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

[Jonathan Gray]

+1 from me.

I think this might go down really well - and could be really useful.
The DAA was the culmination of a set of proposals to the EC at the
Digital Agenda proposers day on a variety of topics. E.g. the open
data bit was run by Share PSI - a broad coalition of stakeholders -
based on a proposal submitted by W3C and ETSI.

The DAA on the whole is intended to let good policy proposals bubble
up from key stakeholders across Europe. I think moves to add breadth
and depth to debates in this area would be heartily welcomed (at least
by Neelie Kroes's team who, I am led to believe, have a strong
participatory vision).

I'd also make sure you're doing all you can to engage through
existing, official channels. I don't know what the plan for next year
is yet, but if they have another DA proposer's day - you should
definitely try and go!

J.

2011/6/28 Chris Taggart <countculture at gmail.com>:
> 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
>>>>
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