[OKFN-NP] Preliminary Agenda for Nepal 3 day OGD workshop

[Bibhusan Bista]

Hi Daniel,


Thanks for sharing the workshop agenda with me. It looks really great to
me. I have some generic feedbcak/queries/comments as below.

1. What are the kind of participants we are looking at (eg. is it only for
gov officials or is it also open for larger CSO and Open Data communities,
including techhies ?)
2. What is number of participants we are aiming for (this is important
because based on the number certain approach might / might not work)
3. I see tha NIC is your government counterpart for this workshop. In this
context, do you see the relevance of involving other government agenceis as
well (eg. National Planning Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of
federal affairs and local development, etc.). Also, what about
parliamentarians ?
4. Since most of the gov and CSO participants will be pretty naive to the
entire discourse of Open Data, it might be good to have some time
explaining the basic concepts right at the begining (eg. the difference
between Open Data and Open Government Data)
5. I can see that you have provisions for different sectoral groups (pvt
sector, gov, etc. ) speak about opportunities and challenges in different
panel discussions. However, I think it would be very contextual if there
was an opportunity to share open data journey in Nepal so far in some
plenary session itself. This would then help people see how the workshop
actually relates to initiatives that are or have happened in Nepal.
6. I can see that the workshop is aimed at helping NIC come up with OGD
action plan at the end. For this to happen, there needs to be a lot of
preparatory consultation  done with NIC. Also, OGD action plan might not
make sense if we do not have ownership from key government agencies (eg.
educaiton, agriculture, finance, health, statistics bureau) who hold vital
government data. So, my opinion is that they need to be constructively
engaged during the workshop.
7. You've mentioned AGENCY in the agenda. Can you shed more light on who
this agency is ?

I don't know if these make sense to you or not but these are based on my
individual observation and experience. I'm happy to discuss more on it if
that is helpful.

Best,
Bibhusan




On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Daniel Dietrich <ddie at ddie.me> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am happy to share an update on the planned national workshop in Nepal on
> OGD sensitization, gap assessment and strategic planning (3-day long). The
> dates still need to be confirmed.
>
> I would like to invite you to have a look at the preliminary agenda and
> send me your comments.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wFaeqNJja_pE0J-VW9h4zO1B_lxz0tomKHwvLZ6R-NA/edit
>
>  It is very important for us to have significant involvement and buy-in
> from local civil society. So please share with e your thoughts on how to
> make this operational, if you have ideas how to improve the agenda so its
> useful to all stakeholders. You can also add comments and suggestions
> )(e.g. for speakers) directly in the Google doc.
>
> The workshop is part of the project on Strengthening of capacities of
> developing countries to provide Access to Information for Sustainable
> Development through Open Government Data. See
> http://bit.ly/DPADM-OGDProject
>
> Kind regards
> Daniel
>
>
> --
>
> Daniel Dietrich
> UNDESA/DPADM consultant, OGD Policy Advisor
> See more: http://bit.ly/DPADM-OGDProject
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