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Open data: fostering trust between a city and its inhabitants

Gdansk is one of the few Polish cities to run an open data programme. It is probably the only city that publishes daily data on its expenses. There was a need for greater transparency and increasing trust between the citizens and the local government. The development of an open data policy initially encountered a lot of challenges, but by now it is a fine-tuned mechanism. Currently, on otwartygdansk.pl various relevant datasets are available on city finances, demographics, public transport, investment and the environment. This helped build mutual trust between the local government and the residents.