[open-development] Invitation to Open Knowledge Conference participants to 'Get Real' about open data

Tue Aug 20 08:33:32 UTC 2013

Hi all
Great initiative Sarah... !Untortunately I will only stay for the OKCON
itself - until Wednesday. This may be true for others as well?

Cheers
Claudia

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2013/8/20 Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk>

> Hello Sarah,
>
> This looks like a great session to hold.
>
> I've added a quick note to the pad. Unfortunately I'm not going to make it
> to OKCon, but it would be great to hear from the list who else will be
> there...
>
> All the best
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Johns, Sarah <
> Sarah.Johns at plan-international.org> wrote:
>
>>   Hi folks, we’d like to invite all OK Conference participants to an
>> exclusive Open Development event on Thursday 19 September. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *Getting Real: Evidence and Ethics for open data initiatives in
>> development contexts *http://okfnpad.org/opendevwg-okcon13****
>>
>> *Open Knowledge Conference, Geneva *****
>>
>> *Thursday 19 September, 12:00 - 17:00 @ Universite de Geneve, Uni Mail
>> campus, Room M 1160*****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> A participatory workshop to bring together the core streams of this
>> year's Open Knowledge Conference.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The themes for this workshop are:  ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *         Exploring theory of change concepts and evidencing impact of
>> open initiatives, including open data and open government, on community-led
>> development and aid programmes.****
>>
>> *         Ethical considerations of open initiatives in development
>> contexts****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> The workshop will bring together open government, open data,
>> transparency/accountability and open development specialists to discuss and
>> debate the effectiveness and ethics of open initiatives. It's a space for
>> us all to share our experiences and ask critical questions of our work in
>> open data, t/a, governance and open development. For example, how far can
>> we attribute changes such as increased access to or quality of community
>> healthcare to open government or open data? Does openness really lead to
>> greater accountability for communities, and what's the evidence? ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Find out more and sign up for the workshop at
>> http://okfnpad.org/opendevwg-okcon13****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Sarah Johns****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>
>>
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