Yes this could be very powerful, as it provides metrics that are equally important at the national level,
Eg in Canada there is now a specific Open Government Resolution. It's now an 'official' government measure, and it would be productive to see where each agency stands against this measure. Neil. > Hi all, > > Yes as Daniel says we are building a scoreboard for EU Member States on > the > progress being made with regard to opening up data for re-use. In a > previous > incarnation that was already part of the epsiplatform.eu but it's going to > be revamped. Currently we are in discussion with the EC on which > indicators > to use, both to make top-down efforts (policies, legal framworks) as > bottom-up efforts (open data movement, local activities, court cases) > visible. > > As this is a developing field we don't want to lock the indicators in, but > are adding a 'collector' for a narrative database to be able to spot > emerging factors that can serve as indicators. That means we will be > collecting stories/experiences from data users, data holders, and all the > other stakeholders on what they actually do/go through when trying to deal > with open data. The patterns over a body of those stories are of interest > to > us. It may show new themes (like data journalism popped up at some point), > new obstacles, opportunities, or enduring barriers. > > best, > > Ton > ePSIplatform community steward > ------------------------------------------- > Interdependent Thoughts > Ton Zijlstra > > [email protected] > +31-6-34489360 > > http://zylstra.org/blog > ------------------------------------------- > > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Daniel Dietrich > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Guo >> >> This is an interesting proposal. epsiplatform has done something similar >> for EU countries in 2009: >> http://www.epsiplatform.eu/examples/scorecardand is about to carry the >> research out again soon. >> >> So apart from defining the criteria for the index the real challenge >> would >> be to carry it out in as many countries as possible. Any idesas on this? >> >> >> Daniel >> >> >> >> On 03.07.2011, at 03:21, Guo Xu wrote: >> >> > Dear list(s), >> > >> > The OKCon has passed and generated many ideas for exciting future >> projects. >> > >> > One of the promising ideas I discussed with several participants was >> > to compile an index to track progress in opening data - both over time >> > and across countries. This would serve several purposes: >> > >> > 1) Enable the public to make cross-country comparisons (i.e. which >> > country performs well?) and track longitudinal developments (i.e. >> > which country has improved on opening data?) >> > 2) Serve as a useful tool for conducting open knowledge research (e.g. >> > correlating the index with socio-economic variables - does open >> > knowledge really foster innovation and growth?) >> > 3) Ideally, increase impact of OKF in public - making the "Open >> > Knowledge Index" a citable measure of open government >> > >> > There are many indices out there - for tracking democracy, corruption, >> > innovation and human development - so why not a measure to track >> > progress in opening government? Such an index (leaving aside >> > methodological problems for now) could greatly increase visibility of >> > OKF's work: A success case here is Transparency International - before >> > Ti published its corruption index, journalists had a hard time reading >> > and understanding all the reports - with the creation of the >> > Corruption Perception Index, Ti has become one of the most known NGOs >> > in fighting corruption. >> > >> > So why not have an Open Knowledge Index, released annually in a report >> > and during the OKCon? This would greatly increase media attention! >> > >> > I have some professional experience in creating indices (my research >> > institute has been compiling the German innovation index for a while >> > and we are currently drafting the funding proposal for an index of IT >> > infrastructure resilience). The Open Economics WG itself has developed >> > some experience with creating composite indices with the Yourtopia app >> > we submitted previously at the Apps4Development competition. I would >> > therefore volunteer to coordinate such an index within the Open >> > Economics group, mainly as an open academic project. The first step >> > would be to construct a prototype; in the longer run, we might also >> > consider applying for research grants in order to create the index >> > annually. >> > >> > Just wanted to start a discussion and see who would be interested - we >> > are planning to discuss this in greater detail during our regular >> > Skype meetups. >> > >> > Guo >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > okfn-discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> open-government mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-government >> > _______________________________________________ > open-government mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-government > -- Neil McEvoy Founder Cloud Best Practices Network http://mcevoy.biz _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
