Speaker: Rusudan Mikhelidze

Director of Analytical DepartmentMinistry of Justice of GEORGIA

9 May, 2014Dublin

Open Data in Georgia

Challenges and Way Forward

Content

Challenges and Recommendations

Examples of using Open Data

From transparency and accountability to stimulus for business and economic growth

Open Data Portal in Georgia

Development of Portal

DATA.GOV.GE

CSO effort – Opendata.ge

Everyone Sees Everything: E-Procurement

Development of Portal

Clear Roadmap

Hybrid Model

Mechanism for implementation and coordination

Survey of existing datasets

Administrative procedures, data formats, software

Coordination mechanism

Issues and Challenges

Distinction between PSI and Open Data

Well managed digitized datasets

Consensus and decision on need for open data

Clear roadmap

From Transparency and Accountability Tool

to Stimulus for Economic Growth

“New Objective” for Open Data

Solutions/Recommendations

Secure high level political commitment

Create clear roadmap and have everyone agree on it

Develop and launch the coordination mechanism – make it operational and sustainable

Start small make it big in the end …

Strategize new objectives of open data and raise awareness

rmikhelidze@justice.gov.ge