[open-government] Citizens Engagement in Open Gov't Data

Mon Apr 30 19:44:34 UTC 2012

Dear Fabio,

Wolfgang Both contributed a field note on the experience in Berlin of using
online voting to source citizen input to prioritise dataset choices to a
recent issues of the Journal of Community Informatics which might be
useful: http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/814/918

More broadly, I've been working with a more general notion of 'open data
engagement' over recent months - looking at the sorts of outreach
activities that open data portal providers might need to engage in to find
priorities for datasets and to develop strategies. Some initial frameworks
at http://www.opendataimpacts.net/engagement/

One of the challenges with many approaches to sourcing needs for open data
is that those in civil society who might benefit most from access to data
are not necessarily operating within a language of 'open data' or very
aware of the notion of open data, and so initiatives to source input might
need to find other ways to engage with these potential beneficiaries, and
to explore their information and data needs.

I would be really interested to hear what other approaches to engaging
civil society with open data you uncover in your research...

All best wishes

Tim
On Apr 28, 2012 12:37 PM, "Fabio Shida Fukuda" <shidafukuda at un.org> wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> I would like to have some comments and ideas on how to capture and measure
> social and citizens demands to the design of strategies of Open Gov't Data.
>
> In many countries, opening data might be a costly process due to human and
> financial resources constraints - thus selecting the datasets which respond
> to civil society demands can be a good way to start the design the strategy
> since many public bodies are/can be involved in this process.
>
> Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Fabio
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