Conditions Enabling Open Data and Promoting a Data Sharing Culture

The report provides contemporary insights to support the promotion of Open Government and Open Data. The Report analysed legislation, policy, regulatory settings, roles and responsibilities for leadership, culture and operations in leading jurisdictions as identified in the Open Data Barometer Report. Communications were made with Government agencies, Open Data departments and organisations in these jurisdictions in the period from December 2016 to the end of February 2017 to seek direct input as to how the frameworks have operated in practice. We contacted many entities in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Canada, and New Zealand. In practice the research has highlighted how diverse, inter-connected and context-specific each country’s approach has been. In particular, it is clear that precisely because of the breadth of action some leading countries have taken it is difficult to isolate the particular contribution of any one element. However, the existing legislative and policy settings have informed advances in Open Data in the jurisdictions examined.