In an effort to effectively reach the initiative's objectives, the ITA has launched the 'Big Data Idea' to encourage the public to make use of this online data and to exploit the potential to generate new businesses and stimulate growth.
The competition team has urged the community of academics, students, researchers, businesses and others to actively use open data that has already been published on the portal and to submit innovative ideas in the competition, by submitting their ideas via the Official eGovernment Services Portal (Omanuna) www.oman.om.
Registration for the competition will close at the end of July 2013.
The ITA launched the Oman Open Data Initiative in a symposium that was attended by top officials from various government entities, executive heads of government and private companies and bank officials.
The initiative aims to work, in collaboration with government organisations, to create an Open Government by ensuring transparency, enhancing public trust and participation and improving the effectiveness of the governance process.
It encourages every government organisation to open its data archives to the public to create a more transparent, participatory and collaborative government.
The Oman Open Data portal (www.oman.om/opendata) currently offers approximately 55 datasets, with a goal to double this number and the number of participating entries this year.
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Quelle/Source: Times of Oman, 24.06.2013
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