Towards effective implementation of open government data policies

This chapter discusses how a different set of actions and measures can all contribute to sustained, effective and efficient implementation of open government data policies. For example, fostering the implementation of an open-data-by-default culture, developing organisational capacities in the public sector and promoting data literacy more broadly across the ecosystem of re-users are all intermediate steps that, if planned and executed adequately, can become important preconditions for strategic publication and use of open data. This chapter discusses the approaches countries have followed in relation to these aspects and highlights the relevance of user engagement, policy dissemination, communication actions, and user-capacity-building initiatives for implementation.