Deadline- 10 September, 2012
Countries/Region- All Countries
The Web Foundation and International Development Research Centre are inviting research proposals that address current gaps in the evidence base underlying the implementation of open data initiatives, and to inform policy and practice in a range of different settings. Research partners will be invited to form part of an international research network over the course of 2013.
The project will fund a series of detailed case studies that examine the emerging impacts of specific on-going open data initiatives that address key development themes. Cases could look at-
- Open data in local and national budgeting processes
- Open data for legislation processes and elections
- Open data in judicial systems
- Open data for smarter cities
- Open data for the delivery of privately provided public services
- Open data for the regulation of markets (e.g. extractive industries)
- Open data for the welfare and empowerment of marginalized groups and communities (e.g. data for small farmers)
- Open data and international development
The focus of this project is on commissioning new case studies of emerging impacts of open data. These case studies will need to be developed using a range of methods, some set according to local need, and some decided upon by the research network of projects as a whole. Whilst cases can draw upon previous work, they are likely to involve new data collection over the period of the research. As such, we expect that some of the funding granted will be used for the costs of data collection and analysis.
Larger funded cases may also include elements of technical assistance, where the research team support an open data initiative in progress, and policy engagement, where the research team actively work with policy makers on current open data related issues.
Cases also need to have a plan for dissemination of findings, so some funding may be spent on events or publications relating to the findings from the research.
The project has separate funding to cover international full network events, and dissemination of cross-cutting research from the project.
Funding for research in the following countries is subject to additional checks and approval by the funder (IDRC) before award- Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Eritrea, Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of), Liberia, Libya, Papua New Guinea, Small Island States [including Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius, São Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Timor-Leste and Oceania (Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, Palau, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna)], Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan (Republic of China), West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
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