OPEN DATA IN MEXICO: LEGISLATION AND INSTITUTIONAL

SETTING

Julio A. Santaella President of INEGI

UN Statistical Commission Seminar on Emerging Issues, Open Data: Adding Value by Matching Access with Privacy and

Security March 3, 2017

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MEXICO’S APPROACH

• Mexico has a National System of Statistical and Geographical

Information (SNIEG - NSS).

• SNIEG´s integration:

− Set of government departments

(State Units)

− organized through 4 National

Information Sub-Systems (NIS)

− with Specialized Technical

Committees (STC)

− regulated and coordinated by INEGI

STC STC STC STC STC

STC STC STC STC STC

STC

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STC

STC

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STC

STC

STC

STC

STC

Socio demographic

Geographical and

environmental

Economical

Government, Public Safety &

Justice

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STC ON OPEN DATA (CTEDA)

• The CTEDA was created in December

2013

• Objectives:

– Promote availability and use of open

data

– Develop and review guidelines,

technical standards and best

practices

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• In November 2014 the Technical

Standard for Access and

Publishing of Open Data of

Statistical and Geographical

Information of National Interest

(TS) was approved.

• It establishes provisions to make

information available as Open

Data.

RESULTS OF THE CTEDA

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• The TS establishes that government departments in Mexico must

provide access to their information as Open Data.

• Attributes of open data information:

OPEN DATA ATTRIBUTES

1. On-line 6. Machine-readable

2. Free 7. Integral

3. Non-discriminatory 8. Primary

4. Free of use 9. Timely

5. Open format 10. Permanent

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INSTITUTIONAL ALIGNMENT REGARDING PRIVACY

Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

Law of the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information

Principles and Best Practices for Statistical and Geographical Activities

SNIEG

Technical Standard for Access and Publishing of

Open Data of Statistical and Geographical Information

Standard for Dissemination and Promotion of Access,

Knowledge and Use of Statistical and Geographical

Information

Principle 6: Individual data collected by statistical

agencies have to be strictly confidential and

used exclusively for statistical purposes

Data provided for statistical purposes will be

strictly confidential

Guarantees confidentiality of data

Access to information does not violate principles

of confidentiality

Openness Privacy

BALANCE OPEN DATA - PRIVACY

• INEGI has taken steps towards

balancing openness (data

disaggregation) and privacy

(personal information):

‒ Open microdata as long as

privacy principles are not violated

‒ Microdata laboratory for

specialized users only

OPEN DATA RELATED CHANGES AT INEGI

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Printed 50,971 73,042 69,750 60,944 10,962 2,865 2,808 0 0

Digital 4,194 3,478 3,961 2,632 60,724 767,280 1,422,18 929,472 1,795,44

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Sales / Downloads of Digital Cartography

Remarkable examples of the impact of institutional changes

Sales / Downloads National Statistical Directory

of Economic Units

For Sale Free of charge

Oct-14 Free of charge

Dec-14 Terms of free use

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

For Sale 6 5 3 0 0

Free 0 0 116 2934 2896

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• Up to this day, INEGI has published 1,921 data resources as Open Data.

• As a result, INEGI was ranked 1st out of 125 countries in the ODIN 2015, and 16th

out of 173 countries in the 2016 edition.

2015

Odin Score

68

1st Out of 125 countries

2016

Odin Score

67

16th Out of 173 countries

OPEN DATA AT INEGI

OPEN DATA INVENTORY 2015 & 2016

www.inegi.org.mx

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• The CTEDA will review the

Technical Standard in order to

include the SDGs indicators.

• In 2017 all the statistical and

geographical information of

National Interest will be available as

Open Data.

• INEGI will start developing a Linked

Open Data prototype.

NEXT STEPS

OPEN DATA IN MEXICO: LEGISLATION AND INSTITUTIONAL

SETTING

Julio A. Santaella President of INEGI

UN Statistical Commission Seminar on Emerging Issues, Open Data: Adding Value by Matching Access with Privacy and

Security March 3, 2017