scholarly journals Open budget: Learning from the Open School Platform in Donetsk oblast, Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Huss ◽  
Oleksandra Keudel
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Open Data ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Open Government ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Open School

The case study developed as part of IIEP‐UNESCO Research Project ‘Open Government: Learning From Experience’ analyses how an open government approach is being applied in Ukraine to resolve the critical issue of non‐transparent school financing through parents’ donations that undermines trust among key educational stakeholders. Developed in 2016, the Open School Platform (OS) is an online tool that allows parents to visualise the school’s budget, needs and expenditures in an easy‐ to‐read format. The study shows that OS has contributed to: improved trust among key stakeholders, improved communication and collaboration between school personnel and local public authorities, and more effective planning. But it also confirms that the use of ICT can lead to inequalities in poor rural communities having low levels of Internet access or computer literacy. It concludes on the importance of open government for shifting to a new paradigm of cooperation and partnership. And it recommends providing access to information in line with the Open Data Charter; ensuring a legal framework for citizen participation; using handy and accessible technological solutions; and following a ‘learning‐by‐doing’ approach to build up social capital for constructive interaction with authorities.

Different perceptions, different open government strategies: The case of local Mexican public managers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazán ◽  
J. Ignacio Criado ◽  
Edgar A. Ruvalcaba-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Public Managers

Open government has become a research trend among e-government scholars around the world. However, most research in this field has focused on national policies and the implementation thereof. Typically, this is related to Open Government (OG) ecosystems, data, policies and models, yet very little attention has been paid to the most basic level: the municipal/local level. The purpose of this research paper is to fill this gap. We based our research on an instrument for the assessment of OG priorities in Spanish municipalities (Gómez, Criado, & Gil-Garcia, 2017a). This instrument for assessment was adapted to Mexican municipalities. In so doing, we surveyed 67 cases of Mexican public officials working on OG or in transparency offices in municipalities across Mexico during 2017. This paper reports the findings of this exploratory research, grouping concepts of perception, and analyzing four elements of OG: 1. Open Government; 2. Transparency; 3. Citizen Participation and 4. Open Data. Going forward, we used factor analysis to group concepts and identify two principal perspectives for addressing OG policy implementation in local governments, one oriented at fostering technological innovation, and another at promoting democratic values of co-responsibility. Broadly, we discovered there is some emphasis on democratic values and some on technological innovation. We also found varying levels of knowledge on this topic in Mexican municipalities. Another finding is that OG policies are not well-defined due to a lack of resources for the promotion of genuine transparency, participation, and collaborative actions.

scholarly journals This article explains the process of managing Covid-19 funds in several regions in Indonesia. Using the grand theory of open government and qualitative approaches to the type of literature study research, researchers conducted data collection to be able to explain the importance of using Open Government through open data initiatives in order to manage the Covid-19 budget and avoid potential corruption. The Covid-19 pandemic that has hit Indonesia since the beginning of March 2020, has directly encouraged several local governments to be able to act quickly to deal with the spread of the virus before increasing. Some areas were detected as the main points of the spread of the virus which was marked by the increasing number of corona virus sufferers becoming the center of attention of the researchers, especially in relation to the handling budget of Covid-19 which automatically participated to swell. From the analysis of data that has been done, it shows that some regions that experienced a surge in corona virus sufferers accompanied by swelling of the Covid-19 budget, apparently did not include a clear budget management process. Some regions were found to only focus on efforts to reduce the virus distribution statistics, without giving serious attention to transparency, openness, and accountability in managing co-19 budget management. Artikel ini menjelaskan permasalahan tata kelola angaran Covid-19 di beberapa daerah di Indonesia. Menggunakan grand theory open government dan pendekatan kualitatif dengan tipe penelitian studi literatur, peneliti melakukan pengumpulan data sekunder untuk dapat menjelaskan pentingnya penggunaan open government melalui inisiatif open data dalam mengelola anggaran Covid-19 demi menghindari potensi korupsi. Pandemi Covid-19 yang telah melanda Indonesia sejak awal Maret 2020, telah secara langsung mendorong beberapa pemerintah daerah untuk dapat bertindak cepat melakukan penanganan sebelum persebaran virus semakin meningkat. Beberapa daerah terdeteksi menjadi titik utama persebaran virus yang ditandai dengan meningkatnya angka penderita virus corona menjadi pusat perhatian peneliti, terutama kaitannya dengan anggaran penanganan Covid-19 yang secara otomatis turut serta membengkak. Dari analisis data yang telah dilakukan, menunjukkan bahwa beberapa daerah yang mengalami lonjakan penderita virus corona disertai dengan pembengkakan anggaran penanganan Covid-19, ternyata tidak mengikutsertakan proses pengelolaan anggaran yang jelas. Beberapa daerah kedapatan hanya berfokus pada upaya menurunkan statistik persebaran virus, tanpa memberikan perhatian serius pada transparansi, keterbukaan, dan akuntabilitas pengelolaan anggaran penanganan covid-19.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Rizki Zakariya
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Budget Management ◽  
Grand Theory ◽  
Cash Assistance ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Village

The disruption of the economic life of rural communities is the impact of the current Covid-19 Pandemic. So that it is detrimental to the economic gains of the village community. Therefore, to alleviate this impact, the Government has launched a program to utilize village funds for direct cash assistance for village communities. However, the implementation of the program has a gap in corruption. So it is necessary to make efforts to prevent this corruption, in order to streamline the provision of direct cash assistance to the public. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with a case approach and a statute approach. Furthermore, the legal materials used are primary and secondary legal materials. Then a qualitative analysis was carried out. The purpose of this study consists of 2 (two) things. First, outlining the urgency of preventing corruption in the use of village funds for direct cash assistance for handling Covid-19. Second, outlining alternative efforts that can be made to prevent corruption in the use of village funds for direct cash assistance for handling Covid-19. The results of this study indicate the urgency of preventing corruption in the use of village funds for direct cash assistance for handling Covid-19 for several reasons, including: the socio-economic conditions of rural communities who are vulnerable to Covid-19 transmission, data collection and distribution of direct cash assistance from village funds to vulnerable beneficiaries. there is corruption. Furthermore, alternative efforts that can be made to prevent corrupt practices in the use of village funds for direct cash assistance for village communities consist of 2 (two) things, namely: active involvement of village communities in special / incidental village deliberations, for validation / finalization of KPM data. Then optimize the supervisory role of the Village Consultative Body in the village / incidental deliberations.   Terganggunya kehidupan ekonomi masyarakat desa merupakan dampak Pandemi Covid-19 saat ini. Sehingga merugikan perolehan ekonomi masyarakat desa. Oleh karena itu, untuk meringankan dampak tersebut, maka Pemerintah mencanangkan program pemanfaatan dana desa untuk bantuan langsung tunai masyarakat desa. Akan tetapi, dalam pelaksanaan program tersebut memiliki celah terjadinya korupsi. Sehingga perlu dilakukan upaya untuk mencegah terjadinya korupsi tersebut, demi mengefektifkan pemberian bantuan langsung tunai kepada masyarakat. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan kasus, dan pendekatan undang-undang. Selanjutnya bahan hukum yang digunakan yakni bahan hukum primer dan sekunder. Kemudian dilakukan analisis secara kualitatif. Tujuan penelitian ini terdiri atas 2 (dua) hal. Pertama, menguraikan urgensi pencegahan korupsi dalam penggunaan dana desa untuk bantuan langsung tunai penanganan Covid-19. Kedua, menguraikan alternatif upaya yang dapat dilakukan dalam mencegah korupsi pengggunaan dana desa untuk bantuan langsung tunai penanganan Covid-19. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan urgensi pencegahan korupsi dalam penggunaan dana desa untuk bantuan langsung tunai penanganan Covid-19 karena beberapa sebab, diantaranya: kondisi sosial ekonomi masyarakat desa yang rentan mengalami penularan Covid-19, pendataan dan penyaluran bantuan langsung tunai dana desa ke penerima manfaat rentan terjadi korupsi. Selanjutnya alternatif upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mencegah terjadinya praktik korupsi dalam penggunaan dana desa untuk bantuan langsung tunai masyarakat desa terdiri atas 2 (dua) hal, yakni: pelibatan aktif masyarakat desa dalam musyawarah desa khusus/insidentil, untuk validasi/finalisasi data KPM. Kemudian optimalkan peran pengawasan Badan Permusyawaratan Desa dalam musyawarah desa/insidentil tersebut.

scholarly journals Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5204
Author(s):  
Anastasija Nikiforova
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Government Data

Nowadays, governments launch open government data (OGD) portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone for their own needs. Although the potential economic value of open (government) data is assessed in millions and billions, not all open data are reused. Moreover, the open (government) data initiative as well as users’ intent for open (government) data are changing continuously and today, in line with IoT and smart city trends, real-time data and sensor-generated data have higher interest for users. These “smarter” open (government) data are also considered to be one of the crucial drivers for the sustainable economy, and might have an impact on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and become a creativity bridge in developing a new ecosystem in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The paper inspects OGD portals of 60 countries in order to understand the correspondence of their content to the Society 5.0 expectations. The paper provides a report on how much countries provide these data, focusing on some open (government) data success facilitating factors for both the portal in general and data sets of interest in particular. The presence of “smarter” data, their level of accessibility, availability, currency and timeliness, as well as support for users, are analyzed. The list of most competitive countries by data category are provided. This makes it possible to understand which OGD portals react to users’ needs, Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 request the opening and updating of data for their further potential reuse, which is essential in the digital data-driven world.

Open government and open data a global perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Elena ◽  
German Stalker ◽  
Carlos E. Jimenez ◽  
Francois Van Schalkwyk ◽  
Michael Canares
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Open Government

Enhancing transparency through open government data: the case of data portals and their features and capabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Lněnička ◽  
Renata Machova ◽  
Jolana Volejníková ◽  
Veronika Linhartová ◽  
Radka Knezackova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Government Data

PurposeThe purpose of this paper was to draw on evidence from computer-mediated transparency and examine the argument that open government data and national data infrastructures represented by open data portals can help in enhancing transparency by providing various relevant features and capabilities for stakeholders' interactions.Design/methodology/approachThe developed methodology consisted of a two-step strategy to investigate research questions. First, a web content analysis was conducted to identify the most common features and capabilities provided by existing national open data portals. The second step involved performing the Delphi process by surveying domain experts to measure the diversity of their opinions on this topic.FindingsIdentified features and capabilities were classified into categories and ranked according to their importance. By formalizing these feature-related transparency mechanisms through which stakeholders work with data sets we provided recommendations on how to incorporate them into designing and developing open data portals.Social implicationsThe creation of appropriate open data portals aims to fulfil the principles of open government and enables stakeholders to effectively engage in the policy and decision-making processes.Originality/valueBy analyzing existing national open data portals and validating the feature-related transparency mechanisms, this paper fills this gap in existing literature on designing and developing open data portals for transparency efforts.

Asymmetric Open Government Data (OGD) framework in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 434-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuti Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Government

Purpose With the ongoing drives towards Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives across the globe, governments have been keen on pursuing their OGD policies to ensure transparency, collaboration and efficiency in administration. As a developing country, India has recently adopted the OGD policy (www.data.gov.in); however, the percolation of this policy in the States has remained slow. This paper aims to underpin the “asymmetry” in OGD framework as far as the Indian States are concerned. Besides, the study also assesses the contribution of “Open Citizens” in furthering the OGD initiatives of the country. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory qualitative following a case study approach informs the present study using documentary analysis where evidentiary support from five Indian States (Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat) is being drawn to assess the nature and scope of the OGD framework. Further, conceptualization for “Open Citizen” framework is provided to emphasize upon the need to have aware, informed and pro-active citizens to spearhead the OGD initiatives in the country. Findings While the National OGD portal has a substantial number of data sets across different sectors, the States are lagging behind in the adoption and implementation of OGD policies, and while Telangana and Sikkim have been the frontrunners in adoption of OGD policies in a rudimentary manner, others are yet to catch up with them. Further, there is “asymmetry” in terms of the individual contribution of the government bodies to the open data sets where some government bodies are more reluctant to share their datasets than the others. Practical implications It is the conclusion of the study that governments need to institutionalize the OGD framework in the country, and all the States should appreciate the requirement of adopting a robust OGD policy for furthering transparency, collaboration and efficiency in administration. Social implications As an “Open Citizen”, it behooves upon the citizens to be pro-active and contribute towards the open data sets which would go a long way in deriving social and economic value out of these data sets. Originality/value While there are many studies on OGD in the West, studies focused upon the developing countries are starkly lacking. This study plugs this gap by attempting a comparative analysis of the OGD frameworks across Indian States. Besides, the study has provided a conceptualization of “Open Citizen” (OGD) which may be tapped for further research in developing and developed countries to ascertain the linkage between OGD and OC.

scholarly journals Modeling of Open Government Data for Public Sector Organizations Using the Potential Theories and Determinants—A Systematic Review

Informatics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mahboob Khurshid ◽  
Nor Hidayati Zakaria ◽  
Ammar Rashid ◽  
Mohammad Nazir Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Irfanullah Arfeen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Government Data

Open government data (OGD) has huge potential to increase transparency, accountability, and participation while improving efficiency in operations, data-driven and evidence-based policymaking, and trust in government institutions. Despite its potential benefits, OGD has not been widely and successfully adopted in public sector organizations, particularly in developing countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the theories/frameworks and potential determinants that influence the OGD adoption in public sector organizations. To ascertain the various determinants of OGD adoption in public sector organizations, this study involved a systematic review of already established theories and determinants addressed in the public sector open data domain. The review revealed that the TOE (technology, organization, environment) framework was dominantly employed over theories in the earlier studies to understand organizational adoption to OGD followed by institutional theory. The results, concerning potential determinants, revealed that some of the most frequently addressed determinants are an organization’s digitization/digitalization capacity, compliance pressure, financial resources, legislation, policy, regulations, organizational culture, political leadership commitment, top-management support, and data quality. The findings will enrich researchers to empirically investigate the exposed determinants and improve the understanding of decision-makers to leverage OGD adoption by taking relevant measures.

scholarly journals IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA USING FUZZY AHP: CASE STUDY JAKARTA OPEN DATA

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Dhea Junestya Pradipta ◽  
Septi Ariani ◽  
Dana Indra Sensuse ◽  
Sofian Lusa ◽  
Pudy Prima
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Standard Operating Procedure ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Improvement Strategy ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data

Open Government Data (OGD) implementation provides benefits for government performance and public services. Based on the Indonesian government's openness action plan 2018-2020, the importance of monitoring and evaluation of OGD implementation for sustainable development is emphasized. This study aims to prioritize criteria and provide recommendations for OGD evaluations at the Jakarta Open Data. Through the mix method approach, expert interviews have been conducted to test the validity of the criteria which then carried out the distribution of questionnaires to eleven expert respondents from five departments. The data is processed using the fuzzy-Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine each weight on twenty criteria in four dimensions. The results of this study indicate that in the short term, OGD internal evaluations in the DKI Jakarta provincial government can be done by assessing eight main priority criteria, namely accuracy, completeness, compliance, understandability, timeliness, openness, functionality, and reliability which are then based on overall criteria. These results are the basis for discussion in the Data Forum and the establishment of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to assist and accelerate the process of collecting, processing, verifying and validating data from 51 regional work units. Externally, the Jakarta Open Data team can pay attention to the conditions of citizen engagement in the OGD and the existence of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between relevant ministries or agencies that does not yet have data officers or information and documentation management officers for effective and efficient data processing

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