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The role of open government data and co-creation in crisis management: : Initial conceptual propositions from the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Keegan McBride, Anastasija Nikiforova, Martin LnenickaAuthors Info & Claims

Information Polity, Volume 28, Issue 2

Pages 219 - 238

https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-220057

Published: 01 January 2023 Publication History

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, open government data (OGD) was often used as a valuable crisis management resource. Unfortunately, there is limited research that explores how OGD can be used during times of crisis as a crisis management tool. To ensure that OGD can be used effectively in future crises, there is a need to understand how it may be used and what benefits its usage may bring. This paper brings new insight into this topic by conducting a comparative exploratory case study of three Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries – Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia, where OGD was used at different levels to help manage different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this research, three contributions are made: (1) it integrates OGD into previous crisis management literature, offering new and initial conceptual propositions; (2) it demonstrates how OGD enables the co-creation of new services that create public value during times of crisis; and (3) it provides empirical examples of OGD-driven co-created services.

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Information Polity Volume 28, Issue 2

Special Issue Rethinking Open Government Data for Citizen Participation

2023

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Rajamae-Soosaar KNikiforova A(2024)Exploring Estonia's Open Government Data Development as a Journey towards Excellence: Unveiling the Progress of Local Governments in Open Data ProvisionProceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research10.1145/3657054.3657161(920-931)Online publication date: 11-Jun-2024
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