Resources

The Emergence of a Third Wave of Open Data

November 5, 2020June 2, 2021

Stefaan G. Verhulst, Andrew Young, Andrew Zahuranec, Susan Ariel Aaronson, Ania Calderon & Matt Gee

How to accelerate the reuse of Data for Public Interest Purposes while ensuring data rights and community flourishing. The paper identifies the achievements and deficits in current and past approaches to open data and charts a new way forward for the movement that builds on lessons learned.

The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Tim Davies, Steve Walker, Mor Rubinstein and Fernando Perini

Collection of 37 essays from almost 70 authors and supported by over 200 other contributors, on the current state of open data from a range of different perspectives, offering the most comprehensive attempt to explore the breadth and depth of the open data field to date.

Smarter crowdsourcing for anti-corruption

September 14, 2020

IADB and The GovLab

A handbook of innovative legal, technical and policy proposals, and a Guide to their implementation. Spanish version.

Evaluation of the Open Data for Development Programme

September 14, 2020

Open Data for Development Network

Final report assessing the first two years of the OD4D network

Mapping open data for accountability

February 6, 2020June 10, 2021

Transparency and Accountability Initiative & Open Data Charter

Open data is an asset for improving accountability and governance.; yet examples of impact have been slow to emerge. It is likely that we need to make adjustments in the way that work in the field is organised, funded and delivered if we are to improve impact. This paper offers a...

Sum of Our Parts: Open Organisations

February 6, 2020June 10, 2021

Open Organisations

The CEOs of seven high-profile international ‘open’ organisations got together, with the belief that they can achieve more impact by combining efforts, especially as they face shared challenges. This report is the result of an examination of how these organisations can collaborate, and identifies a series of actions that the organisations collectively...

Making Cities Open by Default: Lessons from open data pioneers

May 22, 2018June 2, 2021

Open Data Charter & Open North

This report explores the opportunities and challenges faced by cities improving their open data programme, and specifically the role that the Charter can play in supporting this process.

Resilient reform in government: Lessons from open data leaders

November 15, 2017June 10, 2021

Open Data Charter & Open Data Institute

This report is a collection of reflections by officials on how they worked to embed reforms before the recent US, French, Philippine and Kenyan national elections.

Case Study: Open Government Data in Rio de Janeiro City

October 26, 2017June 10, 2021

This case study of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will examine the challenges for local public sector organization in terms of agenda setting, formulation of public policy, implementation and evaluation channels/models.