Serious gaming for developing open government data policies by local governments
F. Kleiman (TU Delft - Information and Communication Technology)
Marijn Marijn (TU Delft - Information and Communication Technology)
SA Meijer (TU Delft - Organisation & Governance, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
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Abstract
Developing open government by local government is cumbersome. Many local governments have no policies or are struggling to develop policies enabling to create value from open data. Policy-making is challenging due to the wicked nature of many policy problems, unclear objectives, and the involvement of diverse stakeholders. At the same time governments are opening their policy-making processes for participation by citizens and private companies. The goal of this paper is to present the structure of a game to increase the understanding of open-data policies by local governments. Open Data Policies are aimed at making public data available to be accessed and used by civil society. The game participants can experience the implications of various policies. This should help them to developed better policies.