Local and regional
authorities hold a wealth of information and data and for some,
access to large quantities of complex digital information is now
relatively easy and has become an indispensible part of many
professional staff lives. But access to high quality,
understandable and useful information is still an issue that
excludes most members of our communities, including local policy
makers, small to medium businesses and citizens, (together referred
to as community stakeholders).
Previous and current ICT based projects have focussed upon the
technology, access to technology and related policy issues.
Building upon past work and related policy/frameworks, for example,
the Digital Local Agenda DLA, Free and/or Open Source Software
FOSS, this project will focus upon the accessibility and ease of
use of complex digital data by community stakeholders.
In
an ever increasingly complex world, citizens at all levels need
easy and free access to usable data so as to make informed
decisions and participate in the governance of their
communities. This project will address the exclusion suffered
by many by addressing the inaccessibility of complex digitally
based data, which is often created and stored on computer hardware.
This hardware is either closed or restricted to most citizens
and the data is stored in formats such as GIS data sheets, which
most citizens find difficult or even impossible to
understand. The project will address relevant policy, legal
and technical issues and develop, from the exchange of good
practice, strategies and tools to improve access to data for all
community stakeholders. These strategies will inform current and
future policy and the tools will require no specialist software and
use platforms freely accessible to all community stakeholders.
Project Beneficiaries
Conclusions
Proposed Project Work Packages
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Accessible Digital Data
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For further information contact:
Ms Janet Brown
Peterborough City Council
3rd Floor Bayard Place
Broadway
PE1 1FZ
Tel: +44 (0) 1733 863752
Mobile: +44 (0) 7920160512
Email: janet.brown@peterborough.gov.uk