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

Mon Jan 13 10:54:17 UTC 2014

Ha ha. I actually emailed Dr Mejabi 10min before your email landed, after
Jed connected us.

Thnx for the suggestion though. Shout if you have any others. We're also
trying to reach beyond the "usual suspects" to get as many real grassroots
citizen movements as possible.

Cheers,
Justin

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On 13 January 2014 12:43, Jose M. Alonso <josema at webfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hey Justin,
>
> I guess you are already in contact with our ODDC partner there, U. of
> Ilorin. More about their case study at:
> http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/unilorin
>
> I’m cc’ing Dr. Omenogo Mejabi, the project leader, just in case.
>
> Cheers,
> Josema.
>
>
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> El 13/01/2014, a las 11:40, Justin Arenstein <justinarenstein at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dauda
>>
>>
>>
>> *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.
>>
>>
>>
>> All best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Jed
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>
>> *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.
>>
>>
>>
>> The government open data initiative will be framed at a government
>> consultative meeting in Abuja between January 30-31.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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