Open Data (KG0001)

Implementation and promotion of open data policy in the Kyrgyz Republic
Commitment Start and End Date
September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2020
Lead implementing agency/actor State Committee of Information Technologies and Communications
Commitment description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address? Insufficient information in machine-readable format available on the websites of state bodies hinders the analysis of state structures’ activities, research on social and economic issues, introduction of innovative projects and applications and development of digital economy in the Kyrgyz Republic in general.
What is the commitment? Creating a national open data platform and mechanisms for public access to open data. Pilot open datasets in machine-readable format will be defined in consultation with civil society and made available on the open data public portal.
How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? Disclosure of the machine-readable data will allow all interested parties to carry out in-depth analysis of state bodies’ performance, create favorable conditions for “digital economy” development as well as expand opportunities for academia and experts to conduct applied research in the field of country’s socio-economic development.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? Transparency: Data of the state bodies will be made available on regular basis in machine-readable form.
Citizen participation: Active participation of business, NGOs, media and academia representatives will be ensured in determining priority and relevant data to be disclosed via public open data portal.
Additional information
Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Budget Start date End date
Activity 1: Involvement of public authorities in the process of the open data compilation.
1.1. Conduct consultations with civil society and entrepreneurs to identify the demand, priorities and criteria for open data in government bodies. Development partners’ funds October 2018 December 2018
1.2. Select and coordinate data of the pilot state bodies for its further compilation and disclosure in the open data format with subsequent posting on the State Open Data Portal. Development partners’ funds December 2018 March 2019

1.3. Develop and approve detailed internal regulations of state bodies for disclosing data in open format. Development partners’ funds
December 2018 June 2019

1.4. Expand the practice of disclosing data in open format to other state bodies. Within the national budget March 2019 August 2020

Activity 2: Creating the national Open Data Platform.
2.1. Develop Open Data portal Development partners’ funds
October 2018 December 2018
2.2. Conduct trainings and workshops on issues of increasing capacity of government agencies in the field of open data and use of the Open Data Portal. Development partners’ funds
March 2019 July 2019
2.3. Monitor state bodies on implementation requirements for data disclosure on the Portal.
Development partners’ funds
December 2018 August 2020

2.4. Conduct hackathons to develop new solutions based on the state Open Data Portal.
Development partners’ funds
December 2018 April 2019

Activity 3: Improving the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of open data.
3.1. Develop a package of regulatory legal acts on amendments and additions to the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic aimed at improving the access of citizens to the state bodies data. Development partners’ funds

October 2018 July 1,
2019
Expected result 1 1.1. Public consultations, involving at least 200 representatives of civil society and entrepreneurs in the process of identifying the most requested open data sets, are held.
1.2. At least 200 data sets have been selected for disclosure on the Open Data Portal.
1.3. The internal regulations of state bodies on disclosure of at least 200 selected data sets in open format are endorsed.
1.4. At least 25 state bodies are involved in the process of open data disclosure.
Expected result 2 2.1. Developed portal provides:
- access of civil society to open data of the state bodies;
- access to the analytical module for non-standard reporting data compilation;
- access to government responses to complaints and questions through “Feedback” section.
- developers have access to the Portal database through an interaction protocol (API).
2.2. Skills-upgrading trainings and seminars for the government agencies’ specialists, responsible for information disclosure in machine-readable form have been conducted.
2.3. Monitoring reports with disclosure requirements are posted on the SCITC official website (on a quarterly basis).
2.4. Conditions for developing applications for civil society have been established.
Expected result 3 3.1. The following major changes have been made to the KR legislation in the sphere of access to information:
- the term concepts “open data”, “open government data” are defined;
- the rules of the state open data portal are included;
- the requirements on disclosing information in the open data format are included irrespective of whether there is information systems in the state bodies.
Contact information
Name of responsible person from implementing agency Ms. B.Keneshova
Title, Department Specialist of implementation of ICT projects and electronic services department of SCITC
Email and Phone (0312) 605046; (0312) 605040
Other Actors Involved – State actors involved
CSOs, private sector, multilaterals, working groups