[okfn-discuss] Ideas for eGovernment initiatives?

Mon Nov 10 14:18:51 UTC 2014

Thanks a lot for your thoughts on this.

> I have a question as well. :-) Could you describe to us, in which
> way(s) OK Denmark and the Danish civil society are involved in the
> national strategy development process?

The eGoverment strategy is developed jointly by the Danish government 
(represented by the Agency of Digitalization), Danish Regions and Local 
Government Denmark (association of municipalities). It should be due 
medio 2015. It's likely that there will be some kind of official hearing 
however to have influence one need to influence the process in its very 
early stages. This happens as ordinary lobby-work: through informal 
(long term) contacts to civil servants; by attending meeting where 
representatives of relevant organizations are present; by presenting 
ideas that are reasonable seen from the perspective of the 
decision-makers etc. Open Knowledge Denmark and others has been invited 
to an informal coffee-meeting at the Agency of Digitalization (taking 
place tomorrow morning) to discuss the eGovernement strategy, to have a 
say we need to be prepared and present good arguments.

Best, Niels Erik
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On 2014-11-10 12:21, Marcus M. Dapp (OKF) wrote:
> Hi Niels, all,
> 
> I think it is a great idea to think broader about implications of
> "open" and have a strategy that caters for impact rather than the fact
> that data (or sth else) is opened. Let me offer two ideas to think
> about:
> 
> (1) I ran interviews with a few CIOs/CTOs and local Code for America
> community members in Boston, Philadelphia, Mexico City recently (case
> studies to be published in 2014, I hope). All of these cities have
> their own flavor of an "innovation/civic tech lab" (eg
> http://labplc.mx/ [5] andhttp://www.newurbanmechanics.org/ [6] ) .
> This can be a very powerful approach to help reshape governments and
> implement some of the things you mentioned. Here is an example on
> national level, http://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows [7]. 
> 
> I think we need to talk less about new technology and more about new
> interactions between governments and citizens through new
> technology...
> 
> (2)  To your other point "related to open
> government/data/access/education/transport/aid, open-whatever," ... 
> I have found that it is easier to explain to politicians (and other
> decision makers) an overarching concept using familiar terms than each
> openX approach individually. I am talking about "digital
> sustinability" and explain how digital goods (software, data, content,
> etc.) can be treated more sustainably and what the
> benefits/implications are. Yes, sstainabilty is a broad and somewhat
> vague term, but it is a very familiar and positive term. Single openX
> concepts (FOSS, OD; OA, etc.) can then be explained as implementations
> of a digital sustainability strategy. I wrote about this for the OKCon
> 2013 in Geneva,
> http://books.buchundnetz.com/the2013openreader/chapter/open-government-data-and-free-software-cornerstones-of-a-digital-sustainability-agenda/
> [8] 
> 
> I have a question as well. :-) Could you describe to us, in which
> way(s) OK Denmark and the Danish civil society are involved in the
> national strategy development process?
> 
> Thanks & HTH,
> Marcus
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Pieter Colpaert
> <pieter.colpaert at okfn.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Niels,
>> 
>> This may be a helpful resource on how to evolve your data portal:
>> http://pieter.pm/ [1]5stardataportals/
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Pieter
>> 
>> On 2014-11-09 21:28, Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all
>>> 
>>> In Denmark we're discussing the follow up for the official
>>> eGovernment strategy. The previous strategy had a rather narrow
>>> focus: to make the public sector more cost-efficient using
>>> digitalization. We are trying to collect input to propose for the
>>> new strategy. Do you know of succesful government initiatives in
>>> the field of digitalization/ITC that you could recommend?
>>> 
>>> We wish for a broader perspective that aims not only at saving
>>> money by digitalization of existing services but also aims at
>>> creating a better society: more open, transparent, taking civil
>>> society into account, stronger democracy, empowering citizens,
>>> cross-border/international cooperation, tackling the great
>>> challenges facing us...What we're looking for is reasonable ideas
>>> for realistic initiatives, these could be related to open
>>> government/data/access/education/transport/aid, open-whatever,
>>> citizens empowering etc.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>>   Niels Erik, Open Knowledge Denmark
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