Open Works aims at being a real-time platform for opening up data on the operations and finance of a city. Beginning with the creation of municipal data sets to empower communities with actionable data and ending with the creation of a data portal that is customizable to suit the requirements of a city and its civic works, the goal is to encourage citizens to engage with elected representatives and municipal officials to demand rational allocation of funds and better provision of infrastructure and services based on fully transparent governance.
Open Works was initiated in 2014. The program has the following four key components.
- Open Data: Open up the Municipal Corporation’s data pertaining to existing civic infrastructure and services at a hyper-local level as well as other information which citizens would like to engage on e.g., revenue sources and collection
- Budget Briefs: Demystifies the City budget by analyzing how funds are being allocated across geographies (Wards, Assembly Constituencies, Zones) as well as across infrastructure heads such as roads, footpaths, stormwater drains, garbage and parks
- Works MIS: A platform to enable citizens, elected representatives and senior Municipal Corporation officials to track the progress of every civic work from budgeting to tendering and payments
- Ward Quality Score: Quantitatively measures the availability and quality of infrastructure and services at a Street and Ward level. Will also serve as a year on year measure of change in the quality of infrastructure and services across Wards in the City
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