open data uganda
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Open Data Uganda
@uopendev
The Components
Social Economic
Social Economic
• ( )Analogue Mindset• Opennness is a bit scary
– Quality– Monetarily
• Small budgets
Technological
(c) ACODE, Uganda
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Technological
• Internet is not everywhere– ( )But radio is and print
• - In continent Datacenters• Invest in people all over
& Institutions Politics
& Institutions Politics
• More and more awareness all over– On the supply and demand side
• Access to Information Act is in place• , No Gov budget yet
– Lot of public sector initiative
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
• Government– NITA– NPA– UBOS– : Special mention Ministry of Water
Ecosystem
• Civil Society– Very active– Very scattered– Umbrella organisations appearing
Others
• Advocating going on• & Waiting for more data infrastructure
?How to Set Up
Just do It
Preliminary Analysis
• : Happening online :// .http data ug
• Scrape the Internet• : ' Have more Let s talk
Inventory
. .www devtrac ug
. .www devtrac ug
.schoolguideuganda com
All projects have to access data about schools
. . .www kmcc org ug
Preparation
Preparation
• Regulatory framework– Copying– Linking– ( )Re collecting
Distributed
Organisation
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UBOS
Pro
• & Quick Cheap• Open• Transparent• Data owner manages her own data• Endless possibilities
Cons
• Duplication• Authority
Challenges
• / Start Keep talking• , & Discuss Define Use standards• Tell everybody• Uganda Open Development
. .Partnership Platform www opendev ug
Exposure
• .Collect it all on data ug
Outreach
• Government– ( - , , .)Clusters geo cluster water etc– Cutting across– Open Data is part of everything
Outreach
• Media houses• Techies• Universities• Private Sector•
• Build it and they will come• ( , !)and they have data too
Samples
Supervision
• , Government please join• Use your current champions• -Do not over engineer• Most data is no security concern• Invest in people
