GODAN Action – a review of relevant methods and frameworks for impact evaluation of open data

This report is a deliverable of the GODAN Action project, and outlines the main lessons from a review of approaches developed to evaluate the impact of open data. The review took into account a range of academic and policy oriented empirical studies that examine different aspects of initiatives incorporating open data, as well as methodological and conceptual frameworks designed to support open data evaluation. Lessons and insights from this report will form the basis for the development of an approach to evaluating initiatives that incorporate open data, in the context of the GODAN Action project.