{"id":6937,"date":"2017-07-05T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T10:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openstate.mu.openstate.eu\/en\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2018-09-28T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:02:10","slug":"using-the-social-platform-for-open-data-spod-at-accountability-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openstate.eu\/en\/2017\/07\/nederlands-spod-op-accountability-hack-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Social Platform for Open Data (SPOD) at Accountability Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 9th of June, the second edition of <\/span><\/i>Accountability Hack<\/span><\/i><\/a> was held at the Dutch House of Representatives building in The Hague. The goal of the hackathon was to challenge developers and data analysts to build apps and tools that improve accountability of government spending and performance. In the days leading up to and during the hackathon we used ROUTETOPA\u2019s <\/span><\/i>Social Platform for Open Data (SPOD)<\/span><\/i><\/a>. In this blogpost we will elaborate on why and how we used SPOD.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Accountability Hack is an initiative led by the <\/span>Dutch Court of Audit<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Open State Foundation<\/span><\/a>, several <\/span>Ministries<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>House of Representatives<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Statistics Netherlands<\/span><\/a>. More and more local and national governments are releasing open data in the Netherlands. But how can society help the government to be more transparent and monitor income and expenditure and how governments performs on policy and goals?<\/span><\/p>\n

At Accountability Hack 2017, around 150 developers competed to build working prototypes that do just that: using open data to promote public sector accountability. 30 teams worked the whole day and at the end they pitched their application prototypes. Team Delight won the grand prize of 2.500 euros with an <\/span>app that compares spending of municipalities<\/span><\/a>. The app gives information on how much a municipality can save on spending related to health care, education and public security by comparing expenditure with other municipalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe winning app \u2018<\/span><\/i>De Gemeente Deler<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u2019 by Team Delight<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You can view the Accountability Hack Aftermovie below.<\/span>
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