Opening our information to support transformation Noel Hatch Noel Hatch
Make the best of resources to help tackle disadvantage Open up information to help put citizens in control of their lives Support people to use their digital skills to grow the local economy
Make the best use of resources To help tackle disadvantage and  create genuine value for money with the community Image from  http://www.innovationunit.org/radicalefficiency
New insights People combine different sources of local information Staff monitor how people’s needs interact  Pick up on unmet needs and feedback on how to improve access to services + + =
New customers Bring people together with specialist skills  Provide them with open data they can make use of  Support them to amplify and create new “micro” public services + + =
New suppliers People can interpret & create information easier Connect public services and “hard to reach” Work together to support people to help themselves + + =
New resources Enable people to use our assets & resources Help people understand where can help each other Sweat public assets for and with the community to transform services + + =
Support people to change their behaviour Help people understand how their behaviours influence others Develop their skills in uncovering stories in their community Support people to use their social networks to spread positive behaviour
Start engaging where people are Work with local innovators to reach out to others Give staff the skills to engage online Take part in the conversation with community groups
2. Open up information Download Visualise Upload To help put citizens in control
Background to Open Kent Concept won national award by IDeA, SOCITM & LGC  Successfully trialled for CLG Informing Citizens Project Working with Cabinet Office to integrate linked data approach Development funded by Kent Connects until Autumn 2011 as part of a 1 year trial Being taken forward with local partners to ensure a strategic approach to publishing open data across Kent
Transparency Open Data Big Society “ Create a new ‘right to data’  so that government-held  datasets can be requested  and used by the public  “ Ensure all data published by  public bodies is published in  an open and standardised  format”  “ Enable businesses &  non-profit organisations  to build innovative  applications and websites“
Open Kent Open Access Open Data Open Innovation Provide platform & training  toolkit for public & staff  to access, use and  visualise information Publish public information in  an open and standardised format Provide environment for  businesses & non-profits to  build innovative applications  and websites
Open Kent offers an integrated approach across Kent 1. Sponsored by Kent Connects - Kent and Medway's Lead Technology Partnership  2. Enables users to access, visualise, map and compare local information from a single access point 3. Facilitates KCC & partners to share & compare their data in a secure way, to inform “place-based” decision making
To compare services, spend & performance
To make sense of complex information
To develop useful applications
What are the benefits? Support community engagement Create a shared intelligence platform Add value to the data Improve user satisfaction Visualise and share Increase efficiencies Format it how they want it Reduce cost of multiple databases Find it in one place – who ever owns it Rationalise data collection Get information they want For the public sector For the public
3. Support people to use their digital skills Help yourself Help each  other Do it together
… To help build the Big Digital Society How? Funded as part of Reboot Britain, a leading edge national programme to test new models of innovative working Working with Kent Business School National engagement [1]   http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/reboot_britain
Get people together to develop innovations + =
 
How does it work? Get people with different skills together… … to brainstorm ideas based on local challenges … develop prototypes … that can be showcased at the end of the day
How does it work online? + = Innovation Playground is a virtual environment for local innovators to develop ICT solutions
Use low cost, secure and open source infrastructure Makes the best use of cheap and accessible infrastructure Reduces the costs of developing and procuring technology
What are the benefits?   Empowers SMEs/entrepreneurs to  develop solutions Uses new tools to develop applications in a quick & easy way to help reduce costs Taps into new markets and ways of involving the community
Conclusion Enable people to share resources Understand how people influence each other   Enable communities to develop solutions

Opening information to transform services

  • 1.
    Opening our informationto support transformation Noel Hatch Noel Hatch
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    Make the bestof resources to help tackle disadvantage Open up information to help put citizens in control of their lives Support people to use their digital skills to grow the local economy
  • 3.
    Make the bestuse of resources To help tackle disadvantage and create genuine value for money with the community Image from http://www.innovationunit.org/radicalefficiency
  • 4.
    New insights Peoplecombine different sources of local information Staff monitor how people’s needs interact Pick up on unmet needs and feedback on how to improve access to services + + =
  • 5.
    New customers Bringpeople together with specialist skills Provide them with open data they can make use of Support them to amplify and create new “micro” public services + + =
  • 6.
    New suppliers Peoplecan interpret & create information easier Connect public services and “hard to reach” Work together to support people to help themselves + + =
  • 7.
    New resources Enablepeople to use our assets & resources Help people understand where can help each other Sweat public assets for and with the community to transform services + + =
  • 8.
    Support people tochange their behaviour Help people understand how their behaviours influence others Develop their skills in uncovering stories in their community Support people to use their social networks to spread positive behaviour
  • 9.
    Start engaging wherepeople are Work with local innovators to reach out to others Give staff the skills to engage online Take part in the conversation with community groups
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    2. Open upinformation Download Visualise Upload To help put citizens in control
  • 11.
    Background to OpenKent Concept won national award by IDeA, SOCITM & LGC Successfully trialled for CLG Informing Citizens Project Working with Cabinet Office to integrate linked data approach Development funded by Kent Connects until Autumn 2011 as part of a 1 year trial Being taken forward with local partners to ensure a strategic approach to publishing open data across Kent
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    Transparency Open DataBig Society “ Create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public “ Ensure all data published by public bodies is published in an open and standardised format” “ Enable businesses & non-profit organisations to build innovative applications and websites“
  • 13.
    Open Kent OpenAccess Open Data Open Innovation Provide platform & training toolkit for public & staff to access, use and visualise information Publish public information in an open and standardised format Provide environment for businesses & non-profits to build innovative applications and websites
  • 14.
    Open Kent offersan integrated approach across Kent 1. Sponsored by Kent Connects - Kent and Medway's Lead Technology Partnership 2. Enables users to access, visualise, map and compare local information from a single access point 3. Facilitates KCC & partners to share & compare their data in a secure way, to inform “place-based” decision making
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    To compare services,spend & performance
  • 16.
    To make senseof complex information
  • 17.
    To develop usefulapplications
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    What are thebenefits? Support community engagement Create a shared intelligence platform Add value to the data Improve user satisfaction Visualise and share Increase efficiencies Format it how they want it Reduce cost of multiple databases Find it in one place – who ever owns it Rationalise data collection Get information they want For the public sector For the public
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    3. Support peopleto use their digital skills Help yourself Help each other Do it together
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    … To helpbuild the Big Digital Society How? Funded as part of Reboot Britain, a leading edge national programme to test new models of innovative working Working with Kent Business School National engagement [1] http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/reboot_britain
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    Get people togetherto develop innovations + =
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    How does itwork? Get people with different skills together… … to brainstorm ideas based on local challenges … develop prototypes … that can be showcased at the end of the day
  • 24.
    How does itwork online? + = Innovation Playground is a virtual environment for local innovators to develop ICT solutions
  • 25.
    Use low cost,secure and open source infrastructure Makes the best use of cheap and accessible infrastructure Reduces the costs of developing and procuring technology
  • 26.
    What are thebenefits? Empowers SMEs/entrepreneurs to develop solutions Uses new tools to develop applications in a quick & easy way to help reduce costs Taps into new markets and ways of involving the community
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    Conclusion Enable peopleto share resources Understand how people influence each other Enable communities to develop solutions

Editor's Notes

  • #20 Imagine if your local council gave you the tools to work out how you could help yourself, fix the neighbourhood or even change your world? Although Open Kent currently focuses on public information, it could technically be used, if so desired, to enable users to submit user generated data, such as when there is snow in their drive or reporting potholes. Enables local developers to build online services so councils don’t have to