[open-government] Open data / open government discussions start in Nigeria

Mon Jan 13 10:40:28 UTC 2014

Thnx Jed!

Dauda, someone else also suggested your name at the weekend, so I'm
thrilled to connect with you. I'll add your name to the list of invitees, &
will also touch base with you later this week to check whether you have
suggestions for the agenda. In the interim, feel free to shout if there are
other important grassroots NGO / civil society folk you think we should
also have at the table, as well as any media or citizen groups who are
doing interesting stuff with open data.

Cheers,
Justin

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On 12 January 2014 14:19, Dauda Garuba <dgaruba at revenuewatch.org> wrote:

>  Thanks for sharing this, Jed. I’m in Abuja on the dates being proposed
> for the roundtable before the government meeting. I will also be able to
> help mobilise partners with whom we work on transparency and accountability
> to participate, if so requested.
>
>
>
> Happy New Year, Jed, Antoine and Jim.
>
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>
> Dauda
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>
> *From:* Jed Miller [mailto:jed at jedmiller.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 11, 2014 6:37 PM
> *To:* Antoine Heuty; Jim Cust; Dauda Garuba
> *Subject:* Fwd: [open-government] Open data / open government discussions
> start in Nigeria
>
>
>
> Antoine, Jim and Dauda,
>
>
>
> This likely came to you through other channels, but in case not, it could
> be useful to pursue.
>
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>
> All best regards,
>
>
>
> Jed
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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>  *Resent-From:* <jmiller at revenuewatch.org>
> *From:* Justin Arenstein <justinarenstein at gmail.com>
> *Date:* January 11, 2014 at 4:28:34 AM PST
> *To:* open-government at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* *[open-government] Open data / open government discussions
> start in Nigeria*
>
>    Hi everyone.
>
>
>
> Code for Africa <http://codeforafrica.org> and the World Bank are
> convening the 1st in a series of planned roundtables with open data and
> digital democracy activists in Nigeria to help ensure that ordinary users'
> voices are heard during planning of the country's proposed national open
> data initiative.
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> The government open data initiative will be framed at a government
> consultative meeting in Abuja between January 30-31.
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> We are therefore convening a roundtable before the government meeting (Jan
> 28-29), bringing together thought-leaders from local open data movement,
> the media, civil society, and grassroots citizen movements to ensure that
> they get a chance to shape the agenda + government's priorities.
>
>
>
> If you know of anyone who should be at the table, or if you're based in
> Nigeria and part of participate, give me a shout at nigeria (dot)
> codeforafrica (dot) org.
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> Cheers,
>
> Justin
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