The fact that Belarus is very late in creating its official open data portal can have its advantages. Colossal experience has been collected all over the world regarding the collection, processing and use of this information. Recently, the European Commission even released a lengthy document with recommendations for open data portals, which, in fact, is a guide to their creation.
At the same time, dozens of cities in Europe, Asia, and America have been creating amazing interactive maps for many years with thousands of parameters - from the degree of air pollution by region to the indicators of separate waste collection. Based on open data, profitable startups, useful applications and online services for residents of megacities, development plans for microdistricts and entire regions are being created.
“Before the last Internet Governance Forum in Belarus, there was not a single precedent when the public sector, business and NGOs would come together and talk about what we all want to see as open data,” comments Alina Rodachinskaya from the Open Data. Belarus". It is she who will be the moderator of the thematic section at the IGF. - It was the first public event on the topic, and it went very well, because we had all parties represented. This year we look forward to even closer cooperation.”
Less than half of national portals know who their users are
This conclusion is contained in the recommendations of the European Commission already mentioned above. In Belarus, there is a chance not to step on this rake and form data sets (data sets for publication) in relation to what kind of information is in demand.
“This was just one of the main outcomes of the discussion at last year's IGF - to find out what data is of interest to Belarusian users, business and the academic community in the first place. In other words, to establish a connection between the open data provider represented by the state and consumers. After all, the collection, unification, verification and anonymization of data is a very costly process, continues Alina Rodachinskaya. — We conducted this study with a focus on the business audience, since it is precisely this audience that is called early adopters in the development of IT products. That is, people who can be the first to start using the product and have an understanding that they need it. Together with the participants of the panel discussion, we developed a questionnaire, which was sent out through all the channels available to us. The results were handed over to the developers of the portal concept and to the Ministry of Information.”
Results of an online study of demand for open data in Belarus (2017). Hosted by the Open Data community. Belarus" together with the company Light Well Organization , developer of the concept and terms of reference for state portal of open data .
Now the second stage of the portal development is underway, which includes not only the creation of a site with catalogs and headings, but also the alignment of the work of information providers. After all, now they will be required to provide information in a format that meets the requirements of the state Internet resource and is suitable for the international definition of open data - i.e. should be detailed, detailed, machine-readable, free and unrestricted for use.
Work is also underway on the relevant legislation, since there is simply no definition of what open data is in the current regulatory legal acts. The question remains open both with the preparation of government employees for filling the portal, and with educational programs in the field of data science. As part of the discussion at the IGF, it is planned to offer programs for the exchange of experience with colleagues from neighboring countries.
“We really hope that there will be a demand for this from the state,” Alina shares. - I would like the launch of the portal to take place without negative feedback. We as a community would love to help with this. Therefore, representatives of the Ministry of Communications, businesses that use open data, as well as the head of the representative office of an international financial corporation were invited to take part in the discussion within the framework of the IGF. We also invite everyone who is interested in this topic to take part in the section.
Countless Possibilities of Counted Data
When the Open Data Portal appeared in the US in 2009, it had only 47 datasets. Now there are more than 200,000, and this number is growing rapidly. The main drivers of growth are demand, accuracy and ease of use of data. As well-prepared "sets" appear, they feed the total amount of information, like oxygen fanning a flame, interacting with each other and forming new data sets. Moreover, the more data is collected from different sources, the cleaner it is.
Without going too far on the topic of flames, a stunning example of using open data came from New York firefighters. The Firecast tool developed for them continuously aggregates over 7,500 fire risk factors from 17 different sources. The bottom line is that every day the city fire department receives an extract from the 15 most vulnerable objects in each of the districts, and the accuracy of fire inspections has increased by 20%. But the developers see the main goal in saving hundreds of lives of ordinary citizens and firefighters in the long term.
There are countless less complex but no less interesting examples: the Amsterdam Open Data Portal, for example, allows you to explore the full geography of the bombing of the city during World War II. Those who want to buy or rent an apartment in Berlin can evaluate online the noise level not only of any building in the city, but even see the difference depending on the facade. But are Belarus ready for such openness?
We prefer not to know about environmental pollution
This paradoxical conclusion was reached by researchers from a Belarusian startup that produces dosimeters for the degree of air pollution. True, this applies primarily to those who already live in not the most environmentally friendly areas.
The state also expresses concerns about the use of open data in environmental issues. People with good incomes stop settling in areas with a bad reputation, and the area “sags” even more. On the one hand, people have a choice, on the other hand, how will this information affect people who are unable to move?
The experience of other countries speaks rather in favor of open data. Open data is at the center of a unique project to develop London's most disadvantaged area. And the portal of the city of Cincinnati, which is one of the most voluminous and systemic in the world and allows you to see dozens of factors affecting the life of areas, even includes data on all cases of heroin overdose. Yes, also linked to the city map. By the way, this data was used to improve the work of ambulance stations.
« We all have a lot of work to do."
“Next year we will definitely have an open data portal. And then everyone, including the state, business, society, journalists, the academic community, will have a lot of work, - sums up Alina Rodachinskaya. - The appearance of the portal is not the final, but rather the starting point. The advantage is that we can look at world experience, trends, documents such as the Open Data Charter, where best practices are collected. For example, a year ago the Charter proclaimed the main principle open by default. That is, everything that is not a state, personal or commercial secret must be open. But now the Charter already says that publication should be on demand, that is, one must understand the needs in order to discover what is needed in the first place.”
The organizers of Belarus IGF invite everyone to take part in the discussion, which will largely determine the level of open data, education and public awareness in the field of data, as well as the development of the Internet in the coming years as a whole. Participation in the forum is free, but required
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For several weeks now gradual transfer of the contents of mailboxes and all correspondence of TUT.BY users to the Yandex.Mail service. Recall that it was caused by the closure by Google of all its e-mail services located outside the gmail.com domain on the Google Apps Partner Edition service.
We have already answered the most frequently asked questions from users (we recommend that you read them again), however, as the migration progresses, new points arise that require additional clarification.
Deleting cookies
If, upon authorization on the http://mail.tut.by page, a Yandex form opens asking you to enter your login and password again, we recommend that you close the page, delete cookies (through browser settings) and try opening the mailbox from the http page again: //mail.tut.by. Below we provide links on how to do this in the most popular browsers:- Deleting cookies in the browser Google Chrome, Chromium and browsers based on it (Yandex Browser, Amigo, etc.) - link;
- Deleting cookies in Mozilla Firefox - link ;
- Deleting cookies in Internet Explorer - link ;
- Deleting cookies in Opera - link .
Update email and mobile settings
If you have previously used a mail collection program or set up authorization on a mobile device, then after transferring the mailbox you need to change the settings:- mobile devices (In the "Username" field, please enter your mailbox address in the format [email protected]).
If you did not have time to save your Google account data before the transfer
Those who, after transferring the mailbox, need temporary access to the old Google account to save files from Google Drive, contacts, etc., you need to:- Log in from http://mail.tut.by to an account of the form USER_NAME.moved with the same password;
- Use the instructions from Google on transferring data (link);
- The easiest way to save contacts is through export, and upload them to Yandex through import. The easiest way to save data from Google Drive is with the Google Takeout service.
The Belarusian portal TUT.BY is an information and service Internet portal for everyone who lives in Belarus or is interested in the events of the country from abroad. Coverage - 62% of all Internet users in Belarus
Every day, the portal publishes more than 200 news about Belarusian and foreign events, prepares its own materials, analytical reviews, posts video reports, and conducts online broadcasts. The editors carefully ensure that the information is up-to-date, interesting, professionally created, multi-genre, unbiased.
In addition to news, TUT.BY offers the audience specialized sections and convenient services designed to satisfy daily needs: from weather forecasts and event posters to exchange rates. Specialized sections of TUT.BY are among the top 3 most popular resources on their subject.
The portal carefully monitors the convenience and safety of using the services provided, gives everyone the opportunity to find and receive information of interest, helps users form their attitude to events, promotes communication between users.
The history of the Belarusian portal TUT.BY began in 2000. Initially, TUT.BY offered users free mail, archived news, weather, exchange rates, fuel prices and a guest book, forums, and hit counters. Later, Internet advertising sales services began to be provided. Gradually, the portal was replenished with new sections, projects and services.
For more than 17 years, TUT.BY has grown from a startup into a successful group of companies with different business lines and a team of more than 350 professionals.
The company invests in several promising young IT companies, constantly supports socially significant initiatives and charitable projects, and is interested in start-ups.
The target audience
The target audience of the TUT.BY portal is all users of the Belarusian segment of the Internet (the population of the country, as well as those who are interested in the life and events of Belarus). In the broadest sense, if a person is on Bynet, we consider him our target audience. At the moment, this is 5+ million Belarusian users accessing the Internet at least once every 3 months.
Target
Our goal is to be the first mass media in Belarus in every sense of the word. This means realizing freedom of speech in the country and remaining an objective (without political or any other partisan overtones) information and education portal offering a modern perspective, publishing various opinions and views, as well as providing efficient and user-friendly local Internet services .
Mission
The mission of the TUT.BY portal is to give each user the opportunity to receive objective information on interests, broaden their horizons and live a full life.
Values
Companies, like people, do not exist without values. We have only three of them, but they permeate all our activities and serve as a measure of the actions of all employees. These values are a guideline for building relationships both within our company and in relationships with customers, partners, contractors, government agencies, etc.
freedom
In our understanding, this is independence, i.e. freedom of choice, decision-making and performance of specific actions. Therefore, freedom necessarily implies personal responsibility for one's opinions and choices, and for the result of one's decisions and actions. The company encourages personal responsibility and initiative, believing that this is the best way to improve the quality of life of employees and society as a whole.
Right to make mistakes
We are convinced that a baggage of mistakes accompanies us on the path of gaining experience that will help us cope with the following mistakes. But if an error is a repeated evidence of incompetence, then this contradicts our understanding of this concept.
Honesty
We build our entire workflow on trust. It is important for us that customers trust us, so we carefully treat publications, obligations and agreements. We trust our employees, expecting effective work and achievement of goals in exchange.
Corporate Social Responsibility
In its activities, the Belarusian portal TUT.BY uses the principles of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
In 2014, the Belarusian portal TUT.BY joined the UN voluntary initiative Global Compact. In our daily work, we adhere to the ten principles of the Global Compact in the field of human rights, labor relations, environmental protection and the fight against corruption.
The sustainable development report of the Belarusian portal TUT.BY (2014-2015) is available at the link, for 2016 Report.
However, even earlier, since the founding of the company, we have sought to influence the formation of the business environment and serve as a positive example of the social responsibility of business for the Belarusian society.
The attention of portal journalists to social problems helps to unite people who are not indifferent to the problem all over Belarus, draws the attention of employees of the relevant department and contributes to their solution.
Every day, the Belarusian portal TUT.BY raises acute social topics on the agenda. We participate in various associations and support socially significant events of a national scale in order to improve the market, society, ecology, etc. The start-up movement is also a priority for us.
The Belarusian portal TUT.BY itself establishes and organizes socially significant initiatives, for example, in 2006, the popular annual industry-wide international training conference "Business Internet" appeared.
In 2007, the Help.blog.tut.by project was launched, dedicated to seriously ill children and adults who need help. It contains appeals of parents and relatives for help in raising funds for the treatment of patients.
In 2010, the TUT.BY Art Gallery opened its doors, where public exhibitions and creative evenings are held.
The company also works closely with universities, providing internships for students.
Every month, TUT.BY organizes professional orientation tours for students and schoolchildren, as well as children from orphanages and orphanages.
Key persons
Yuri Zisser
Chairman of the general meeting of participants of TUT BY MEDIA LLC (TUT.BY)
Founder of the Belarusian portal TUT.BY, professional programmer, system analyst, mentor, philanthropist. Author of books, manuals and hundreds of articles in Belarusian and Russian periodicals. Supports startups, social entrepreneurship and music projects. Born in 1960. Graduated from the North-Western Polytechnic Institute, St. Petersburg, with a degree in Electronic Computers with a specialization in biomedical cybernetics. He worked at a number of industrial enterprises and in science. Co-owner of TUT BY MEDIA LLC (TUT.BY), Reliable Programs LLC (hoster.by), a number of other Internet companies of various specializations. He worked as an assistant professor at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Back in 2002, at the Fifth Belarusian Internet Forum, he was elected Person of the Year on the Belarusian Internet. In 2012 he received the title of "Mentor of the Year". The author of the book "Marketing on−line", together with co-authors, published a textbook on IT entrepreneurship for universities. In 2017, he received the Leader of Advocacy 2016 award from the Assembly of Business Circles for many years of effective promotion of civilized and transparent methods of dialogue between business and the state. Received the title of "Patron of the Year in the field of culture" in 2016 and 2017.
Hobbies: traveling, playing the organ.
Lyudmila Chekina
General Director of TUT BY MEDIA LLC (TUT.BY)
She joined Reliable Programs LLC in 2008 as a legal adviser. In January 2011, she became Deputy General Director of the company for legal issues. From December 2012 to February 2017, she worked as General Director of Reliable Programs Unitary Enterprise, from March 1, 2017 - General Director of TUT BY MEDIA LLC. In 2016, she completed the Executive MBA course at the IPM Business School. In her spare time she does yoga and loves to read.
Alla Lapatko
Chief Engineer TUT.BY
Graduated from the Minsk State Higher Radio Engineering College with a degree in Mathematician-Programmer, Gomel State University with a degree in Mathematics. She has been working in UE "Reliable Programs" since 1995. She was in charge of the banking technology development department. Since 2006 - Chief Engineer of TUT.BY, from 2009 to 2017 - Director of RELSOFT LLC. Manages the development of the portal software. Hobbies: work, literature.
Marina Zolotova
Editor-in-Chief TUT.BY
Graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Belarusian State University, postgraduate studies at the Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences. Defines and enforces editorial policy. In his free time, he watches the news on TV or listens to the radio (and if there is no news, he listens to Balkan music). Knows Bulgarian and loves this country. Married, has a daughter and a son.
Xenia Ivanova
Deputy General Director for Commercial Affairs and Development TUT BY MEDIA LLC (TUT.BY)
In 2006, she graduated from BSUIR with a degree in Information Systems and Technologies in Economics, studied at the Business MaximuM program in the Mini-MBA format in the Here and Now consulting group. In advertising since 2006. Since January 2010, he has been the commercial director of TUT.BY. Coordinates the work of all commercial departments of the portal, develops advertising tools, participates in the development of the main product and TUT.BY projects, including partner ones. Masterfully negotiates, energizes.
Kirill Voloshin
Co-founder of TUT BY MEDIA LLC (TUT.BY)
Received an economic education at the Institute of Modern Knowledge. Author of a number of publications, reports and tales on Internet marketing. Columnist for the newspaper "Computer News" with many years of experience; published in the publications "Computerra On-line", "Hard&Soft", "Computer newspaper" and others. Associate Professor of Belarusian State University, teacher of courses at the Institute of Public Relations and the Academy of Postgraduate Education. Hobbies: humor in all manifestations, skiing, hustle/wcs, not very weightlifting, extreme driving. From 2000 to 2012 supervised the operational work of TUT.BY. In 2004, at the VI Belarusian Internet Forum, he was named Person of the Year on the Belarusian Internet. Business angel, received the title of "Mentor of the Year 2019" at the Entrepreneurship Week. Co-owner of a number of Internet companies. He is trying to raise his daughter and son.
How the company works and where to look for the right person
TUT.BY values
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