[Okfn-fi] [Okfn-se] [Okfn-dk] question : suggestions for nordic cooperation

miska knapek miska at knapek.org
Tue Aug 18 07:43:32 UTC 2015


Hello again everyone,

Ok I just got a note from Nordic Innovation, with some information from
them about the event, including some questions they'd like to have looked
into.
I'll post the notes below, and would kindly ask for your insights and
reflections on the matters.
( Yes, yes I get a bit pushed away by the business speak, and feel like
running away at the sound of it, but hopefully there's a way of clarifying,
in Copenhagen, that it all starts with a proper open culture, and that
business can be built on top of it, rather than the other way around :) .


So here;s the note from Nordic Innovation :
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Nordic Open Data meeting 2015

THE DAY

Open Data is by many been described as the new oil, a new economic super
driver and a future x-factor. But where does the Nordic region stand in
this development? How do we build a future where open data is utilized to
create innovative digital solutions, new jobs and economic growth while
also involving, educating and democratizing our societies  What is the
digital value chain?

 Is there a Nordic model to be found?

THE WHO

Attending are around 20 Nordic Open Data agenda-setters from innovations
agencies, the Open Knowledge Foundation, digitalization authorities and
Nordic hackathon organizers.

Nordic Innovation is hosting the meeting. To moderate the day we have
teamed up with Joakim Jardenberg, a Swedish tech evangelist, who also
carries the grandiose title of Head of Internet at Helsingborg City.


THE PREPARATION

We will not ask you to prepare much in advance for the workshop, however it
would be great if you could give some thought to the following areas:

1)  Country presentations: An overview of what’s going on in your market
with regards to open data (access to, use of, ease of use, type of data
sets, stakeholders) and digital events (hacks, data cook-offs, maker
sessions, stakeholders). Good examples of open data use; success stories.

2)  What does the ‘digital value chain’ look like in your market – how does
it go from open data to ideas (or from ideas to open data) to creation of
new and innovative digital solutions? How are these pushed to the market;
creating jobs; creating value for the society (and what kind of value à
social, economic, environmental)? What happens after a digital event; where
do the apps/solutions go from there (i.e. is someone actually making a
living of it after)?

3)  The Nordic opportunity: How can we work together in the Nordics to
support the development of innovative digital solutions that can benefit
the whole region à create a strong Nordic digital value chain?


THE DISCUSSIONS

  Building a Nordic open data community

  Input to a Nordic open data value chain & roadmap

  Overview over planned events for 2016 and coordinating initiatives
(including

Nordic Open Data Week 2016)

  Establishing a Nordic open data group (national evangelists, drivers...)



THE CONTACTS

Senior innovation advisor Rie Aleksandra Rørstrand, +47 95822744,

R.Rorstrand at nordicinnovation.org

Senior innovation advisor Mikael Von Dorrien, +47 90364785,
M.Dorrin at nordicinnovation.org

Communication advisor Frederik Waitz Søborg, +47 95159868,

f.waitz at nordicinnovation.org



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So, any notes and reflections are *very* welcome :)

Thanks and all the best,

miska









On 16 August 2015 at 12:08, miska knapek <miska at knapek.org> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Heh, this is fantastic - I looked away for a few days and came back to
some excellent contributions from everyone!
> Really great, thanks for the good efforts.
> I'll make sure to get them voiced in Copenhagen, and contribute to the
thoughts in a little while :)
>
> Good open community :D
>
> miska
>
> On 12 August 2015 at 22:03, Mattias | OKFSE <mattias at okfn.se> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Thank you for the update Karin. If I remember correctly we did talk
>> about something like this last year and it is great to hear that you're
>> working on it. It is a very important notice as we can avoid doing
>> duplication of work and instead collaborating on it if you're willing to
>> (and the material is open). I believe Miska also sent me information
>> about a Finnish project doing something similar. For an application at
>> IIS we are required to have a teacher on board working, more about one
>> of the links I sent in the previous e-mail.
>>
>> Best,
>> Mattias
>> http://okfn.se
>>
>> On 2015-08-12 19:11, karin.ahlin wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> > Nice ideas!
>> >
>> > Right now I am doing a small project, founded by Vinnova. The aim of
the project is to deliver
>> > education material for public organizations and their middle managers.
Of course the subject is
>> > Open Data. The material will be published on SKLs website ( Swedish
municipalities and
>> > regions organization). I have participated in ODIs course
train-the-trainer to develop the course.
>> >
>> > Hopefully this small notice is of interest ifor the development the
below idea(s).
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Karin Ahlin
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Mattias | OKFSE <mattias at okfn.se>
>> > To:
>> > Cc: "okfn-no at lists.okfn.org" <okfn-no at lists.okfn.org>, "
okfn-fi at lists.okfn.org" <okfn-
>> > fi at lists.okfn.org>, "okfn-se at lists.okfn.org" <okfn-se at lists.okfn.org>,
"okfn-is at lists.okfn.org"
>> > <okfn-is at lists.okfn.org>, Okfn Dk <okfn-dk at lists.okfn.org>
>> > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:45:19 +0200
>> > Subject: Re: [Okfn-se] [Okfn-dk] question : suggestions for nordic
 cooperation
>> >
>> >> Thank you for your contribution Thomas! It reminded me of an idea I
>> >> have
>> >> had for a while about what OK Nordics easily can do. I have mentioned
>> >> it
>> >> earlier to some but not on lists. It goes close in line with Thomas
>> >> suggestion and that is School of Data for the Nordics with specific
>> >> target groups. It is a concrete and dynamic project example. I think I
>> >> mentioned in my earlier e-mail as it is also applicable to giving
>> >> courses online & through adult educational centers in Sweden.
>> >>
>> >> There's actually right now a perfect project funding opportunity for
it
>> >> from IIS (https://iis.se) in Sweden. We can (and hopefully will) apply
>> >> at Internetfonden (http://internetfonden.se/) for this suggestion
>> >> Thomas' wrote. It would be great to have all of OK Nordics on board
>> >> supporting & committing. Why? Because we can gain chances of getting
>> >> economic support. And if we do the main work or collaborate around it,
>> >> we can localise it easily throughout or after the project.
>> >>
>> >> It is the perfect timing in this funding opportunity because it has an
>> >> OER focus
>> >> (https://www.internetfonden.se/om/oppna-digitala-larresurser/). If we
>> >> get the project support and create a great course then it can also
make
>> >> it into IIS' course material used in Webbstjärnan (The Web Star).
>> >> Webbstjärnan is their educational offer for schools. It promotes
>> >> schools
>> >> and their teachers and pupils who embrace the open Internet to the
best
>> >> extent. School of Data with Open Data course material would go hand in
>> >> glove with that. Would this be an interesting thing to apply for,
>> >> collaborate around but also bring to the workshop meeting? I
definitely
>> >> think so. Let's arrange a call about it @Miska, @Thomas and whomever
>> >> wants to join (looking at you OK Iceland, Norway & Denmark! :)
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Mattias
>> >> http://okfn.se/
>> >>
>> >> On 2015-08-12 11:21, Thomas Kvist wrote:
>> >>> Hi Miska and everyone!
>> >>>
>> >>> Empowering individual citizens is of course  a good thing but I think
>> >>> that the NGO:s is forgotten in the Open Data context. I guess that
>> >>> quite small associations (föreningar) involved in youth football,
>> >> all
>> >>> kinds of culture etc is a significant part of the life in at least
>> >> the
>> >>> smaller cities. Empowering those associations would empower the
>> >>> citizens. I think some kind of education package describing and
>> >>> exemplifying how Open Data empowers NGO:s could be created on a
>> >> nordic
>> >>> basis. It should preferably be webbased and involve cooperation with
>> >>> other similar associations in other nordic countries. A theatre group
>> >>> in Denmark cooperates with theatre group in Sweden when doing the
>> >>> course etc.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards
>> >>> Thomas
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Thomas Kvist
>> >>> Projekt Leader IT
>> >>>
>> >>> +46(0)90-161198
>> >>> +46(0)70-3497631 (mobil)
>> >>> thomas.kvist1 (Skype)
>> >>> thomas.kvist at umea.se <mailto:thomas.kvist at umea.se>
>> >>>
>> >>> City of Umeå
>> >>> IT-department
>> >>> 901 84 Umeå
>> >>> Sweden
>> >>> Visitors adress: Skolgatan 31A
>> >>> _www.umea.se/kommun <http://www.umea.se/kommun>
>> >>> _Logotyp, Umeå kommun
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>>
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>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> *Från:*okfn-se [mailto:okfn-se-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *För *miska
>> >> knapek
>> >>> *Skickat:* den 11 augusti 2015 13:33
>> >>> *Till:* Martin Malthe Borch
>> >>> *Kopia:* okfn-no at lists.okfn.org; okfn-fi at lists.okfn.org;
>> >>> okfn-se at lists.okfn.org; okfn-is at lists.okfn.org; Okfn Dk
>> >>> *Ämne:* Re: [Okfn-se] [Okfn-dk] question : suggestions for nordic
>> >>> cooperation
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Hey Martin,
>> >>>
>> >>> Very good plan. That would be very cool.
>> >>> From sustainable decentralised energy power to sustainable
>> >>> decentralised people power :)
>> >>>
>> >>> miska
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 8 August 2015 at 01:37, Martin Malthe Borch <mmborch at gmail.com
>> >>> <mailto:mmborch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> One idea..
>> >>>
>> >>> I would suggest that we organise a one week summer curse on a peoples
>> >>> highschool (Folkehøjskole).
>> >>>
>> >>> This movement have already been central to the development of the
>> >>> Scandinavian democracy and was the free educational frame in which
>> >> one
>> >>> of the first big wind turbines where build.
>> >>>
>> >>> Who knows maybe it could develop into a full program at the school
>> >> and
>> >>> a yearly summer event where people could meet chat and collaborate..
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 2015-08-06 10:01 GMT+02:00 miska knapek <miska at knapek.org
>> >>> <mailto:miska at knapek.org>>:
>> >>>
>> >>>     Hey good open data/knowledge folks,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     Forgive me for being a bit vague, but I promise it’s to your
>> >>>     benefit ;) (erhm… though maybe not entirely “open” ;)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     I wonder whether you'd care to offer some ideas and reflections
>> >> on
>> >>>     Nordic cooperation. Some of us inter-Nordic ones will meet
>> >>>     physically to discuss what can be done, and how, in terms of
>> >>>     developing Nordic cooperation in open data/knowledge, at the end
>> >>>     of the month.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     It would be really great to gather some ideas from civil society
>> >>>     about what kind of efforts that could be good and what kind of
>> >>>     activities one could run, in a Nordic open data context.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     Though it’s very kind of governments being the primary pushers
>> >> of
>> >>>     this workshop, I fear there might be some ‘innovation’
>> >> centric
>> >>>     ideas being pursued. It would be good to balance this out with
>> >>>     some civil society perspectives.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     This is where you come in :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     While of course, a lot of things are primarily realised on a
>> >>>     national level, as there are many impressive Nordic examples of,
>> >>>     there are initiatives that are easier realised once there's
>> >> Nordic
>> >>>     Council / governmental pressure to realise things, such as
>> >>>     something that could come out of a Nordic cooperation (and maybe
>> >>>     even some government support :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     We need ideas and things to suggest.
>> >>>
>> >>>     Please list ideas where Nordic cooperation could be good - eg.
>> >>>     ideas that aren't possible to realise locally due to political
>> >>>     pressure, lack of people, data, and/or funding. Or just mention
>> >>>     project that would be great to do internationally, in the Nordics
>> >> :)
>> >>>
>> >>>     Any notes are very welcome!
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     Thanks and all the best,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>     miska
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>>     https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-dk
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> Med venlig hilsen,            Martin Malthe Borch
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> @MMBorch  |  +45 6171 3656 <tel:%2B45%206171%203656>  |  mmborch.dk
>> >>> <http://mmborch.dk>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
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