[open-government] Open Government Data: Montevideo is calling- Datos Abiertos: Montevideo llama

[Fabrizio Scrollini]

Hi Ton,

This i <http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/institucional/datos-abiertos>s the
current website from the council. In the website they make specific
reference to the 8 Open Govt Data Principles (which according to the
webstite the City Council endorses) and provide the first data sets for
people to use.  If you look closely to the resolution in Spanish it actually
states the  principles, which I find it is quite progressive, as not much
official legislation in the world, that I am aware of, endorses them.

Furthermore they also provide a link so you can contact and request data and
an initiat catalogue.. These were actually our recommendations, this is to
say to start creating a catalogue and release data, enforcing the policy
they neatly stated. So we  "nudge" them to keep up with the high standards
they set up (and on which we congratulated them), and also to promote the
use of information. (as you can see most of the data sets were uploaded in
November this year) turning the words into actual policy.

As with much of these things, now is up to Uruguayans (or other people
around the world) to demand more from them,as they are actually keen on
delivering.

I hope this helps, feel free to contact me if you need more info

Best,
F.







On 27 December 2010 11:48, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at mail.com> wrote:

> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> that is good news! I have been trying to find out a bit more, to turn it
> into a news item for the epsiplatform.eu.
> I found this decision by the Montevideo city council from last February
> already where they talk about open data:
>
> http://monolitos.montevideo.gub.uy/resoluci.nsf/de053405568724cf832575ae004f0467/7adaf8ec8d70033b832576d60041760f
>
> So is there now a next step taken by the city council? I am curious to hear
> more. I couldn't find in http://monolitos.montevideo.gub.uy/resoluci.nsf/if there has been a new decision published. (A search on the word 'datos'
> finds the February decision as most recent item) Or was the February
> document the proposal that now has been accepted?
>
> Can you point me to the document/decision that now has been taken, or tell
> me when the council's decision has been made?
> Again, congratulations on your (CAINFO's) efforts.
>
> best,
> Ton
>
>
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> 2010/12/27 Fabrizio Scrollini <fabrizio.scrollini at gmail.com>
>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>> It is with a bit of excitement that I am glad to report that Montevideo
>> City Council (Uruguay´s capital and largest city) followed CAINFO advice<http://www2.defensordelvecino.gub.uy/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/el-tiempo-de-la-ciudadanaa.pdf> (link) and
>> set up an open government data policy, The recommendation was made in the
>> context of an study to improve services and participation in local
>> government by CAINFO, supported by  Spanish Cooperation Agency and New
>> Zealand Cooperation Agency, in partnership with Montevideo´s Ombudsman.
>> While it is still early days, the government is asking for ideas and
>> applications and already made some data available. Montevideo City Council
>> also adopted formally the 8 Open Government Data principles. I guess it is a
>> nice way to finish a hard work year.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards and Happy New Year
>>
>> Fabrizio Scrollini
>>
>> Estimados  y Estimadas,
>>
>> Es con un poco de emoción que estamos contentos de reportar que la ciudad
>> de Montevideo (capital y ciudad más poblada de Uruguay), siguiendo el
>> consejo <http://www.imm.gub.uy/node/13757>de CAINFO estableció una
>> política de uso de datos abiertos del gobierno. La recomendación se realizó
>> en el contexto de un estudio sobre como mejorar los servicios y la
>> participación en el gobierno local, apoyado por la Agencia de Cooperación
>> Española y la Agencia de Cooperación del Gobierno de Nueva Zelandia y en
>> asociación con el Defensor del Vecino de Montevideo. Aunque solo es el
>> comienzo, el gobierno está pidiendo ideas y aplicaciones, y ha puesto
>> algunos datos disponibles. A su vez Montevideo adoptó los 8 principios de
>> sobre datos abiertos. Supongo que es una buena forma de terminar un año de
>> mucho trabajo.
>>
>> Atentos saludos y feliz año,
>>
>> Fabrizio Scrollini
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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