IntergovernmentalSample
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD
An intergovernmental organisation that sets policy standards for its members, including on open government data and data governance in the public sector.
Type
Intergovernmental
Founded
1961
Based in
Paris, France
Website
Open dataData governanceStatistics
What they publish
- OURdata IndexIndex
- Open, Useful and Re-usable data: measures governments’ efforts on data availability, accessibility and support for reuse.
- Recommendation on Enhancing Access to and Sharing of DataPrinciples
- Adopted in 2021: internationally agreed principles for access to and sharing of data across the economy.
Measures open data by country
OURdata Index · since 2015 · OECD members and partner countries
- Policy: Laws, strategies and commitments that require or support open data.
- Availability: Whether key datasets are published at all.
- Openness: Open licence, machine-readable formats, free and bulk access.
- Portals: National portals, discoverability and ease of access.
Working on similar things
ODI
Non-profit · since 2012
Open Data Institute
Co-founded in 2012 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem through research, training and practical tools.
ODW
Non-profit
Open Data Watch
Monitors and supports the production and openness of official statistics, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries.
EC
Public body · since 1958
European Commission
The executive of the European Union: it proposes EU data law and tracks how member states progress on open data every year.