[open-government] New Zealand Combines Open Data with Public Engagement Online

Fri Sep 3 05:15:03 UTC 2010

This looking interesting!
http://nesdiscussion.mfe.govt.nz

From: Nadia Webster <nadia.webster at dia.govt.nz>
Date: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:09 AM
Subject: [ninjas] Open Data Engagement Pilot
To: ninja-talk at groups.open.org.nz

We (DIA) have just launched an open data engagement pilot in a joint
initiative with the Ministry for the Environment. The pilot is testing
the hypothesis that data is a useful ingredient in government policy
consultations.

The discussion forum http://nesdiscussion.mfe.govt.nz/ is running in
parallel with MfE's consultation on the National Environmental
Standard for Plantation Forestry. The forum focuses on Erosion
Susceptibility Classification and asks three associated questions with
relevant datasets. The forum site aggregates land based datasets that
look at land environment, cover, use and also and climate and water
(all things important when considering erosion susceptibility).

Please take a look at the forum and the data. Is there anything
interesting that could come from the data to inform the discussion?

While you're there please also fill out the brief questionnaire to
help us with the pilot evaluation.

Cheers,

Nadia
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