LEARNINGS FROM THE DUTCH EXPERIENCE:
Data for
Citizen Participation and Inclusive Governance
November 2023
https://slides.com/palinuro/tha-november-2023/
Paul Suijkerbuijk
Chantal Vedder
Paul Suijkerbuijk
Ministry of interior and kingdom relations
- Founder of data.overheid.nl
- Open data policy
- Open Governement expertise center
Association of Dutch municipalities
- Energy transition
- Criminality undermining public authority
- Publication of election results
Board member dutch chapter Internet Society (ISOC)
Masterclass 'NetPolitics'
Masterclass Internet Governance
Experiences of an open government expert in a Dutch context!
Questions?
IMPACT
But.....
A challenge for governments
It's our first step
It is out of date / too old
We don't have enough bandwidth
We cannot confirm nor denay that we have it
The files are too large
There is no businesscase
It's not our job
We don't know if it's legal
No time / no resources
It's incomplete
It costs too much
It's secret
It's privacy sensitive
We only have it on paper
They can get it through WOB
Management says no
It has commercial value
It doesn't contain value
Commercially sensitive
The quality is unknown
It's not in a usable format
It's not ours, and we don't know whose it is
We already published the date (at an unfindable place in an unusable format)
I'm not authorised
We don't know where it is
Image damage for the minister
It's not ready yet
We've never done it before
People will misuse it
People will save the data and then use outdated data
Our supplier will ask an astronomical amount of money to make a data extract
We know there's errors in the data and people will start sending us improvements which we'll have to deal with
Way too many people will download the data, attacking our servers
People will get mad about what they'll find out
We'll make it open (but change 90%)
People will extract the wrong things from it
It becomes dangerous if it would be combined
It leads to unnecessary discussions
The data isn't ours and we don't have consent from the owner
No idea what people could do with it
The government will lose its reputation
We don't gather the data in a structured way
It's findable, but they can't access it
Our website cannot host large files
A challenge for governments
Challenge
Government publish everything they can
All data
All data
yes
What can be opened
no
yes
What can be opened
no
FOIA
yes
What can be opened according to government
no
Risks
yes
What can be opened according to society
no
Opportunities
yes
a grey area
no
Opportunities
Risks
yes
Legal....
no
Opportunities
Risks
Lawyers
yes
Culture
no
Opportunities
Risks
Lawyers
Culture Change
Challenge
Publish Open Data and it will be used
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
Elderly
Farmers
Disabled people
Children
Business owners
Students
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
Public transport
Unemployment
Elderly
Farmers
Disabled people
Children
Business owners
Pollution
Students
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
Public transport
Unemployment
Elderly
Farmers
Disabled people
Children
Business owners
Pollution
Students
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
?
Public transport
Unemployment
Elderly
Farmers
Disabled people
Children
Business owners
Pollution
Students
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
Public transport
Unemployment
Elderly
Farmers
Disabled people
Children
Business owners
Pollution
Students
Healthcare
Security
Agriculture
Infrastructure
Social care
Education
Search for a shared interest
Survive the first 15 minutes
Don't push your government button
Talk!
Challenge
The concept of Open Data is understood
Challenge
Governments will start solving societal challenges with Open Data
Challenge
Citizens want to be involved in gathering and using Open Data
Air quality as measured by RIVM
Challenge
Government needs to use this new data in some way
Challenge
Technology
Source: Explaining and Harnessing Adversarial Examples, Goodfellow et al, ICLR 2015.
Data for participation
Now it is your turn :-)
You are a civil servant responsible for fighting corruption in your country
1. Make groups of 3
2. Each group member individually writes down 3 datasets important for fighting corruption.
3. 1 dataset is open data, 2 datasets are closed data.
4. Discuss the datasets you have written down.
Disaster!!
Your datasets are stolen by thieves who want to do really bad!!
(and now you are the thief ;-)
Discuss with your group how you can make an application which is really criminal and will make you rich ;-)
Examples
10000 scholen
Roudle
Kan ik een korte broek aan
OV radar
Boeteradar
Best wel snel
Tweede Kamer
Brugradar
Fietsongevallen
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