open kent - local councils
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Open Kent
An award winning approach that empowers people to make better use of local information
Background to Open Kent• Concept won national award by IDeA, SOCITM & LGC • Successfully trialled for CLG Informing Citizens Project
• Development funded by Kent Connects until Autumn 2011 as part of a 1 year trial
• Being taken forward with local partners to ensure a strategic approach to publishing open data across Kent
Transparency Open Data Big Society
“Create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held
datasets can be requested and used by the public
“Ensure all data published by public bodies is published in an open and standardised
format”
“Enable businesses & non-profit organisations
to build innovative applications and websites“
Open Kent
Open Access Open Data Open Innovation
Provide platform & training toolkit for public & staff
to access, use and visualise information
Publish public information in an open and
standardised format
Provide environment for businesses & non-profits to
build innovative applications and websites
Open Kent offers an integrated approach across Kent
• 1. Sponsored by Kent Connects - Kent and Medway's Lead Technology Partnership
• 2. Enables users to access, visualise, map and compare local information from a single access point
• 3. Facilitates partners to share & compare their data in a secure way, to inform “place-based” decision making
Users can manage, share & visualise informationDownload VisualiseUpload
“Whilst there is a particular focus on data relating to public spending and procurement, the requirements for open data extend to virtually all areas of the public sector in both a central and local government context.” LGA Group Transparency Programme (2010)
To develop useful applications
Enables local digital sector to develop applications with the data
Help yourself
Help each other
Do it together
New insights
• People combine different sources of local information
• Staff monitor how people’s needs interact
• Pick up on unmet needs and feedback on how to improve access to services
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New customers
• Bring people together with specialist skills
• Provide them with open data they can make use of
• Support them to amplify and create new “micro” public services
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New suppliers
• People can interpret & create information easier
• Connect public services and “hard to reach”
• Work together to support people to help themselves
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New resources
• Enable people to use our assets & resources
• Help people understand where can help each other
• Sweat public assets for and with the community to transform services
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What are the benefits?For the public For the public sector
Get information they want Rationalise data collection
Find it in one place – who ever owns it
Reduce cost of multiple databases
Format it how they want it Increase efficiencies
Visualise and share Improve user satisfaction
Add value to the data Create a shared intelligence platform
Support access to information Support community engagement
Next wave of open data requirements
• Breaking down central government spend at local area level
• Councillor allowances and expenses• Council minutes and papers • Council job vacancies • Frontline service data including rubbish and recycling
rates, council tax collection rates and details of major planned projects
• Licensing applications and decisions • Planning applications and decisions • Food hygiene reports for food outlets
http://www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/transparency/
Areas of discussion
• At what stage are you at opening data?• How are you opening up the data?• How do you see Open Kent fitting into your
transparency/open data agenda?• Next steps