scholarly journals Enhancing Citizen Engagement with Open Government Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Parmisano Canares ◽  
Dave Marcial ◽  
Marijoe Narca
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Behavior

The research deals primarily with the research question – How can engagement of civil society organizations with open government data be enhanced? To answer the question, an action research was conducted in two provinces in the Philippines. The research showed that for capacity building programs to be effective, they should be relevant to the condition of the CSOs and the individual needs of learners; conducted with a long-term view of ensuring use and actual impact to the organization and the constituencies that they serve; and focused on higher-order results like changes in practices and behavior of organizations and individuals.

scholarly journals Platform of the Brazilian CSOs: Open Government Data and Crowdsourcing for the Promotion of Citizenship

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Ferreira ◽  
Vagner Praia ◽  
Heraldo Filho ◽  
Fabrício Bonecini ◽  
Andre Vieira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
System Development ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Government Data

In Brazil and around the world, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) provide valuable public services for society. Through CSOs, people have organized and defended their rights, communities and interests, and can fully exercise their collective potential, often acting in partnership with governments to carry out public policies and/or develop their own projects, financed by the private financing or being self-sucient. Public transparency and availability of quality data are requirements for analyzing the strength and capacity of these organizations. Understanding the distribution of non-governmental organizations across the world and at the national scale, their areas of updating, projects in progress, and their execution capacity, is critical to promote the financing conditions of CSOs, to make it visible and to make it more e↵ective, transparent, and strong. With these goals in mind, we developed the Civil Society Organizations Platform1, an open, free and public on-line portal that provides a wide variety of information on the profile and performance of the population of CSOs in Brazil. Its core mission is to provide data, knowledge, and information on the role played by the almost 400,000 CSOs in activity in Brazil and their cooperation with the public administration in delivering public policies and services. We show how we developed this platform, the integration with several di↵erent databases, the challenges of working with open government data and how we integrated a lot of recent open source technologies in all spheres of system development. The first empirical results are shown and some new features regarding public data are presented.

scholarly journals “This is what modern deregulation looks like” : co-optation and contestation in the shaping of the UK’s Open Government Data Initiative

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Bates
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Uk

The article argues, drawing on interviews, event observations, academic and policy literature, that the UK’s Open Government Data (OGD) initiative should be understood as part of a deep seated social and political struggle with significant processes of co-optation and contestation over outcomes underway. The OGD initiative’s intersections with both the PSI re-use industry and the UK government’s programme of forced ‘austerity’ and marketisation of public services are problematised. Civil society advocates’ vulnerabilities within this context are discussed and a number of recommendations are offered for the progressive shaping of OGD based on egalitarian principles.

scholarly journals Open Government and Citizen Participation: Perceptions between Civil Society Organizations and Government.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Alejandro Ruvalcaba-Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Government

The concepts of citizen participation and open government (OG) are increasingly being used by politicians, government officials, and civil society organizations (CSOs). However, there are differences about how the concepts are assumed and used by different social actors. The objective of this research is to analyze the perception of citizen participation and open government from the perspectives of two fundamental sectors: CSOs and government using the State of Jalisco, Mexico as a case study. The research question is: How are citizen participation and open government perceived in the State of Jalisco by civil society organizations and the government? This research presents statistical results of a survey given to members of civil society and public officials involved in OG actions. The results show a huge gap between the perceptions of government officials and CSOs; this affects the relationship between the two sectors, which can impede development and implementation of public policies.

Building Performance Competencies in Open Government

2018 ◽  
pp. 176-207
Author(s):  
Sherwin E. Ona ◽  
Ma. Beth S. Concepcion
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Government Executives ◽  
Performance Competencies

Open government initiatives around the world have encouraged governments to be more transparent and accessible while its partners have found new venues to further participate and collaborate. However, realities on the ground have begun to show the complexities of openness, raising questions on how these initiatives could be sustained. In the Philippines, most of the open government-open government data (OG-OGD) programs are considered top-down. This means that almost all of the activities are initiated by the national government and are often funded by multilateral agencies such as the World Bank. However, due to the changes in political priorities, the future of these programs remains uncertain. Current experiences further highlight the importance of institutionalization as one of the ingredients to sustain these initiatives; thus, the authors believe that building capacities play an important part in such an endeavor. As such, this chapter presents an initial set of OG-OGD performance competencies for local government executives and their civil society partners.

Prospects of open government data (OGD) in facilitating the economic diversification of GCC region

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 214-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuti Saxena
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Immense Potential

Purpose As the ongoing oil prices’ crisis is emerging as a major cause of concern for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, the constituent governments are attempting at undertaking measures of economic diversification to attain long-term sustainability. The author posits that open government data (OGD) has a significant role to play in facilitating the economic turnaround of the GCC region, given that OGD promotes innovation and economic growth besides providing avenues for collaboration and participation among different stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach Following a structured literature review, the paper scans literature on OGD followed by providing a typology of countries on the basis of their OGD-adherence (“laggard”, “caged”, “forerunner” and “champ”). This is followed by a discussion on the ongoing oil prices’ crisis, and evidentiary support is lent by examples from the OGD portals of each of the six GCC countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates) to provide indicators as to how a robust OGD implementation may support their economic diversification objectives. Findings Although the present OGD framework of the GCC is relatively weak, it is asserted that OGD has immense potential in facilitating the economic diversification initiatives of the GCC countries. Therefore, the GCC needs to strategize upon institutionalization of their OGD initiatives for realizing their “vision” and goals of economic diversification to result in an economic turnaround effectively. Originality/value Besides providing a typology of countries as OGD-adherents and categorizing GCC as “forerunner(s)” on the basis of the typology, the originality of the study lies in its attempt to answer the research question: “what is the role of the OGD in facilitating the economic diversification of the GCC?” Conceding that the research on OGD in the GCC context is few and far between, the present study is a significant contribution to the extant literature pertaining to the roll-out of OGD in developing countries.

Drivers and barriers to re-use Open Government Data (OGD): a case study of open data initiative in Philippines

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuti Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
User Friendly

Purpose Given that the Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives of any country are founded on principles of transparency and accountability, it is important that the data sets permit a user-friendly interface for the data sets to be re-used. This paper aims to underline the major drivers and barriers to re-use the data sets in the context of the Philippines. Design/methodology/approach In line with the model proposed by Sieber and Johnson (2015), the paper invoked an investigation of the national OGD portal of the Philippines following a documentary analysis research approach. Findings The OGD portal of the Philippines permits data search and sharing via social media. Data sets are available in user-friendly formats with a detailed description of the data set itself in the form of metadata. At the same time, the OGD portal of the Philippines has many barriers to re-use. Data sets are not current, and no attempts have been made at updating the records. While the provision of data mapping is provided, the same is not effective as of now. Conducting statistical analysis is not possible online and some of the links are not active. Finally, users’ suggestions are acknowledged, but the contribution of users toward the existing data sets is not permitted as of now. Research limitations/implications Given that only a single country’s OGD initiative has been investigated in the study, further research is warranted to undertake a comparative analysis of OGD institutionalization across different countries. Practical implications Government authorities are encouraged to be more proactive in furthering the OGD initiative. Policymakers and practitioners may appreciate the underlying barriers in re-using the data sets and seek to address these concerns. Originality/value The OGD initiative of the Philippines has not been investigated so far despite the rising tide of the OGD initiatives across the globe. Given that most of the research on OGD is focused in developed countries, the present study seeks to contribute toward the extant literature by investigating the OGD portal of the Philippines and underlining the major drivers and barriers in re-using the data sets available via the portal.

A centralized platform of open government data as support to applications in the smart cities context

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Ianegitz Vieira ◽  
Alexandre Alvaro
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Other ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Web Crawler ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Productivity Gain ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Town Halls

Purpose The development of smart cities (SCs) is a costly process as it requires the implementation of physical infrastructure to meet the demand for data collection. On the other hand, there are open government data (OGD) that are open and free, and can be a first step from the current city evolution to SCs at a more affordable cost. However, these data are available in a decentralized way, in different formats and granularities. To date, the authors have not found any literature work that performs the centralization of OGDs on a single platform. The purpose of this paper is provide a centralized OGD platform. Design/methodology/approach This work investigates the state-of-the-art literature from the OGD, establishes the research question, design and develop the platform for OGD and accomplish the validation of the platform. Findings Through the validations of the platform, advantages were observed in relation to productivity gain for the development of solutions, in the SC context, using the proposed platform. Research limitations/implications The data have been collected in a manual way but for future works, the authors will use the web-crawler for the collection of data. Practical implications One town hall (Sorocaba) is interested in using the platform to analyze the data usage in the simple way and compare with the other nearby towns. Originality/value It is a recent work in literature using OGD, and there is no work that centralizes the information about several town halls to provide comparison between them and improve the decision-making.

scholarly journals SuDaMa: Sustainable Open Government Data Management Framework for Long-term Publishing and Consumption

IEEE Access ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Elena Sanchez-Nielsen ◽  
Alejandro Morales ◽  
Omar Mendo ◽  
Francisco Chavez-Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Data Management ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data

scholarly journals Open Governance and Duality of Technology: The open data designer-user disconnect in the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-118
Author(s):  
Ruth Angelie Cruz ◽  
Hong Joo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Data User ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Basic Ideas

This paper builds on the data designer (government) and local data-user concepts in terms of “technological duality.” This model applies Orlikowski’s structurational model of technology that extends basic ideas about interactions of organizations and information communication technology (ICT). The model is supported by its application to multiple interpretative case studies of the Philippine Open Government initiative. It was evidenced that open government data as a technology is subjective—understood and interpreted inconsistently by the government and data users and therefore creates a disconnect between them. Based on the cases presented, it is proposed that a two-way open governance model will be a more effective approach in developing a truly open government. This reinforces the role of user-side stakeholders as they have the interest, expertise, and resources to utilize open data and can therefore build networks with more users within their respective fields that government initiatives may not be able to reach.

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