End of Commitment Report – Standardise SDG-linked datasets and provide high-quality open data for the territory as a whole, thereby facilitating the reuse of said data and boosting its impact
- Action Plan: Action plan – Catalonia, Spain, 2021 – 2023
Overview
Name of Evaluator
Núria Pérez Milán
Member Name
Cataluña (España)
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 – Catalonia, Spain, 2021 – 2023
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...
Standardise SDG-linked datasets and provide high-quality 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... for the territory as a whole, thereby facilitating the reuse of said data and boosting its impact
Action
Identifying and analyzing the models currently being developed for the standardization of open data in relation to the SDGs, and defining the Catalan model. Standardizing the datasets in order to obtain data that is open, of high quality, structured, reliable, granular, broken down by territory (at the municipal level, where possible) and genderOGP participating governments are bringing gender perspectives to popular policy areas, ensuring diversity in participatory processes, and specifically targeting gender gaps in policies to address gov... More, and presents a historical view of the SDGs in Catalonia. Publishing the data in an open data portal. The 17 SDG indicators must be presented, along with a control panel showing the progress made for each SDG and the level of progress regarding the publication of high-quality open data. Taking action to promote the use and reuse of data on the part of journalists, universities, public administrations, citizens, etc.: communication campaign, provision of tools, and support from supra-municipal bodies to local bodies (among others).
Problem
Lack of structured, up-to-date public data for monitoring the progress of the SDGs and the current plan to tackle them. There is no clear reference site for the SDG indicators that contain standardized and reusable data, and enables comparison with other territories/actors. Municipal-level data that allows for the application of geographical parameters is required. Journalists must be provided with data in order to improve the dissemination of data among citizens. Data must be provided and knowledge generated so that individuals in government are able to make good decisions that improve public policies.
Section 1.
Commitment completion
1.1 What was the overall level of progress in the commitment implementation at the time of this assessment?
Substantial
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
Significant progress has been made. Correspondence labels for the Sustainable Development GoalsOGP countries are experimenting with open government innovations to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 16+ which includes peaceful, just and inclusive societies... (SDGs) have been added to all datasets on the portal. In total, approximately 1,200 datasets have been labeled.
Provide evidence that supports and justifies your answer:
1.2 Describe the main external or internal factors that impacted implementation of this commitment and how they were addressed (or not).
The main obstacles highlight the fact that there is no way to separate the Socrata tags from the SDG tags. A new dataset was created by extracting Asset Inventory (with SDGs) per dataset; this was processed through Python to extract from the tag column, transforming the process.
1.3 Was the commitment implemented as originally planned?
Most of the commitment milestones were implemented as planned
Provide a brief explanation of your answer:
A viewer has been developed that allows the identification of the datasets available in the open data catalog.
Provide evidence for your answer:
Section 2.
Did it open government?
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.
Government transparencyAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, transparency occurs when “government-held information (including on activities and decisions) is open, comprehensive, timely, freely available to the pub... More has been enhanced, as citizens can now view the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) associated with datasets, thereby improving analyses.
Provide evidence for your answer:
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?
Not Applicable
2.1.3 Did the government create or improve channels, opportunities or capabilities to hold officials answerable to their actions?
Not Applicable
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
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