End of Commitment Report – Bicentennial Datathon of Municipal Public Policies

Name of Evaluator

Milenka Villegas

Email

[email protected]

Member Name

La Paz, Bolivia

Action PlanAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen... Title

Action plan – La Paz, Bolivia, 2025 – 2026

CommitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action...

Bicentennial Datathon of Municipal Public Policies

Action

The Municipal Planning Secretariat, in coordination with the Information Technology and Open Government Department, will create a space to open and share strategies and tools that facilitate data analysis, specifically from the 2023 La Paz Municipal Household Survey. This will encourage the participation of young university students, proposing and developing innovative solutions using ICT tools. This will also conduct a comprehensive analysis of the status of each sector: urban mobility, resilience, risks, and employment. Data from the Municipal Statistical and Geostatistical Portal will also be accessible, along with other sources to support the analysis. Working groups were previously organized for each sector. The baseline for each sector will be explained, questions answered, and the problems will then be defined, identifying the causes, those affected, beneficiaries, and other important aspects.

Problem

While the GAMLP is a pioneer in the publication and openness of data, the next step is to promote actions for the use of data. This means that users can analyze and establish measures for reuse in the formulation of evidence-based municipal public policies, which more accurately guide decision-making regarding the needs and shortcomings of the inhabitants of the municipality of La Paz.

1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?

complete

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

This initiative successfully met its objectives. It motivated the participation of university students in data analysis for public policy formulation. Fourteen teams from different universities and academic disciplines participated.

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1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).

Collaboration and coordination with universities and academia to include young people has been important in this commitment. The participation of teachers who motivate students to be involved in the development of public policies in a space where they can analyze data and propose solutions is crucial.

1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?

All of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

The datasets were prepared for the datathon through the Municipal Planning Secretariat, coordination was established with the different departments and universities, experts in the proposed topics were identified to train the students, the call for participation was launched, working groups were organized to finally carry out the Datathon event.

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2.1.1. – Did the government disclose more information; improve the quality of the information (new or existing); improve the value of the information; improve the channels to disclose or request information or improve accessibility to information?

Yes

Degree of result:

Major

Explanation: In narrative form, what has been the impact on people or practice.

Municipal management was strengthened through improved information administration, higher data quality, the promotion of open dataBy opening up data and making it sharable and reusable, governments can enable informed debate, better decision making, and the development of innovative new services. Technical specifications: Polici... portals, and greater public awareness of their use. The municipality consolidated its position as a national leader in data management, winning the Bolivia INNOVATIC 2025.

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2.1.2. – Did the government create new opportunities to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation inform or influence decisions; improve existing channels or spaces to seek feedback from citizens/enable participation/ inform or influence decisions; create or improve capabilities in the government or the public aimed to improve how the government seeks feedback from citizens/enables participation/ or allows for the public to inform or influence decisions?

No

2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?

No

2.1.4 Other Results

Not Applicable

2.2 Did the commitment address the public policy problem that it intended to address as described in the action plan?

Yes

Provide a brief explanation of your answer:

This commitment allowed the participation of young university students in the development of public policies through data analysis.

3. Provide at least one lesson or reflection relating to the implementation of this commitment. It can be the identification of key barriers to implementation, an unexpected help/hindrance, recommendations for future commitments, or if the commitment should be taken forward to the next action plan.

It is necessary to promote open data in all areas, expanding municipal management catalogs, so that citizens and young people have access to information and can carry out data analysis and research.