Open Government Data for Urban Management in Indonesia’s Smart Cities

Abstract

Rapid implementation of Open Government Data (OGD) across the world comes as the result of the advancement of Information, and Communication Technology in the government sectors to support decision making process including for urban planning. In one side, countries such as European countries, UK, and US has been implementing OGD while developing the framework and the maturity standard to ensure its quality. In the other side, Indonesia had just begun to develop several OGD portals which some of the practices could be found in its smart city namely Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya. The established OGD portals goals are to achieve transparency, government accountability, support innovation and development. This data-rich portals have potential roles for creating data-driven urban management. However, very least research observed implication of OGD practices in Indonesia for urban management. Therefore, this study aims to answer the question on how OGD portal could support urban management in Indonesia smart cities. The study identifies the implication of three open government data portals operated by smart cities in Indonesia by extracting and analysing the available data for urban management. The identification will be conducted with descriptive qualitative method based on open data principles and data-driven urban management dimensions. The study finding will explore the OGD practice level for urban management in Indonesia and recommend the improvement if needed.