Open Data: Digital Activism and Civic Engagement

Serdar Temiz

OKFN Ambassador-Sweden

We need Freedom To Distribute Information

How Much Information

is Dump On

You Every Day?

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How can you tell compelling, convincing

stories?

How can you differentiate?

How can you create new knowledge?

We need Freedom To Discover Answers (even Questions!)

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Information vs Data

Serdar Temiz is OKFN Ambassador of Sweden, his twitter Is @serdar_temiz

Now it is Data

Name Last Name Twitter Organisation Country

Serdar Temiz Serdar_temiz OKFN Sweden

Elena Ignatova ieli

Metamorphosi

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Macedonia

SREĆKO ŠEKELJIĆ

skeljic Balkanist Serbia

Problem

Friction

Friction

Friction

Empowering through

Open Knowledge

What is open data/ open knowledge?

Open Data is information which can be freely used,

reused, and redistributed, in machine readable format,

by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose

Open Knowledge is what Open Data

becomes when it is made

useful - accessible, understandable, meaningful

and able to help someone solve a real problem

How we work

• We are a global network which believes in the power of open to empower

individuals through creating and sharing open knowledge and insight.

• We connect diverse communities, individuals and projects, around specific

domains of openness and also in local groups, all with community governance

• We bring people together at events, including major international conferences,

workshops, and local meetups - and online

• Campaigns focus the energy of the network around specific goals and activities

to achieve positive change

How we work

• The network combines talking (advocacy) and making (creating software,

handbooks, and working with data)

• We support community projects around open knowledge, amplifying their

impact and providing admin and IT infrastructure to non-profit activities

• We also commission fixed term, high impact projects to fill key gaps in the

open knowledge ecosystem (these may be open source software, data, training

and handbooks, policy or other work - whatever is needed to best move the space

forward)

Opening Data to was not enough

We need to do more to show how Open Data can be used

by activists.

We need to distill data into facts that are

simple,

precise

and easy to understand

Evidence is Power

School of Data works to empower civil society

organizations, journalists and citizens with the skills they

need to use data effectively – in their effort to create

better societies.

Mission

School of Data is a critical component of the open data

ecosystem:

• provides tools and training to empower people to use

open data for good - especially to people new to open

data;

• supports outreach and engagement by creating a

supportive community of learners and mentors - working

with Open Knowledge Foundation Local Groups;

• creates opportunities for people and communities to use

open data to make an impact;

• works both with governments to open up data and data

users such as journalists and NGOs.

We work mostly with change makers: NGOs and

journalists. We empower them to use data effectively to advance their

cause and mission through a combination of training and

long terms support.

Target

Data expeditions - online and offline short gatherings

where a group of people with different backgrounds

tackle a data related problem

Data clinics - hands on support working directly with

people’s data

Mentoring - local mentors working with local

communities

Online content - tutorial and walkthroughs

Offline resources e.g. Data Journalism Handbook

Method

Where we work

• We work globally, with a focus on the following regions:

• Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East, Europe

• School of Data is translated in Spanish and Portuguese

• Future: French, Greek and Italian

• Over 10 mentors working in countries like: Egypt, Lebanon,

Uganda, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, etc.

President’s food budget was 1 billion Naira ($6.2

million) per annum and yet he was calling for fuel

subsidies to be cut.

Ali Rebaie #RIPNelsonMandela

250,000 tweets

Nelson Mandela wore batik shirts on formal

occasions; the South Africans call it a Madiba

shirt.

In 2010, Nelson Mandela was present in the

stadium when Spain's international football team

won their first ever World Cup Football trophy

Why Spain and Indonesia?

Open Spending

Our Impact

1 million open datasets

published with our tools

400 datasets, 15 million

transactions in our open

database of public finances

40 Countries

with Open Knowledge

Foundation groups actively

working for openness

45,000 downloads of our open

source CKAN data portal

software

70+ countries being tracked on

their open data status by our

Open Data Index

More than 1000 people trained

in data skills by School of Data

in 2013

20+ countries where “Where

Does My Money Go” sites are

making Government finances

understandable and visible

2 million people introduced to

the importance and beauty of

the Public Domain via the

Public Domain Review

Dozens of innovative technical

tools developed and supported

by our Open Knowledge

Foundation Labs

Our Impact in Numbers

Our Impact in Detail - See more at: http://okfn.org/impact/#sthash.LQOG8k22.dpuf

Our Impact in Numbers

Our Impact in Detail - See more at: http://okfn.org/impact/#sthash.LQOG8k22.dpuf

As OKFN Ambassador of Sweden I am

proud of to be this community,

to be one of you.

@serdar_temiz