[Okfn-ca] [open-government] A list of transparency NGOs now live and needs your contribution!

Wed May 29 18:28:36 UTC 2013

Le 2013-05-29 12:04, Julia Keseru" a écrit :
> (Sorry for cross-posting.)
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> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/05/29/transparency-advocates-from-all-around-the-world/
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>   Transparency advocates from all around the world
>   <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/05/29/transparency-advocates-from-all-around-the-world/>
>
> by Júlia Keseru <http://sunlightfoundation.com/people/jkeseru/>
>
> May 29, 2013, 11:54 a.m.
>
> A few months ago, we embarked on a journey to create a repository of 
> civil society organizations working around transparency and open data 
> issues from all around the world. With our annual TransparencyCamp 
> <http://transparencycamp.org/>having evolved into a significant hub 
> for open government advocates alongside Sunlight's growing involvement 
> in the global 
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/international/> and municipal 
> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/local/> open data movement, it 
> seemed a logical next step to map the landscape of like-minded folks 
> and create a single spreadsheet that tracks local and international 
> players in the field.
>
> Besides simply locating open data activists, coders, hacker groups, 
> transparency advocates, anti-corruption research institutes, think 
> tanks and even some government-led transparency projects from a vide 
> variety of countries, Sunlight tried to filter information about 
> relevant actors by area of operation, issues covered and the actual 
> approach. Crowdsourcing the whole project would have definitely made 
> our job easier. However our experience shows that empty spreadsheets 
> do not facilitate engagement so we spent some time collecting that 
> vast of amount of information and we now decided to make it publicly 
> available.
>
> The initial goal was to create a repository of all the groups who 
> could be possible partners in Sunlight's municipal and international 
> projects but we had to realize that there's an increasing demand 
> coming from the open government community to have access to that 
> information so we eventually decided to share our resource with the 
> wider public.
>
> Such a pledge is always endless and the repository is never considered 
> complete but instead of sitting on the information any longer, we are 
> now opening up the process and ask for the community's help to verify 
> or correct the data in the sheet and add missing organizations or 
> projects. Our approach was rather experimental and we did not seek 
> perfectionism so a lot of information is missing or incorrect but it's 
> your turn to contribute!
>
> The spreadsheet is now public - though not editable - and available 
> here 
> <https://docs.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoQuErjcV2a0dF85QTRRSEFtR3pfcjN4VHdwLVYzSXc#gid=0>:
>
>
> *Contribute*
>
> We have compiled a repository of over 500 organizations from countries 
> listed in alphabetic order. At the end of the sheet, you'll find a 
> couple of organizations without a country code - mostly regional 
> networks or international organizations - but if you feel they should 
> be listed under a certain country, please let us know.
>
> Though amazingly long, the list is far from complete. If your project 
> or organization is missing, don't even think of having hard feelings 
> but send us the relevant info and we will update the repository! If 
> you work with (technology-driven) transparency or open data issues and 
> your project is not on the list, please contact us 
> atjkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com 
> <mailto:jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com> and send your contact 
> information, a link to your project, area of operation (country or 
> region), a few keywords for the topics you cover and the approach of 
> the project. If you are enlisted but information is missing or 
> incorrect, let us know! We also encourage everyone to dive into the 
> list and use it as a resource for research or a space for inspiration.
>
> *Google group*
>
> If you want to know more about the international work of Sunlight and 
> our partner groups, please join our new International Google Group at 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sunlight-international 
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/sunlight-international>!
>
> /Many thanks to /Alisha Green, /Matt Rumsey, Matej Kurian, Melissa 
> Ortiz Masso and Madeline Magnuson for their contribution to the 
> spreadsheet!/
>
>
> -- 
> Júlia Keseru"
> International Program Coordinator
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