[OKFN-NP] Involvement of Open Knowledge Nepal in national workshop in Nepal on OGD sensitization

Fri Aug 7 17:17:13 UTC 2015

Dear all,

> On 6 Aug 2015, at 13:28, kshitiz khanal <khanal1990 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear all,
> 
> In this thread, let's discuss how Open Knowledge Nepal can be involved in the upcoming OGD workshop. 
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> Daniel, please state how you can see us getting involved. 

See my other mails from today: we are really open for suggestions. 

> I want to present the precise vulnerabilities in Open Data and Open Government Data based on my experience as a researcher / reviewer in Open Data Index and Open Data Barometer projects. Does this seem to fit the workshop agenda? 

Yes this makes sense to me. Any other ideas? What do you think about a 5 x 5min show case session that could highlight actual projects? 

> Also, is it a good idea to suggest people actually involved in sustainability from civil society and academic backgrounds for the workshop? 

Yes please suggest additional people directly to the list here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ObibwC7rukRfQFKYfIxVqQXBDDclQZ9RjEvMpVvT1Oc/edit 

> For keynote, I am suggesting Member of Parliament, Mr. Gagan Thapa. He is the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Energy, and Natural Resources and is one of the global leaders recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. He has been commendably active in Open Data activities in Kathmandu Municipality esp. ward no. 7.

This sounds interesting, thank you for the suggestion. Of course we need to confirm this with NIC and follow some protocols. 

Again I encourage you to get engaged and involved. We want Civil Society to be a driver of this event and (perhaps more important) the outcomes and future action planning.

We could also schedule a call to talk about some of these aspects. Anyone interested?

All the best
Daniel

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> The floor is open. Looking forward to a fruitful discussion. 
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> 
> With best regards, 
> 
> Kshitiz Khanal
> Open Knowledge Nepal  