Denmark has included Open Data in its Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan and extended it to 1 July 2016. The country has also committed to promoting Open Government practices and to helping Myanmar to implement OGP practices throughout the country.
Denmark joined The Open Government Partnership in September 2011 and implemented its first Action Plan in 2012. The Danish government is currently developing its second Action Plan. An Action Plan defines how the country will implement Open Government Partnership in its policies to promote transparency and empower citizens. This Action Plan must include civil society and public consultation.
In its update, Denmark said that public data can now be used “as raw material in the development of innovative digital services in the private sector”. These data can also increase transparency in government policy-making.
According to the Danish government’s website, the administration has committed to opening data on public spending and “other key public data sets, including, for example, national statistics, geographic voting areas and texts opened up in accordance with the Open Data Index criteria”. The Open Data Index measures the openness of data around the world based on several criteria of openness. The criteria applied for data and content are defined in an Open definition (http://opendefinition.org) concept.
Open Data and assistance to Myanmar
Denmark has committed to helping Myanmar adopt Open Government, democratic and open governance processes, and will encourage Myanmar to join the Open Government Partnership.
Denmark said that the new commitments would strengthen public integrity and improve public services, while addressing the key challenges of the OGP’s principles of transparency and citizen participation. The licence under which data are published - and can be re-used - will also be updated, said Denmark.