Improvements to dados.gov Portal (PT0013)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Portugal Action Plan 2021-2023
Action Plan Cycle: 2021
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Administrative Modernization Agency, IP (AMA)
Support Institution(s): Council of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities (CRUP) Association for the Promotion and Development of the Information Society (APDSI) Platform of Civil Society Associations – House of Citizenship (PASC)
Policy Areas
Public ParticipationIRM Review
IRM Report: Portugal Results Report 2021-2023, Portugal Action Plan Review 2021-2023
Early Results: No IRM Data
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: Yes
Ambition (see definition): Low
Implementation i
Description
What is the problem addressed by the commitment? Despite the effort to aggregate and make data available, in particular through the dados.gov portal, there are opportunities for improvement in this framework: ● The need to increase, in scope and quality, the sources and entities that provide information; ● The possibility of strengthening the capacity for analysis and intelligible cross-referencing of the information provided; ● The opportunity to increase citizens' literacy as users of such platforms.
What is the commitment? Develop the dados.gov portal, through: ● New components to improve data analysis as well as their reliability; ● Greater volume of data made available, increasing the portfolio of public entities; ● Investment in communication and pedagogy on the Portal to inform and listen to the needs of civil society.
How does the commitment contribute to solving the problem identified? The improvement of the dados.gov portal should result in: ● Improved quality, depth and reliability of the data disseminated; ● Increase of the usefulness and importance of public data available to civil society.
Why is the commitment relevant to the values of the OGP? The commitment contributes to: ● More transparency, through access and the right to information; ● Greater involvement of citizens by listening to their needs and proposals for improvements to the portal; ● Increased quality information made available, which can provide opportunities of value to civil society.
Additional information Measure 10.3 of the Strategy for Innovation and Modernisation of the State and Public Administration
Description of expected results ● Increase in the portfolio of public entities providing data for the portal; ● Increase in traffic generation in the dados.gov Portal; ● Accompany Public Administration entities in the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1024.
Macro activities Start date Completion date 1. Conduct a survey to be distributed to entities, in order to assess the level of involvement with data.gov, the need for data, the degree of maturity in data sharing, and the status of compliance with Directive (EU) 2019/1024. September 2021 November 2021 2. Focus group to listen to the needs of users. September 2021 December 2021 3. Hold workshops with civil society to increase engagement on this issue. January 2022 July 2022 4. Introduce improvements in the dados.gov Portal. March 2022 July 2022