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 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.

Opportunities and Challenges for Civic Engagement

2019 ◽  
pp. 607-623
Author(s):  
Sarah Hartmann ◽  
Agnes Mainka ◽  
Wolfgang G. Stock
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The City

The population in many cities all over the world is continuously growing and with this growing number of people infrastructural, health and location-related problems increase. It is assumed that these problems could be addressed by means of open government data which many governments publish on their web portals so that it can be further processed and transformed. Since the citizens themselves know best what they need, governments encourage them to participate in open data innovation competitions and to create value added services for their city. The reuse of open urban government data during hackathons or app competitions is a new trend in knowledge societies of how governments and citizens work together. But have these events still become practice in local governments and are they helpful means to foster government-to-citizen communication and collaboration? The authors analyze innovation competitions in 24 world cities to see how they are applied and whether they have the potential to make the city “smart”.

scholarly journals Government Data Performance: The Roles of Technology, Government Capacity, and Globalization through the Effects of National Innovativeness

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12589
Author(s):  
Seunghwan Myeong ◽  
Michael J. Ahn ◽  
Younhee Kim ◽  
Shengli Chu ◽  
Woojong Suh
Keyword(s):  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Organization Capacity ◽  
The World ◽  
Government Capacity ◽  
Government Data

The availability of open, relevant, and up-to-date public data is becoming an increasingly important dimension of national competitiveness and sustainable development. It serves as a foundation for novel technologies, such as big data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, to take root and flourish, and it can help improve the quality and efficiency of government decision making and render governments more transparent and accessible to the public. Often referred as Open Government Data, or OGD, governments around the world have committed resources to constructing various OGD platforms. However, building a robust and effective OGD system has proved difficult, as the promise of OGD has not been realized fully around the world. At this important juncture, this study aims to explore the relationship between national technological and organizational capacities and environmental factor and the quality of OGD systems. In addition, national innovativeness and the degree of “globalization” in a country and their moderating effects between the predictors and OGD performance are examined. Our findings indicate strong positive effects of national technological capacity, government organization capacity, and globalization on OGD quality and a positive moderating effect of national innovativeness.

Providing Information from Brazilian Politicians Using Linked Data

2015 ◽  
pp. 939-953
Author(s):  
Jairo Francisco de Souza ◽  
Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira ◽  
Lucas de Ramos Araújo ◽  
Rubens Nascimento Melo
Keyword(s):  
Linked Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Web

Since its inception, the Web has undergone continuous evolution in order to improve itself as a means of global communication and information sharing. Open Government Data are increasingly being published on the Web, contributing to the transparency and the reusability of public data. At the same time, the use of Linked Data has been increasing in recent years, enabling the development of better and smarter applications. This chapter presents a case on the publication of Open Government Data using the Linked Data practices, by creating a data set of Brazilian politicians with information collected from different sources. This is the first dataset providing Brazilian linked data.

scholarly journals Open Government Data in Hungary

2018 ◽  
Vol 331 ◽  
pp. 373-381
Author(s):  
Anna Orbán
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Legal Constraints

Today it is increasingly evident that data is the new determining element in the economy and society. Digital data is essential resources for economic growth, competitiveness, innovation, job creation and social development. For well-founded decisions, real data containing all the necessary information are required. Public organizations are obliged to collect and store vast amounts of data. However, the question arises: who has access to them and for what purposes are they used for? Open Data has become increasingly prevalent both on organizational and national levels. By making the datasets available to the public, institutions have become more transparent, efficient and more economical. There are EU and national strategies and programs to support open public administration by providing an appropriate legal environment and recommending practical measures. Freedom of information guarantees the accessibility of public data. However, accessibility is blocked by several challenges and obstacles, such as traditional approaches, legal constraints, practical and technical problems. The aim of this paper is to interpret the basic concepts of open government data, and present some of the problems of Hungarian data policy, legal regulations and practical implementations.

scholarly journals PUBLIC VALUE THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED WITH OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA: THE LOVE SERENADE OPERATION CASE

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
EDUARDO D. COUTINHO ◽  
ANGILBERTO S. FREITAS
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Open Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Value ◽  
The Public ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACT Purpose: To understand the public value that the website Operação Serenata de Amor [Love Serenade Operation], based on open government data, can generate for society. Originality/value: Researchers are investigating public value generation through digitally transformed public services, i.e., public value directly generated by the government. However, the literature needs a better understanding of this phenomenon through digital technologies, based on open public data, developed by non-governmental actors, such as the Operação Serenata de Amor website. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a qualitative approach to understand and describe the public value generated by Operação Serenata de Amor. The data were collected through citizen comments about the website’s initiatives on social media and in articles published on the internet. The data were analyzed through content analysis. Findings: The Operação Serenata de Amor generated public value by doing, facilitating, and stimulating social control. It was also identified that the site added value to society by increasing citizens’ ability to exercise social control. However, this work was limited to analyzing data collected on the internet. In future studies, researchers may collect data through interviews with citizens to understand, with more details, the public value generated by the website.

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.

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.

Providing Information from Brazilian Politicians Using Linked Data

2013 ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jairo Francisco de Souza ◽  
Sean Wolfgand M. Siqueira ◽  
Lucas de Ramos Araújo ◽  
Rubens Nascimento Melo
Keyword(s):  
Linked Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Web

Since its inception, the Web has undergone continuous evolution in order to improve itself as a means of global communication and information sharing. Open Government Data are increasingly being published on the Web, contributing to the transparency and the reusability of public data. At the same time, the use of Linked Data has been increasing in recent years, enabling the development of better and smarter applications. This chapter presents a case on the publication of Open Government Data using the Linked Data practices, by creating a data set of Brazilian politicians with information collected from different sources. This is the first dataset providing Brazilian linked data.

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