The Municipality of Kungsbacka, in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg, aims to develop a standardised open data toolkit as a digital service. This toolkit will support Swedish municipalities in establishing open data platforms tailored to their specific needs and capabilities.
What is the challenge?
Sweden has a long-standing tradition of transparency and openness in governance, which has paved the way for the ambition to move forward within the area of open data. The Swedish government has recognized that making public data available to citizens and businesses can drive innovation, economic growth, and improve public services. In addition, the country benefits of a well-developed technology sector and highly skilled workforce.
The Municipality of Kungsbacka is responsible for issues affecting major parts of the lives of the citizens and provides services to businesses in the region. Embracing the concept of open data would be highly advantageous from this perspective. Nevertheless, the Municipality faces the challenge of navigating the complexities associated with becoming a dedicated provider of open data.
How does Data for All help?
Data for All partners from Sweden are working on the pilot project "Open Data Strategy Toolbox"
The Municipality of Kungsbacka intends to produce an “Open Data Strategy Toolbox” that can help municipalities in their journey from 'curious about open data' to 'dedicated providers of open data'.
The University of Gothenburg will co-design and co-develop the toolbox so that local authorities can learn how to formulate and implement an open data strategy and action plan.
The toolbox will be organised so that different municipalities, in different maturity stages, will find relevant strategic support.
The definition of strategic support will be specified through the project following an agile approach. In addition, the toolbox will be open for users to add and share content, so that it stays relevant and evolves over time.
Participating partners
Kungsbacka is a growing municipality located on Sweden's west coast. Through open data, it aims at creating and running digital services in all its areas of responsibilities, including opening new opportunities for businesses locally and internationally.
Kungsbacka is already a member of two regional networks of Swedish municipalities that promote open data and create common standards. It intends to share the lessons learned in the Data for All project with these two networks.
Additionally, Kungsbacka has started working with open data on various topics (e.g., traffic and road work, information ofsocial and sport facilities) and wants to extend and deepen its utilisation.
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The University of Gothenburg (GU) is a multidisciplinary university that dates back to 1891. It consists of eight faculties and 38 departments, as well as a large number of research centres that span across several academic disciplines.The Department of Applied Information Technology is Sweden's premier department for studies of the digitalisation of society. It also hosts the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation. It identifies the challenge of digital government as a relevant domain for the public sector, and is actively involved in over 20 projects targeted at developing new methods and knowledge for municipalities, regions and agencies, in close collaboration with industry and the association for Municipalities and Regions.
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