Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment Main objective Brief description of commitment OPG challenge addressed by the commitment Reference to the global objectives of sustainable development Presently, there are no developed open data standards in Macedonia and each institution publishes data in accordance with its technical capacities. Accordingly, it happens that related data sets of different structure and description are published by different institutions. Establishment of open data standards to provide standardized data sets publication by institutions and their easier processing and use. Development of open data standards at least in the standard definition of meta data and open data. Creation of a convenient environment for easier identification, processing and consummation of the published data sets. Reference to the Objective 16. “Peace, justice and strong institutions” Target 16.7: Ensuring representative decision making at all levels, to address the issues, based on involvement and participation of all stakeholders The measures of this commitment contribute for more quality decision making by the policy creators, based on consultations with all stakeholders Relevance According to the Law on public sector data use, institutions in the Republic of Macedonia are obliged to publish open data in a computer-readable format in compliance with their technical capacities. Presently, the otvorenipodatoci.gov.mk portal provides 154 data sets, and this number is expected to increase eventually. Therefore, development of open data standards has become a necessity in order to facilitate access to information, as well as for published data sets identification and use. Standards development would make data set more accessible for the citizens, easier for development of certain open data based applications and increase public responsibility of institutions. Ambition This commitment includes development of open data standards for facilitated open data identification and use. This will allow citizens easier identification of data of their concern and to monitor their timely updating. Milestone 2.1.1 Development of meta data standards for open government data Coordinator of activity MISA Start date 08/2016 End date 07/2018 17