Establish National Centre for Open Data Competence (UA0095)

Open data has a substantial economic, social and anti-corruption impact and contributes to the enhancement of the transparency and accountability of public authorities. Moreover, open data is a valuable resource facilitating the country’s economic development, including its digital economy, which is demonstrated by the results of global research. It is expected that the G-20 economies will increase their GDPs by 1.1 percent due to opening priority data sets. The Kyiv School of Economics and the Open Data Institute (UK) have analysed the potential economic impact of open data in Ukraine by using the European Commission’s research methodology. The study revealed that open data has resulted in over USD 700 million in revenue coming into Ukraine. If Ukraine further develops its open data policy, income could grow to USD 1.14 billion, or by 0.92 per cent of GDP, by 2025. However, there is also a significant problem: information administrators lack the knowledge and skills to operate open data in a highquality and effective manner. Moreover, there is low awareness on the part of the public and members of the business community as to the opportunities and ways to use open data. Establishing the National Centre for Open Data Competence will have a positive impact on raising awareness among information administrators and open data users, and will contribute to Ukraine’s rise in international anti-corruption ratings. It is expected that the National Centre for Open Data Competence will: offer knowledge base and training courses for various target audiences; bring together open-data-based services; and, become a platform for communications and the collection of propositions from the public as regards forming the national open data policy. 29 Meeting this obligation will contribute to raising the public information administrators’ awareness as to operations with open data; increasing the involvement of civil society and business representatives in solving problematic issues of using and working with open data; and, popularising the social, economic, and anti-corruption impact of open data.

Steps Responsible persons Time-frame Partners Performance indicator 1. Making amendments to legal and normative acts Ministry of Digital Transformation April 2021 Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on amending the resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine concerning open data has been adopted 2. Putting the National Centre for Open Data Competence into pilot operation Ministry of Digital Transformation July–December 2021 the joint United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UK Department for International Development (UK aid) project “Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services/TAPAS” (by agreement) International Charity Organization East Europe Foundation (by agreement) the online platform has been put into pilot operation; proposals on improving the online platform have been prepared based on the pilot operation and feedback from civil society institutions; and the online platform has been refined (if necessary) 3. Putting the National Centre for Open Data Competence into operation Ministry of Digital Transformation January– December 2022 the joint United States Agency for International the National Centre for Open Data Competence has been put into operation 30 Steps Responsible persons Time-frame Partners Performance indicator Development (USAID) and UK Department for International Development (UK aid) project “Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services/TAPAS” (by agreement) International Charity Organization East Europe Foundation (by agreement)