{"id":83406,"date":"2016-06-29T08:56:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T13:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=83406"},"modified":"2017-04-07T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:24:50","slug":"snapshot-state-open-data-caribbean-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/06\/snapshot-state-open-data-caribbean-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot: state of Open Data in the Caribbean in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary of the Caribbean results in the 2015 Global Open Data Index exercise.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\nThe concept of \u201cOpen Data\u201d is not new in the Caribbean. It began to gain prominence around five years ago, with the crystallised into the first Caribbean Open Data Conference, and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/caribbeanopeninstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribbean Open Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With regard to understanding the term \u2018Open Data\u201d, the key focus should be on the word \u201copen\u201d, which speaks to being able to \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness)\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/opendefinition.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Definition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater openness on the part of governments, with respect to data and information, along with the provision goods and services, foster not only improved transparency, accountability and public participation, but also contributes to innovation and entrepreneurship. According to a 2013 study by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ebooks.capgemini-consulting.com\/The-Open-Data-Economy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capgemini<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026[p]ublic administration officials are now beginning to realize the value that opening up data can have. For instance, the direct impact of Open Data on the EU27 economy was estimated at \u20ac32 Billion in 2010, with an estimated annual growth rate of 7%.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2013, the Global Open Data Index is an annual effort to measure the state of open government data worldwide. The methodology employed is based on the following four assumptions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Data is defined by the Open Definition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government\u2019s role is in publishing data <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National government as aggregator of data <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal (or national) government is accountable for the open publication by all its sub-governments<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To secure a comprehensive view of the state of openness of data in 2015, 13 datasets on data that could and should be made public are examined, as outlined in Table 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83409\" style=\"width: 583px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83409\" data-attachment-id=\"83409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/06\/snapshot-state-open-data-caribbean-2015\/datasets-examined-for-2015-global-open-data-index\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?fit=971%2C1640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"971,1640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index (Souce:  Global Open Data Index)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?fit=178%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?fit=606%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-83409\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?resize=573%2C968\" alt=\"Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index (Souce: Global Open Data Index)\" width=\"573\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?w=971&amp;ssl=1 971w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?resize=178%2C300&amp;ssl=1 178w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?resize=768%2C1297&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Datasets-examined-for-2015-Global-Open-Data-Index.png?resize=606%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 606w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table 1: Datasets examined for 2015 Global Open Data Index (Souce: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caribbean results<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2015 assessment comprised 122 countries, including the following 15 Caribbean countries:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antigua and Barbuda (A&amp;B); t<\/span>he Bahamas (BAH);\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbados (BAR);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cayman Islands (CAY);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominica (DOM);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominican Republic (DR);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grenada (GDA);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guyana (GUY);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamaica (JAM);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puerto Rico (PR);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Lucia (SLU);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG);\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trinidad and Tobago (T&amp;T); and\u00a0<\/span>Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Table 2 shows the rank and scores each Caribbean country received for the 13 datasets examined <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83408\" style=\"width: 1273px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83408\" data-attachment-id=\"83408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2016\/06\/snapshot-state-open-data-caribbean-2015\/2015-open-data-index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-caribbean-countries\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?fit=1263%2C617&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1263,617\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?fit=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?fit=1024%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-83408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?resize=1080%2C528\" alt=\"2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?w=1263&amp;ssl=1 1263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?resize=768%2C375&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2015-Open-Data-Index-ranking-and-scores-for-select-Caribbean-countries.png?resize=1024%2C500&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table 2: 2015 Open Data Index ranking and scores for select Caribbean countries (Source: Global Open Data Index)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Caribbean, Jamaica was considered the most open, achieving a rank of 37th out of 122 countries, with Saint Kitts and Nevis being considered the least open, near the bottom of the list at 117th. The most open countries worldwide were: Taiwan (#1); the United Kingdom (#2); Denmark (#3); Colombia (#4) and Finland (#5), with the United States and Canada at number 8 and 17. respectively.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Across the Caribbean countries assessed, there is still considerable room for improvement, as it relates to the availability of data collected by government. evidenced by the number of &#8216;0&#8217; scores received, here are still data for several datasets that either is not being collected, and perhaps more importantly, are not made being made publicly available. Additionally, for data that is being collected, the low scores suggest that they are not\u00a0being comprehensively collected, or collected with adequate frequency.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, the Open Open Index provides a benchmark for the state of Open Data in the countries examined. it also provides\u00a0basis to evaluate\u00a0all of the\u00a0reported progress that has been\u00a0communicated in the Caribbean in this area, and to truly gauge\u00a0the extent to which our individual countries, and by extension the region, is incraesing in openness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: \u00a0<a class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to justgrimes's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/notbrucelee\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\" data-rapid_p=\"30\">justgrimes<\/a>\u00a0(flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of the Caribbean results in the 2015 Global Open Data Index exercise. 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