[euopendata] [open-government] Civil Society Workshop Before the Next Digital Assembly

Tue Jun 28 11:27:13 UTC 2011

I think this is a good idea.
Chris

2011/6/28 Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org>

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> euopendata mailing list
>>> euopendata at lists.okfn.org
>>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/euopendata
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Web: www.lifesized.net  Phone:+31 (0)6 5244 6445 Twitter: @lifesized
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> open-government mailing list
> open-government at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-government
>
>

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------
OpenCorporates :: The Open Database of the Corporate World
http://opencorporates.com
OpenlyLocal :: Making Local Government More Transparent
http://openlylocal.com
Blog: http://countculture.wordpress.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CountCulture
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/euopendata/attachments/20110628/83855947/attachment-0001.html>