[Okfn-irl] [ogpirl] CSO event at the OGP Regional Meeting

Fri Mar 21 11:56:11 UTC 2014

Dear Paul -

Thank you for your email.

We see CS day as an exciting opportunity to learn from each other and from
thought leaders, to networks and to strengthen bonds between CS
representatives from around the world.

We realise that OGP Europe
meeting<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10SLxS7te72zfGm7Pxfzrl-rvOKyhkT8pPnA18gB3Vow/viewform>participants
will arrive in Dublin at different times and most of the local
activists will be able to join after working hours. Taking this into
account we are considering the following format.

   - Time: 16:00 -20:00
   - Venue TBC
   - Reg page:
   https://ti.to/open-data-ireland/OGP-civil-society-day-Dublin-2014
   - Talks: 8x15min (2 talks per hour, plenty of time for questions and
   networking)
   - 2 workshops: i.e. OGP peer-learning and (???)

All Open Data Ireland/OKF Ireland events have been organised openly. As
usual, we strongly encourage active participation in shaping
agenda<https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/OGP-Civil-Society-Day-7th-May-JUHgDwrls5N>for
CSO day and active participation in making it happen.

Note: everything is work in progress.

Thank you.

Best,
Denis

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On 21 March 2014 11:04, Paul Maassen <maassenpaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> Hope you are doing well! You must be extremely busy trying to get the
> government to deliver a strong and ambitious Action Plan, participating in
> the CSO OGP review *and* playing a key role in the organization of the
> Europe Regional Meeting.
>
>
>
> I must say that I am especially looking forward to the Regional Meeting.
> For me the first one in Dubrovnik is still an example of how such a meeting
> can be useful on both content and process. It of course also offers you a
> very strong advocacy moment with your own government. Knowing they want to
> look good as a host is something you can use to your advantage (-:
>
>
>
> I wanted to quickly touch base on something, which is also a tradition by
> now at OGP meetings, which is a stand-alone civil society event
> co-organized by local civil society and my team.
>
>
>
> For Ireland Denis Parfenov of OKF Ireland has taken the initiative and
> approached me about his interest in coordinating this with the rest of
> civil society. I must say that I do like the idea of Denis bringing his
> energy and determination to this. The series of Open Data Ireland meet ups
> that he and others organized were instrumental in getting Ireland to join
> OGP and an example of 'citizen engagement' that OGP is all about.
>
>
>
> For me a number of things are needed to make an OGP civil society event
> successful.
>
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>    - Civil society in the organizing country in a way are 'hosting' their
>    colleagues from other countries. The CSO event should ideally be a
>    collective event organized by Irish civil society. One or two organisations
>    can take the lead, but not 'own' it. The lead orgs naturally have to work
>    with me and regularly check in with the bigger group in Ireland. Ideally a
>    draft agenda is shared early on with European civil society and an
>    opportunity is given for them to provide input (and if possible organize
>    bits).
>    - The CSO event should not take away the energy and thunder from the
>    actual regional meeting. So don't organize it as a third conference day. I
>    guess the question to ask with each CSO day idea is: 'does this need to
>    take place on the CSO day or can it also take place at the actual regional
>    meeting'. For example, Indonesian colleagues want to use the CSO event to
>    define 'asks' to the OGP Steering Committee that they then want to present
>    at the Regional Meeting. That makes sense. For the European meeting a
>    logical angle could be for European civil society to call upon the EU and
>    OGP to get the EU into OGP.
>    - The emphasis should be on peer exchange, connecting across countries
>    and topics, learning from (OGP) experiences in other countries. Ideally the
>    programme and format cater for that explicitly or implicitly.
>    - Half a day should really be enough.
>
>
>
> I'd be happy to get on a call with some of you if helpful, and also
> planning to pop over to Dublin early April to help prepare. Hope to see you
> then!
>
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
>
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>
> Paul
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