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What are the effects of open development?
At "Open Data for Development Camp" in Amsterdam, Marijn Rijken of the Dutch research institute TNO presented on "open data opportunities in development". Together, we're now drafting a research proposal to gather answers on pertinent questions around open data in development: “What are the social, organizational, technological, financial and legal effects of open development?”. It's part of our efforts to build network as the basis for a Dutch knowledge platform.
TNO has done similar sector-wide research around open data in other sectors, and would like to take the existing research in this area a step forward. AidInfo published a cost-benefit analysis on open data, and a framework for this. The Transparency and Accountability Initiative recently published a report on introducing open data in middle income and developing countries. And we also like to include "effective use" and impacts on e.g. privacy and security, and a possible "data divide".
We plan to look at existing literature and research, sketch a vision on what "open development in 2020" could look like, and provide a framework for a social cost-benefit analysis, and the ground work for a road map to help organisations embrace open data and "do it right" (e.g. critical success factors, activating crucial stakeholders and infomediaries).
Of course we like to hear of other research projects with recent publications or currently underway.
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IKM Paper
Hello Rolf,
Sounds like a fantastic initiative.
We'll hopefully have a (very belated) draft paper coming out of last years IKM Workshop looking at some of the opportunities and challenges of open data for development ready for the end of September. I've also got some of the results of the mapping of available datasets we did for that written up which I'll publish ASAP (and happy to send over a copy of the draft by e-mail): http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk/odi/2011/06/a-whole-lot-of-devel...
The raw data from that bit of micro-mapping is also available.
Tim
Toward a Vision and Roadmap on Open Data Strategies
TNO and Partos have made the next step in our research project, and will not only look at the effects of open data for development, but also develop a vision and roadmap on open data strategies for development. As a stakeholder in the development sector, you are invited to participate and have your voice captured in the research and vision and carried out on the relevant forums. See http://openforchange.info/content/open-development
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