Facilitating Access to Open Government Data: Frameworks and Practices

This study is part of a project led by the United States under the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) aimed at highlighting emerging practices in the region surrounding Open Government Data (OGD). It is hoped that through this stock take and subsequent policy discussions, CTI regulators and other APEC economy officials can gain a better understanding of the various policies and regulatory frameworks on OGD measures to better facilitate ways for companies to make more effective use of data that is growing across the region. As this report shows, OGD mechanisms and initiatives are already well established in every APEC member economy, across all types of organizations, and through many key sectors. The open Internet is already here, and APEC member economies would do well to work together to fully harness this next frontier of economic and social growth.