Speednetworking session presentation at Eurocities 2013 Ghent by Helsinki Region Infoshare about creating a transparent city with open data.

1. Creating a Transparent City
Eurocities 2013 – Speednetworking session - Ghent
Tanja Lahti & Ville Meloni
City of Helsinki Urban Facts & Forum Virium Helsinki

2. www.hri.fi
Easy to find,
access and
utilize open
data
Helsinki Region Infoshare is managed by the
cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and
Kauniainen.

3. Example of 2013 data themes
• Geographical data such as addresses ,
administrative boundaries, aerial photos
and historical maps
• Issue reporting API to City of Helsinki
(CitySDK project)
• Health and wellbeing related data
• Public decision making data
Follow: www.facebook.com/helsinkiregioninfoshare and
@HRInfoshare for open data updates

4. Our Dream:
Fully Transparent and Open City

5. ”Open
data will bring
the biggest change
in public administration that
I have experienced
during my career”
-Mr. Jussi Pajunen, Mayor of Helsinki

6. Helsinki’s electronic document
management system - Ahjo
• System for preparing
public agendas for
decision making
• City Council, City
Board, City
Departments and their
steering committees
(over 5.000 users)

7. Ahjo is now Open!
• Helsinki’s public agenda and
decision documents as open
data = Open Ahjo
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dev.hel.fi/openahjo/
www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-kaupunginasianhallintajarjestelma-ahjon-rajapinta/
• Enables new applications and
services that bring decision making
closer to citizens
See also: City council meetings video API http://open.helsinkikanava.fi/

8. Minutes/agendas description information in xml-structure
<DescriptionInformationOpenDocument> <Header>text</Header>
<Dnro>
<DnroShort>String</DnroShort>
<DnroTformat>String</DnroTformat>
<DnroRunningNumber>String</DnroRunningNumber>
<DnroYear>String</DnroYear> </Dnro>
<Reference>1967-08-13</Reference> <TaskClass>String</
TaskClass> <DocumentaryData>String</DocumentaryData>
<DocumentType>String</DocumentType> <PublicityClass
<PublicityClassId="String">String</PublicityClass> <Languagy
LanguaguId="String">String</Language> <Decision-maker
Decision-makerId="String">String</Decision-maker> <Business
BusinessId="String">String</Business> <Office
OfficeId="String">String</Office> <Department
DepartmentId="String">String</Department> <Presenter
PresenterId="String">String</Presenter> <Preparer
PreparerId="String">String</Preparer> <OfficeHolder
OfficeHolderId="String">String</OfficeHolder>
<Status_of_the_case>String</Status_of_the_case>
<Status_of_the_document>String</Status_of_the_document>
<Personal_data>text</Personal_data> <Additional_data>String</
Additional_data> <ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda>text</
ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda> <X-coordinates>text</Xcoordinates> <Y-coordinates>text</Y-coordinates>
<Data_system_index>String</Data_system_index>
<Index_termt>String</Index_termt> <MeetingTunniste>String</
MeetingTunniste> <Article>String</Article>
<Decision_Date>String</Decision_Date>
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<NextMeetingDate>String</NextMeetingDate>
<MeetingDate>1967-08-13</MeetingDate> <DecisionLevel>String</
DecisionLevel> <Kvsto>String</Kvsto> <KvstoMeetingDate>String</
KvstoMeetingDate> <VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa>String</
VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa>
<Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked>String</
Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked> <ArchivingDate>String</
ArchivingDate> <ClosingDate>String</ClosingDate> <DueDate>String</
DueDate> <ExpirationDate>String</ExpirationDate>
<PreparationDate>String</PreparationDate> <AbolishedDate>String</
AbolishedDate> <Period_of_validityAlkaa>String</Period_of_validityAlkaa>
<Period_of_validity_ends>String</Period_of_validity_ends>
<PublishingDate>String</PublishingDate> <To_Internet>1967-08-13</
To_Internet> <PublishingRemovalDate>String</PublishingRemovalDate>
<CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod>String</
CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod> <EndDate_of_curingPeriod>String</
EndDate_of_curingPeriod> <Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod>String</
Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod> <Principle_of__the_curingPeriod>String</
Principle_of__the_curingPeriod> <Year>String</Year>
<SerialNumber>String</SerialNumber> <DiscretionUsed>String</
DiscretionUsed> <Astu>String</Astu> <DocumentTypeIdentifier>String</
DocumentTypeIdentifier> <AHJOIdentifier1>String</AHJOIdentifier1>
<AHJOIdentifier2>String</AHJOIdentifier2> <PublicationStucture>String</
PublicationStucture> <Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate>String</
Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate> <Purpose_of_the_use>String</
Purpose_of_the_use> <MIMEType>String</MIMEType>
</DescriptionInformationOpenDocument>

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<KuvailutiedotOpenDocument>
<Otsikko>text</Otsikko>
<Dnro>
<DnroLyhyt>String</DnroLyhyt>
<DnroTmuoto>String</DnroTmuoto>
<DnroJuoksevaNumero>String</
DnroJuoksevaNumero>
<DnroVuosi>String</DnroVuosi>
</Dnro>
<Viite>1967-08-13</Viite>
<Tehtavaluokka>String</Tehtavaluokka>
<AsiakirjallinenTieto>String</AsiakirjallinenTieto>
<AsiakirjaTyyppi>String</AsiakirjaTyyppi>
<JulkisuusLuokka
<JulkisuusLuokkaId="String">String</JulkisuusLuokka>
<Kieli KieliId="String">String</Kieli>
<Paattaja PaattajaId="String">String</Paattaja>
<Toimiala ToimialaId="String">String</Toimiala>
<Virasto VirastoId="String">String</Virasto>
<Osasto OsastoId="String">String</Osasto>
<Esittelija EsittelijaId="String">String</Esittelija>
<Valmistelija ValmistelijaId="String">String</Valmistelija>
<Viranhaltija ViranhaltijaId="String">String</Viranhaltija>
<Asiantila>String</Asiantila>
<Asiakirjantila>String</Asiakirjantila>
<Henkilotietoja>text</Henkilotietoja>
<Lisatieto>String</Lisatieto>
<EsityslistanAsianumero>text</EsityslistanAsianumero>
<X-kordinaatti>text</X-kordinaatti>
<Y-kordinaatti>text</Y-kordinaatti>
<Tietojarjestelmarekisteri>String</
Tietojarjestelmarekisteri>
<Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
<Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
<Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
<Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
<Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat>
<KokousTunniste>String</KokousTunniste>
<Pykala>String</Pykala>
<Paatospaiva>String</Paatospaiva>
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h"p://www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-­‐‑kaupungin-­‐‑asianhallintajarjestelma-­‐‑
ahjon-­‐‑rajapinta/

10. Helsinki Developer Portal
http://dev.hel.f

11. dev.hel.fi/apis/
dev.hel.fi/apis/openahjo

12. h"p://dev.hel.fi/openahjo/

13. Open Helsinki –
www.openhelsinki.net
- community project in
progress to create
better UI to decision
items and to increase
the dialogue
between citizens
and politicians

14. Ahjo Explorer
mobile
application:
“Follow Helsinki’s
political decision
making whenever
and wherever”
http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/
ahjo-explorer/

15. http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/sanom-at/

16. Ordinary day in the near future
Hmm.. at the moment
they are planning to do some
changes to the land use plan
of this area.. Interesting should I participate?
• Mitä jo on tehty unelman saavuttamiseksi
I see.. This brandnew bicycle
• Mitä seuraavaksi tehtäisiin by the City
corridor was decided x.x.20xx
Council and budget was xx euros..
I´ll send positive feedback!

17. Open Ahjo – Use cases for the data
Make it easier
for citizens, politicians
and civil servants
to have a dialogue
via social media
A:Today we are handling
new bicycle-road case xx-yy-zz
Q: Could you tell me more
about this case?
A: Sure!
Realtime access to local
and relevant decision topics:
”What is being decided
in my neighborhood?”
Encouraging citizen
participation:
”City is building
a new library here in 2016.
I could tell them my ideas on how
to spend the budget”
Helsingin kaupungin aineistopankki/Lauri Mannermaa

18. “Our dream is that every public
agenda, every euro and any
public issue could be easily
analyzed, visualized,
understood and contributed to
by the citizens in advance.”

19. HRI won 100 000 € to make this dream a reality!
http://www.hri.fi/en/news/hri-wins-eus-prize-for-innovation/

20. How we will spend the EUR 100.000
• Open more data and develop
interoperability of the different
datasets to match with Open Ahjo
• Work with various users in creating
real-life use cases for the data
• Encourage the creation of prototype
applications and visualizations that
showcase the usage of the data
• Disseminate learnings so others can
replicate it
Examples of datasets to match with
Open Ahjo:
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Population statistics and estimates
Administrative boundaries
City financial data
City service point data
Real estate and land use data
Environmental data
City issue reporting data

21. Discussion topics:
• What do you think about about our dream – i.e.
will it really enhance democracy?
• Your advice to us for implementing this?
• Anything similar going on in your city – could we
collaborate?

22. THANK YOU!
Tanja Lahti & Ville Meloni
tanja.lahti@hel.fi
ville.meloni@forumvirium.fi
www.hri.fi