[euopendata] Civil Society Workshop Before the Next Digital Assembly

[Javier Ruiz]

not sure yet,  i don't think there is formal announcement, but maybe other
people in the list who have a foot in the doorstep of the commission can
tell us more

On 28 June 2011 11:35, james burke <lifesized at gmail.com> wrote:

> when is the next digital assembly?
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>wrote:
>
>> Dear friends
>>
>> The following message has been circulated around several email lists for
>> European digital activists.Please forward to those you think may be
>> interested.
>>
>> The first European Digital Assembly that took place in Brussels two weeks
>> ago showed that there is a wealth of activity in this field in Europe.
>> However, we felt that the effort could have been more productive and
>> engaging from the perspective of civil society. The assembly does provide an
>> interesting space to potentially make our voices heard, and the European
>> Commission clearly sees it as a space for accountability to their
>> stakeholders (this word was repeated around a hundred times!).
>>
>> Although there was a semblance of balanced participation in many parallel
>> thematic workshops, it was unclear what were the key issues, what
>> recommendations would be made, and importantly how would these
>> be followed up. In the afternoons, most of the larger plenary panels were
>> dominated by politicians and businesses, culminating in
>> the appalling comments about the demise of privacy by the Belgian minister
>> for Economy and Innovation.
>>
>> We think that if we are to participate again in this space, we need to be
>> better prepared to intervene in the assembly as civil society. In order to
>> do this Open Rights Group would like to propose a one day preparatory
>> workshop the day before the next Digital Assembly. This workshop would
>> dissect the programme for the assembly and allow civil society organisations
>> and interested individuals to examine the issues and enhance their
>> participation. Ideally, this workshop should include groups working on
>> privacy, data and the civil liberties end and those working on the cultural
>> aspects, but it could go beyond these networks and engage other participants
>> in the assembly. This could include groups working on disability, gender and
>> local democracy, to name a few of the themes of the assembly.
>>
>> This is a very preliminary proposal to hear what you think. If enough
>> people believe this is a good idea Open Rights Group can help organise, run
>> and fundraise, but we will need other organisations to commit to make it
>> happen as well.
>>
>> Best, Javier
>>
>>
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