Open Standards and APIs for a Better World - Nordic APIs Stockholm 2014
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The document discusses open standards and APIs for development. It summarizes the goals of the World Bank to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. It then outlines the Open World Bank initiative which makes the Bank's data, research, knowledge, operations, and finances open through open data, knowledge sharing, and partnerships for openness. It also discusses the Open Aid Partnership and International Aid Transparency Initiative which aim to increase transparency around aid through open data standards and APIs. It encourages organizations to contribute to creating a better world by using and sharing open data and APIs.
Open Standards and APIs for a Better World - Nordic APIs Stockholm 2014
- 1. Open Standards and APIs for a Better World Nordic APIs Stockholm 2014-03-31 Pernilla Näsfors Twitter: @pernillan www.slideshare.net/pernillanasfors
- 2. “An investment in better information is an investment in better development” - APC Colombia (La Agencia Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia)
- 4. World Bank Goals - Ending Extreme Poverty - Decrease the percentage of people living with less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030 - Promoting Shared Prosperity - Promote income growth of the bottom 40% of the population in each country
- 5. The Open World Bank What We Know (Data, Research & Knowledge) • Open Data Initiative • Open Knowledge Repository • Knowledge Reports What We Do (Operations, Finances & Results) • Projects & Operations • Open Finances • IEG Evaluations • Mapping for Results • Corporate Scorecard • AidFlows How We Work (Partnerships for Openness) • Open Aid Partnership • Open Government Partnership • Knowledge Platforms • Kenya/Moldova Open Data Portal Access to Information Policy
- 6. Open Aid Partnership - Turning aid reporting upside down - www.openaidmap.org
- 7. World Bank APIs - Indicators (time series data) - Projects (World Bank operations) - World Bank Finances - Climate Data - RESTful with (at least)JSON and XML - data.worldbank.org/developers
- 8. > 8000 Indicators Environment External Debt Agriculture Economy Gender Public Sector Urban Development Health Climate Change Trade Poverty Private Sector Social Development Aid Effectiveness Infrastructure Rural Development Energy Science & Technology Education Social Protection & Labor Growth
- 10. Openaid.se
- 11. Openaid.se - Hub for statistics and documents about Swedish development cooperation from the 70s until today - Openaid.se API launched 2011 - Moving to IATI API
- 16. Traceability
- 18. “Dogfooding” - Using your Public API as a Private API is like“Eating your own dog food” - Organizations who use their own IATI data for visualizations etc tend to increase their data quality
- 19. IATI APIs - IATI Datastore - http://datastore.iatistandard.org - OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman - http://oipa.openaidsearch.org - AidData - http://aiddata.org/api-documentation
- 20. Challenges - Timely, comprehensive and forward looking data - Data quality - Traceability with e.g. budget and unique organization identifiers - Access and use of data - Governance
- 21. How Can You Contribute? How do you think you and your organization can contribute to creating a better world using your skills and expertise?
- 22. #ICT4D = Information and Communication Technologies for Development Follow e.g. @SidaICT4D
- 23. #OKFEST14 = Open Knowledge Festival Berlin, 15-17 July 2014 - Open Minds to Open Action - www.okfestival.org & @okfestival - Working Groups: okfn.org/wg/ e.g. Open Development / #opendev - Local groups: se.okfn.org & @okfnse
- 24. Thank You! Now Go and Save the World! pernilla@openhearted.se Pernilla Näsfors Twitter: @pernillan pernillan.se <3