[open-government] Proposal for submission to OKFestival on the state of play and the future of the open government data movement and the Open Government Partnership

[Chris Taggart]

Daniel
You saw the paper we did on (lack of) access to company data in OGP
countries, right? Think it's a good example of the disconnect, or at least
potential disconnect.

http://opencorporates.com/downloads/ogp_company_data_report.pdf

Chris

On 26 April 2012 17:18, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> in the last conference call of this Working Group we discussed some
> interesting issues. Notes from the call are here:
> http://opengovernmentdata.okfnpad.org/call
>
> Among other things we discussed potential input for OKFest and would like
> to propose the following three sessions / ideas:
>
> http://okfestival.okfnpad.org/opengovernmentdata
>
> Please note this is first draft and we need your help & contribution to
> make this a success. Please let us know what do you think via this mailing
> list or directly in the planning document.
>
>
> All best
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
>
> *--- Here is the proposal ---*
>
>
> *Proposal for submission to OKFestival on the state of play and the
> future of the open government data movement and the Open Government
> Partnership*
>
> *1. Proposal: A strategic discussion about the challenges of the Open
> Government Partnership (OGP)*
>
> The OGP is clearly becoming shape and relevance as more counties join. We
> notice a growing disconnect between the OGP process / debate and the Open
> Government Data Community. We would like to facilitate the exchange between
> these two processes / debates. We would like to discuss how the OGD
> Community and Civil Society Organisations can engage in the OGP process.
>
> The outcome will be a policy paper / recommendation from the perspective
> of the OGD Community to the OGP process. These recommendation would refer
> to the OGP grand challenges :
>
> *1. Improving Public Services - *measures that address the full spectrum
> of citizen services including health, education, criminal justice, water,
> electricity, telecommunications and any other relevant service areas, by
> fostering public service improvement or private sector innovation
> *2. Increasing Public Integrity - *measures that address corruption and
> public ethics, access to information, campaign finance reform, and media
> and civil society freedom
> *3. More Effectively Managing Public Resources - *measures that address
> budgets, procurement, natural resources and foreign assistance
> *4. Increasing Corporate Accountability - *measures that address
> corporate responsibility on issues such as the environment,
> anti-corruption, consumer protection, and community engagement
>
> It would be great if we could make this a community contribution to the
> OGP process!
>
> *2. Proposal: A workshop for Gov representatives on "What do Governments
> need to do open government / open data?" inside/outside OPG *
>
> Session on 'Open Data in my country - How can my government commit?' There
> is a hesitation of a lot of countries (especially in Europe) to commit to
> Open Data in their country. We would like to provide a forum for
> discussions for government officials that will have the opportunity to meet
> with experts and practicioners from the Open Data community to share best
> practices - get to know more about Open Data and find ways to integrate it
> in their country's context. Government reps will get the chance to exchange
> on the initiatives happening in their countries- as well as getting an idea
> of what Open Data is and how it can improve for instance Public Service and
> finding the right people that can assist them in implementing Open Data
> initiatives in their country. This discussion will also look at chances and
> challenges for Countires to join the OGP process.
>
> Next steps: identify Gov officials coming to OGDCamp and invite them
>
> *3. Proposal: Open Data ideas speed dating *
> The idea would be to give people a forum to speak to each other and get
> better connected. The format would be having mini talks where people
> present for 5 minutes (like lightning talks) afterwards they stay in the
> room for questions and idea exchange.
>
>
>    - some of the participants might enter the speed dating with concrete
>    ideas and problems so that they could use this opportunity to network with
>    people that might be of help for their project/idea/initiative.
>
>
>    - participants would all need name tags with their occupation and if
>    they have one problem/challenge
>
>
>
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