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

miska knapek miska at knapek.org
Sun Aug 16 09:08:54 UTC 2015 

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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> >>>
> >>> *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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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Med venlig hilsen,            Martin Malthe Borch
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> @MMBorch  |  +45 6171 3656 <tel:%2B45%206171%203656>  |  mmborch.dk
> >>> <http://mmborch.dk>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
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