[open-government] Colombia

[Chris Taggart]

Carlos

Many thanks.

OpenCorporates is the largest open database of companies in the world (a
sort of Open Street Map for companies) and we have been looking at the
Colombian company register to see if we could get it into OpenCorporates,
and also perhaps pull in the contract information to and match it up with
companies.

We're particularly interested in doing this as we are working with the
World Bank on it's Open Contracting programme, and this would be a useful
step in the development of that programme.

What we're trying to find is someone who is familiar with the Colombian
company information. Would you know anyone who can help?

Chris Taggart
Co-founder

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On 4 October 2012 05:29, Carlos Merchán <camerchanh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,****
>
> I work with the Software Factory commissioned of some aspects of oGov in
> Colombia, how can I help you?****
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> Carlos Merchán****
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> *De:* open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *En nombre de *Jose M. Alonso
> *Enviado el:* martes, 02 de octubre de 2012 08:39 a.m.
> *Para:* Chris Taggart
> *CC:* Open Government WG List
> *Asunto:* Re: [open-government] Colombia****
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> Chris, I know the person that commissioned that portal and was in charge
> of oGov, but I think he left gov in Jan. I'll send you an intro separately
> anyway.****
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> Josema.****
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> El 02/10/2012, a las 09:35, Alvaro Graves escribió:****
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> Hi Chris,
>
> I don't know people working on oGov, but you may want to take a look at
> their OpenData portal. Maybe you can find something there
> http://www.datos.gov.co/
>
> Best,
> Alvaro Graves-Fuenzalida
> Web: http://graves.cl - http://ManzanaMecanica.org Twitter: @alvarograves
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> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Chris Taggart <countculture at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> Any open government people in Colombia on this list. Have a query re
> Colombian company data****
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> Chris
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