[open-development] Open MDG

Tue Nov 2 11:37:29 UTC 2010

I've added a session proposal to
http://opengovernmentdata.okfnpad.org/session-ideas

Do edit, add or mail suggestions! Tariq and I are willing to facilitate, 
and we can start online already :-)

Rolf.

     * Open MDG - Apps for development/Millennium Development Goals

     * Rationale: The Worldbank has opened their data and launched an 
"apps for development" contest 
http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/. At the same time, several 
(N)GOs are opening data as well, for instance in the context of IATI 
http://www.aidinfo.org/dutch-ngos-make-progress-on-transparency-at-partos.html. 
This session wants to bring together users, developers and data 
managers, to develop innovative applications demonstrating ways to make 
open data work for international development.

     * Proposed by Rolf Kleef and Tariq Khokhar

On 01/11/10 14:53, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> Tariq, Rolf: would you guys be happy to facilitate a session on this? ;-)
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Tariq Khokhar<tariq.khokhar at devinit.org>  wrote:
>> Hi Rolf,
>>
>> I'd also be interested in a session with an international development / MDG
>> focus as Open Government Data Camp.
>>
>> At aidinfo, we've also been speaking with a few Dutch, British and American
>> NGOs around opening up data and I'm keen to talk more about applications
>> that do something useful with it.
>>
>> With kind regards,
>>
>> Tariq
>>
>>
>> On 31/10/2010 00:54, "Rolf Kleef"<r.kleef at nivocer.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rufus,
>>>
>>> Would be good to have a brainstorm/build session at the Open Government
>>> Data Camp about this?
>>>
>>> Several Dutch development NGOs and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
>>> are exploring open data, so we're moving towards finding best practices
>>> and appropriate standards to make data sets available, and building
>>> application(s) to demonstrate benefits of "being open".
>>>
>>> One of the challenges at hand here is showing the contribution of Dutch
>>> development aid towards the MDGs. An application for that fits the
>>> criteria for the Worldbank challenge...
>>>
>>> Rolf.
>>>
>>> On 30/10/10 02:19, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>>>> Interesting - I also wonder whether it is tongue in cheek (given the
>>>> basecamp screenshot).
>>>>
>>>> I did something with the MDG a few years back (at the time the MDG
>>>> dataset wasn't available in bulk so scraping it was actually a useful
>>>> thing to do - see<http://ckan.net/package/mdg>    for more info):
>>>>
>>>> <http://openeconomics.net/mdg/>
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking about dusting this off and finding some collaborators
>>>> who might be interested in working on this for
>>>> <http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/>
>>>>
>>>> If there is anyone interested in this sort of thing or the world banks
>>>> apps challenge let me know!
>>>>
>>>> Rufus
>>>>
>>>> On 29 October 2010 18:24, Jonathan Gray<jonathan.gray at okfn.org>    wrote:
>>>>> Looks interesting! Anyone know what is planned?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://openmdg.org/
>>>>>
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