[OpenSpending] Open Contracting Data Standard Collaboration Launch and Stakeholder Workshop

[Michael Roberts]

Hi all,

The World Wide Foundation, and Omidyar Networks have just announced a collaboration on an Open Contracting Data Standard. You can read the full announcement here: 
http://www.open-contracting.org/significant_step_forward_for_global_transparency

As part of that effort, we are hosting an Open Contracting Data Standard: Stakeholder Workshop, January 31, 2014 (just after the IATI technical advisory group) meeting. This is the first of a range of opportunities over the coming year to get involved in the development of the Open Contracting Data Standard. While we won't have an option of remote participation in this meeting, we are planning some online opportunities to engage with the standard developing in the near future, and we'll be publishing a development road map shortly. You can use the event registration form - http://bit.ly/ocds-stakeholders - to indicate your interest in getting involved in future activities also.

We will be using the hashtag #opencontractingdata for these efforts.
More information on the Stakeholder workshop can found below.

Cheers,
Michael

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Open Contracting Data Standard: Stakeholder Workshop
31st January 2014 - Hilton Montreal Bonaventure - 9am - 3pm

#opencontractingdata

Register to participate at: http://bit.ly/ocds-stakeholders 

About the Open Contracting Data Standards project:

Over the course of 2014 the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), the World Wide Web Foundation and wide range of stakeholders will be working to develop the first version of a global open data standard for publishing information on public contracts. The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) believes that increased disclosure and participation in public contracting will make contracting more competitive and fair, will improve contract performance, and will better secure development outcomes. The development of an open contracting data standard is a vital step in joining up data across sectors and silos, allowing it to become truly socially useful. It will result in increased transparency around contracting processes and will empower citizens to be able to hold governments to account. 

Stakeholder workshop:

We invite you to join us on 31st January 2014 for a stakeholder workshop to:

Explore the goals and potential for an Open Contracting Data Standard;
Identify opportunities for involvement in the development of the standard; 
Shape core activities on the 2014 standard development road map; 

Outline agenda (tbc):

8.30am - 9.00 am: Welcome and coffee

9.00am - 10.30am: The Open Contracting Road Map 
Including the history of the Open Contracting initiative; an introduction to the data standard project; and an exploration of data standard development so far. 
10.30am - 10.45am: Coffee break 
10.45am - 11.45am:  Shaping the vision & identifying stakeholders
Participative small group discussions focussed on outlining short and long-term visions for an open contracting data standard, and identifying the roles for key stakeholders to play in the development of the standard. 
11.45am - 12:30pm: Ways of working and key issues: an open development approach
Introducing the collaborative tools available for engaging with the development of the data standard, and identifying the key issues to be addressed in the coming months (the basis for task-groups in the afternoon).

12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch

1.30pm - 3.00pm: Task groups
Small group work on specific issues, including the future governance of a standard, shared identifiers (e.g. organisational identifiers), data formats, demand side workshops, supply side research and related standards. 

Who is the meeting for?

This meeting is designed to provide an opportunity for anyone interested in the Open Contracting Data Standard work to learn more about it. There will be discussions tailored to both providers of contracting data, and users of data, as well as discussions focussed at connecting the Open Contracting Data Standard with related open data projects, including IATI, Open Spending and open data on companies. 


Michael Roberts
@michaeloroberts | michaelr at webfoundation.org
World Wide Web Foundation | 1889 F Street NW, Washington DC, 20006, USA | www.webfoundation.org | Twitter: @webfoundation



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