News from the ODDC Network
Open data supply is improving, but there is still a long way to go before the data that is published connects with citizen demand, and open data is regularly put to high-impact use. That's the general impression shared by participants in our Linked In conversation about the biggest open data issues in 2014, and mirrors emerging findings from our case study research. Yet, efforts to overcome barriers that might prevent the realisation of the promise of open data continue to grow, you can be sure more organisations and countries will be engaging with open data over the coming year. In fact, this year started with the launch of a new Open Data Portal in the Philippines at last week's Good Governance Summit, where two ODDC partners were presenting their early research findings.
This increasing growth of open data activities is likely to be matched by increasing demand for evidence about open data outcomes and impacts. Central to any research that can address these demands will be understanding the context and politics of a country or city. Four short summaries of the open data journey in different cities in Latin America recently shared by ODDC partners illustrate the very different forms that open data initiatives can take.
Over the next few months we're going to focussed in writing up the diverse case studies from across the ODDC network, and planning for a second network meeting in Berlin alongside the 2014 Open Knowledge Festival in July where we hope to also be sharing our learning publicly, and launching the next phase of the ODDC project.
As always - you can keep in touch and tell us about your open data research and plans to through the Open Data Research Network LinkedIn group. We look forward to the ongoing open data conversation in 2014.
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