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Monday 3 rd October 2011 Tracey Lane, Chris Finch, Kaushal Jhalla

Monday 3 rd October 2011 Tracey Lane, Chris Finch, Kaushal Jhalla. Kenya becomes a leader among developing countries in the adoption of open data.

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Monday 3 rd October 2011 Tracey Lane, Chris Finch, Kaushal Jhalla

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  1. Monday 3rd October 2011 Tracey Lane, Chris Finch, Kaushal Jhalla

  2. Kenya becomes a leader among developing countries in the adoption of open data • Kenya leads the region in promoting country-led management and transparency through the recently launched KODI http://opendata.go.ke/ One of the first and largest government data portals in the developing world. • It took 3 weeks, a dedicated champion, a lot of personal commitment (in and outside of government) and a Presidential launch to get it off the ground. • Internationally acclaimed and locally embraced as “one of the most significant steps Kenya has made in improving access to information” see O’Reilly media and McKinsey Quarterly1.

  3. Open Data The Context: New Constitution

  4. High Internet Penetration: 10 million with internet access, 26 % penetration, 98% through mobile phones

  5. High Level Commitment from President

  6. What Data? • 1999 and 2009 Census statistics • All government spending – central government, local government and constituencies 2002/3 to 2010/11 • Geo-coded constituency projects, primary and secondary schools and health centers. • Poverty and household well-being indicators for 69 districts and 47 counties. • Links to digitalized parliamentary proceedings and Gazette notices (Hansards). • Statistical Abstract 2000-2010. • Economic Surveys, Quarterly GDP • Educated population projections

  7. Immediate impact: Improving Fiscal Transparency in Kenya

  8. The Kenya Budget – In A Snapshot

  9. Developing agenda: Improving Aid Transparency

  10. Guiding World Bank Projects Monitoring, and Impact

  11. The Socrata Platform: Ease of Use, Downloadable, Searchable data

  12. Visualizations: County Graphs

  13. Open Data Maps (GIS coded) *GIS codes were obtained from line ministries and combined with maps provided by KNBS for the identification of individual schools and health clinics

  14. Open Data Downloadable Tables

  15. Results so far… Successful Presidential Launch – July 8th The portal at a glance…. http://opendata.go.ke Community apps showcase at the launch – July 8th Community apps tab in the portal

  16. Lessons: The need for a Champion! And World Bank Support From Behind

  17. Further Lessons for Bank Engagement … • Context critical – new Constitution – access to information enshrined; ICT demand, strong champion(s) • Country lead, World Bank behind-the-scenes • Linking supply with demand • Building government ownership -- Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Education • Bringing in ICT community and CSOs-- Non-state team spanned Ushahidi, Google, Private Sector Alliance, Virtual Kenya NGO, private software developers. • Cross sectoral team • PREM – Data! Analysis, visualizations • SD- Social accountability – access to information –citizen feedback • WBI, DEC - Global open data expertise , real-time technical assistance • ICT – project, CIOs

  18. Many late nights … and many behind-the-scenes contributors! • Kenya Government and ICT Board • ICT Board: Paul Kakubo, Kaburo Kobia • Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KENAO, Ministry of Education, Constituency Development Fund Secretariat, Local Government Reform Program • Kenya ICT/NGO community – Open Data task force • Athman Mohamed, Jay Bhalla, Al Kags, Michael Murungi, Erik Hersman, LinetKwamboka, Denis Gikunda, Ory Okolloh, Wanjiku Nganga • World Bank • Catherine Ngumbau, Carolyn Wangusi, LabanMaiyo, Philip Jespersen, JaneroseLubisia, PhilanaMugyenyi, Fred Owegi • AleemWalji, Neil Fantom, Tariq Aziz, SorenGigler, Massimo Mastruzzi, Isabel Neto, Charles Reese-Brigham • Socrata • Kevin Merrit, Chris Metcalf, Saf Rabah

  19. Next steps… • Tight time line was good for launch not so good for the next day… • Now need to institutionalize internally • … and externally • Strong demand for data – where to start? Bank’s own analytical work and data collection efforts useful. • Building links with data users and citizens • On-going work with the donor community to shine a light on aid flows, especially off-budget expenditures. • Automation of data collection and dissemination; standardization of data standards, internationally relevant.

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