[foundation-board] Update on new EU FP7 bid (CIVIS)

Thu Dec 9 17:46:59 UTC 2010

I'm a big +1.

Rufus

On 9 December 2010 16:27, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick note to inform the board that I met with one of the
> leading members of an FP7 project bidding team that we are part of.
>
> Here's a rough picture of what's happening:
>
>  * Timeframe for bid: currently working hard on this, to be submitted
> in early 2011.
>  * Topic: using open data + data visualisation to improve policy
> making process for citizens and decision makers
>  * How are we involved: I've been speaking about this for a while to
> Andrew Vande Moere, a senior lecturer at KU Leuven (also affiliated
> with the University of Syndey) the guy behind infosthetics.com. I've
> been corresponding with him for a while, and invited him to advise
> Where Does My Money Go? before the project really got started.
>  * What would the OKF be doing?: data refinement/storage/etc,  data
> visualisation, community building, some informal impact assessment,
> and other things.
>  * What would outputs be? Open source toolkit for visualising open
> data from cities for citizens and policy-makers. [1]
>  * Do we have the expertise to do this?: I anticipate that many of
> the core competencies are basically very similar to Where Does My
> Money Go? So yes.
>  * Do we have the (human) resources to do this?: Bearing in mind this
> is an EU project, bidding now means that we will not start for *ages*.
> By this time, its possible the 4IP funding will be over and we will
> have a load of Shuttleworth stuff under our belt. Also I expect our
> real capacity will have significantly grown (if our community/network
> building continues to be successful), and hence there will be more
> potential people we can take on for this on fixed term contracts.
>  * Total bid: not yet finalised, but probably somewhere in the region
> of 3 million euros
>  * Number of partners: around 10 (including University of Potsdam,
> City University London, Greater London Authorities, KU Leuven, and
> others)
>
> I currently own all action items associated with this.
>
> This is just a note to let the board know that this is happening, and
> requires no immediate action items. If you'd like more information, or
> you have any questions/issues, please say now!
>
> Hope you're all well!
>
> J.
>
> [1] for a *rough* idea of the kind of thing this could be like, see
> this recent project from one of the consortium members:
> http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/12/placesurvey_opening_up_the_driving_factors_behind_the_satisfaction_of_citizens.html
>
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