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The portal's objective is to provide citizens with free and open access to public data so that they
can use and re-use these data to take advantage of their economic and social potential. At the same
time, the publication of these data contributes to improving and reinforcing the transparency and
accountability of the city councils.

Open data management is a global initiative linked to open government policies, which seeks to
ensure that data and information, especially those held by public administrations, are published
in an open, regular and re-usable way for everyone, without access restrictions, copyright, patents
or other control mechanisms.

The philosophy of these initiatives is to promote transparency, efficiency, citizen participation and
economic development. In addition, with a double slope:

The first part serving individual interested persons and companies so that they can use public
information:

• For simple queries.

• To enrich the information with new data (give added value).

• To generate applications and services.
• To generate new business.

And on the other hand, providing greater transparency to all public administrations.

• The publication of the data held by the administrations in open formats is the optimal way to
generate trust in the institutions. It exposes the work carried out in the different institutions and
shows how public resources are managed and invested.

• Aid for general economic development, the generation of new sectors and services for citizens.

6.2.8 Transparency Portal

Citizens and society increasingly demand more information about the different actions carried out
by public authorities; they aspire to the free use of public information in an easy and accessible
way; and they seek to know what, who, how, when, and how much those responsible spend on the
various policies they develop.

Today, transparency has become a fundamental indicator of the quality of governments that aspire
to be considered democratic and a necessary budget so that citizens can adequately exercise their
assessment and a true participatory intervention.

When the information of society increases by generalizing access to it in the power of the public
sector, a better knowledge of the opportunities, circumstances, and procedures that exist is
propitiated, and new perspectives are opened for decision-making.

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