Open data is released to fulfil three principles: innovation (trade statistics, for example); greater transparency and public scrutiny (such as spending data); and improved governance and services (such as data on benefits and tax administration).
The message came through consistently that people viewed improved governance as central to positive change in their lives.
His widow has been active, until recently chairing the Edinburgh festival, as well as working to improve governance in eastern Europe through the John Smith Memorial Trust.
That generally means nitty-gritty topics such as education reform, economic liberalisation and improved governance.
Despite this resistance, the aid effectiveness agenda improved governance for HRH and it was furthermore used as a starting platform for reformed workforce planning, regulation and financial management.
The predictable one is improved governance.
Improved governance is absolutely fundamental to realising that potential.
Have we improved governance?
"I see this not as an effort to improve governance but as a crackdown on opposition," said Senator Richard J. Gordon, who served as secretary of tourism under Mrs. Arroyo and ran for president against Mr. Aquino in the last election.
Such moves are timely, for Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is examining ways to improve governance at banks as well as at the firms they lend to.
