A catalogue with +170 apps developed using
PSI
Dissemination of PSI re-use
applications
5 editions since 2009 with complete
capacity and valued 7,5/10.
Yearly “Aporta Conference” as a
national event
An international open data conference IODC- 4th edition
contato@datos.gob.es

7. Index:
Aporta initiative [2-6]
IODC: Project Background [8-10]
Basic Info / Objectives [11-13]
Call for Proposals [14-17]
Participation [18-19]

8. The international open data community has reached a new level of momentum
Hundreds of cities
governments implement
open data policies to drive
businesses, transparency
and service delivery in close
collaboration with citizens.
Global coordination should be included in different levels of government, topics,
regions and sectors, involving a variety of stakeholders
Open data global coordination
Several countries and
stakeholders have singed to
implement the principles of
the International Open Data
Charter
Open data (OD) is
fundamental to many of
the commitments made by
world leaders: Sustainable
Development Goals, Paris
Climate Agreement, the
G20 Anti Corruption Data
Principles

9. ▪ IODC is the essential meeting point for the global community to debate and study the
future of open data.
▪ IODC aims to build stronger relationships between open data initiatives from the
different countries and establish a dialogue between all the stakeholders:
• Policy makers and Public Sector Information (PSI) holders
• Private companies, startups and freelancers
• Activists and NGO´s
• Academia
• Data journalism
• Representatives of civil society from all over the world.
▪ IODC gathers countries from the northern and southern to define tendencies and
establish global policies of collaboration.
What is IODC?

10. Source: Enabling the Data Revolution An International Open Data Roadmap. CONFERENCE REPORT
+ 1,000 Attendees - 205 Speakers – 29 pre events
IODC 2015 in figures

11. IODC 2016 – Who, where and when
Who? The Government of Spain, the IDRC, the World Bank and the OD4D will
convene the 4th International Open Data Conference (IODC)
Where? in Spain (Madrid)
When? in October 2016
Pre-conference Meetings Main conference
3th 4th 5th
6th 7th
October 2016

12. “Global Goals, Local Impact”
Bring together the most innovative and practical open data solutions that are
driving social and economic impact.
Identify and explore both new opportunities and new debates that are shaping
the open data agenda.
Consolidate an international partnership on open data that is able to drive the
development of global common resources for the international open data
community.
Provide significant learning and a space for networking and collaboration for
participants in government, private sector and civil society.
IODC 2016 – Objectives

13. IODC 2016
IODC 2016 – Reasons to be there
UNDERSTANDING
Discuss the roadblocks that
OD reusers are finding
COLLABORATION
Improve cooperation amongst
areas of activity and
geographic areas
NETWORKING
Extend our knowledge and
meet more colleagues
CONTRIBUTION
Take part on the development of
global open data framework
(Open Data Charter)
COMMUNICATION
Learn how to communicate
the benefits of OD
INNOVATION
Identify inspiring OD
initiatives/companies that have
solved a problem using OD

14. IODC 2016 – How to participate
You shape the program!

15. ‼ Share how you have solved a problem by using OD or transformed
specific sectors: open cities and local data innovation, journalism,
agriculture, environment, education, health, science, culture and many
more.
‼ Give a diverse view of open data achievements in a specific area.
‼ Tell the story as lightning-style talk, in 5-8 minutes.
‼ Allow for interactivity and questions from the audience (Q&As).
‼ Do not forget to include some evidence about the impact of your
success story.
Inspiring open-data-driven initiatives
Inspiring open-data-
driven initiatives
Impact
IODC2016 – Impact

16. ‼ Host a panel, an interactive workshop, a tutorial, or other kind of event on
an innovative topic approach, in order to discuss specific topics to
solve challenges, collect best practices and learn from others.
‼ Design an interactive and engaging thematic space to have in-depth
engagement with peers on specific open data subjects.
‼ Host a session that lasts between 1- 2 hours.
‼ Include in the submission a tentative agenda, a detailed composition of
the session and the requirements.
Lead your own session!
Collaborative learning,
skills, and good
practice
Sharing
IODC2016 – Sharing

17. ‼ Help us to produce a revised version of the community-led IODC roadmap
produced from the 3rd IODC: updated priorities, commitments and required
actions.
‼ Give us your proposals on other priorities for the global OD community that
should be included in this global roadmap.
‼ Focus your submission mainly on one of the following Action Areas:
• The Charter: Deliver shared principles for open data:
• Standards: Develop good practices and open standards for data publication:
• Capacity Building: Build capacity to produce and use open data effectively:
• Problem Solving: Strengthen open data innovation networks.
• Measurement: Adopt common measurement and evaluation tools
Let’s move one step ahead!
Building a roadmap for
the global OD
community
Action
IODC2016 – Action

18. From now
until the end of IODC
(Blog, Twitter, FB…)
IODC
community
activity
March 1
2016
Open Call
Opens
April 3
2016
Open Call
Closes
May 27
2016
Notification of
admission
June
2016
Program
publication
June
2016
Open
inscription
process
Evaluation (28 members: Web
Foundation, European
Commission, Gov Lab, ODI, OKF,
Sunlight Foundation and so on )
IODC2016 – Timeline

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21. sonia.castro@red.es
Coordinadora - Área de Ciudades Inteligentes y Datos Abiertos