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GODAN Action – creating impact with open data in a developing context Rob Lokers London, 27 July 2018

Enabling effective use of open data by building the capacity of stakeholders to understand the potential of open data for agriculture & nutrition and to engage with it practically 2

Open data as a solution GODAN Action works along thematic topics • to focus on domains of high relevance, where the impact of open data is foreseen to be substantial • to put research into practice and achieve impact • to develop an approach that is portable • Climate and weather data : Open data as a catalyst for business development and capacity development • Land data : Localization and privacy, and grass roots to aggregator impacts • Nutrition data : Data interoperability for nutrition 3

Standards & interoperability • Supports data publishers and intermediaries – To engage with standards for optimal reuse – To encourage co-development of added value services • Comes with a helpdesk for open data publishers, intermediaries and end users • Currently piloting – Helping specific projects and initiatives with the implementation of standards and the improvement of interoperability

Impact evaluation • Covers all stages of an open data initiative • Specifically aimed at open data in a developing context • Applied in open weather data cases (Ethiopia and Bangladesh, 3 case studies) • Impact narratives • Short term: awareness, better project designs • Long term: sustainable open data ecosystems

Capacity Building • Face-to-face training – 200+ trained so far, train the trainer approach – Mini-grants to catalyse uptake • On-line course (MOOC) – Low level, highly scalable and adaptable – 1000+ trained so far • Clear signs that this is broadly taken up locally – Including linkage to interoperability and impact evaluation

Wageningen UR & GODAN • Catalysed the networking and the forming of partnerships • Allowed building critical mass on open data in existing networks • Advanced the thinking on open data and engaging with open data • Has lead or contributes to numerous new initiatives • Allowed us to contribute to creating impact • Feeds into activities of Wageningen UR data competence centre

rob.lokers@wur.nl @wurcgi www.godan.info/godan-action