[euopendata] To all Danes on this list: DK Science Ministry to move ahead with Open Data.

Mon Jun 28 16:48:22 UTC 2010

This is great news Ton. Thanks for sharing the info with the list!

Rufus

On 28 June 2010 16:53, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just had a phone call with Cathrine Lippert of the Danish ITST/Ministry of
> Science, the group that is working on open gov data / psi in Denmark. She
> pointed me to something interesting. Her new minister posted a comment in
> the blog of a data-journalist on June 4th that is worth general attention:
> http://ernstpoulsen.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/hvad-skal-netmedierne-med-støtte/
> (scroll down until you see Charlotte Sahl-Madsen's comment. She's the
> Science Minister in DK.) She writes (Google translation, emphasis mine):
>
> In Denmark, we could also usefully develop a plan for how we can exploit
> public data as a raw material for strengthening:
>
> - Innovation and business growth
> - Information, transparency, democracy and participation
> - Better public information, and service
>
> It should of course just thought through how we make the most
> appropriate.But conversely, it's also important to move things. Therefore I
> have decided that we in my area take our own medicine by going ahead and
> during the year to open up and showcase all our data sets that are not
> covered by confidentiality and privacy constraints.
>
> We have also started to develop guidelines and recommendations to other
> government departments so that they - like Dan - can make the data
> available. I take this opportunity to invite all who have interest in this
> area to contribute ideas and participate in the debate on public data at
> Digitaliser.dk (http://digitaliser.dk/group/237756).
>
> Also there is probably going to be some sort of CodeCamp / Open Data Camp in
> september to bring civil servants and coders together and create
> applications with Open Data on the spot. Somewhat like the Dutch
> http://hackdeoverheid.nl sessions of 2008,2009 and 2010 and the UK 'Hack the
> government day' in 2008.
> If any of the Danish subscribers to this list are interested, and not
> already in contact with Cathrine Lippert at ITST do let me know, so we can
> build a connection between you and ITST. It might also be worthwile if you
> are a Danish blogger to provide some coverage of the science minister's
> statement, so the word gets out more. That probably will help make it
> reality sooner. :)
> best,
> Ton
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