[p4od] Welcome to the Partnership for Open Data mailing list - Please introduce yourself!

Wed Jun 4 07:53:05 UTC 2014

Hi All,

a quick intro from me too - I am Rahul based in London and I joined Open
Knowledge in January as a Impact researcher and writer. This month I have
taken on a new role and will be working as a Development Manager here at
Open Knowledge.

This is a cross unit role to provide a variety of services to the
organisation, including (a) liaisoning and working with external Impact
Assessment Evaluators to implement ongoing impact evaluation tools with
reference to organisational/program level theories of change, (b)
retrospective impact assessment and writing to build up an impact evidence
base, and (c) support with communications and fundraising strategies in
relation to impact.

Currently, along with Daniela (who is my line manager), we are working to
produce a clear guide for my role and the projects we will be taking up.

I look forward to meeting/working with all of you. :)

All the best,
Rahul

On 3 June 2014 12:06, Christian Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would also like to introduce myself: I'm Christian, and I work as
> International Community Manager for Open Knowledge. Specifically, I support
> our growing global network of Local Groups, which operate in almost 50
> countries around the world. I see a great potential for overlaps of Open
> Knowledge Local Group / POD activities and look forward to be part of this
> list to pursue such synergies.
>
> I'm based in Copenhagen, so do give a shout if you're ever around these
> parts.
>
> -Christian
>
> --
>
> Christian Villum
> International Community Manager
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> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Emma Beer <emma.beer at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>>  Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Daniela.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m Emma Beer.  I’ve just started at Open Knowledge and will be managing
>> various European projects here including the Open Data Census
>> <http://national.census.okfn.org/>. I’ll also be helping out on one of
>> the workpackages for Partnership for Open Data.
>>
>>
>>
>> I live in Paris at the moment but will be moving back to London in July.
>>  While in Paris I worked in communications for the OECD for issues such as
>> Green Growth.  I have a background in project/programme management and
>> communications, education and technology, and digital content in museums,
>> libraries and archives.
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking forward to meeting you all in the future!
>>
>>
>>
>> Emma
>>
>>
>> On 2 June 2014 12:27, Liz Carolan <liz.carolan at theodi.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning all!
>>>
>>> Thanks for getting the ball rolling Daniela - let me introduce myself to
>>> the list!
>>>
>>> I am the project manager for the POD for the Open Data Institute
>>> <http://theodi.org/> - I have been in post since February and am
>>> looking forward to getting to know all of you on this list in the coming
>>> months.
>>>
>>> ODI is a London based organisation set up with support from the UK
>>> Government to provide support to the emergence of an open data ecosystem
>>> domestically and internationally. We do training, create tools (for example
>>> the free to use Open Data Certificate <https://certificates.theodi.org/>),
>>> do some research and project work. We also incubate start-ups
>>> <http://theodi.org/start-ups> using open data, and engage quite a bit
>>> with the private sector <http://theodi.org/membership>.
>>>
>>> At the moment we are doing some thinking on the leadership, change
>>> management or political side of open data. ODI has a particular mandate
>>> within the POD to support governments who wish to undertake open data
>>> initiatives, and in the conversations I have been having over the past few
>>> months with leaders, the issue of how to bring about change within
>>> government or from a political perspective has been especially pertinent -
>>> any thoughts, insights or work being done on this?
>>>
>>> Looking forward to hearing from you all!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>> *Bio*
>>> My background is in learning, research and governance - I joined the ODI
>>> from the Institute for Government
>>> <http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/> - a London based
>>> organisation that supports effective government. In the 3.5 years there, I
>>> led the development of learning products for government leaders (ministers,
>>> opposition and officials) and project managed multiple initiatives -
>>> including a collaboration with a UK research council to support academics
>>> who wish to engage with the policy making process. During my time at IfG, I
>>> was privileged to be asked to spend 6 months supporting the new Cabinet in
>>> Sierra Leona via the African Governance Initiative
>>> <http://www.africagovernance.org/africa>. Before this I worked mainly
>>> in community development, managing an inner city project for migrants and
>>> refugees in Dublin, working with a local organisations on women's
>>> participation in post-conflict Kosovo and Bosnia.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28 May 2014 11:58, Daniela Mattern <daniela.mattern at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all!
>>>>
>>>> we created this mailing list in order to discuss the activities of the
>>>> Partnership for Open Data and how the Partnership can help to build
>>>> sustainable open data ecosystems in developing countries.
>>>>
>>>> My name is Daniela and I am the project manager for Partnership for
>>>> Open Data at Open Knowledge. I will soon share what we have so far about
>>>> the Partnership so that we can start the discussion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Today I am writing to ask you to briefly introduce yourself. *
>>>>
>>>> *It would be great if you shared a bit about your background, where you
>>>> are currently living, what is your interest in Open Data and how you think
>>>> the Partnership for Open Data should work in developing countries. *
>>>> I will start :)
>>>>
>>>> I am Daniela, I joined Open Knowledge in London in February. Before
>>>> this I have been working for 11 years in Brazil - at first 7 years with
>>>> leadership training and advocacy work in a slum and then 4 years with Open
>>>> Data and Technology. I have been mainly working with geospacial data and
>>>> collaborative mapping - we created a tool for this:
>>>> http://maps.mootiro.org and are currently building a new version of it
>>>> - the idea is to have an open repository for geospacial data with API and
>>>> collaborative editing. I am passionate about freedom of information
>>>> requests and how to use them in advocacy work - mostly I have worked with
>>>> urban housing movements and also sustainable transport. The other questions
>>>> I am looking for an answer is "how to engage low income communities - young
>>>> people and community leaders from slums - with the open data movement" and
>>>> "how to achieve real change for people in low income communities with open
>>>> data".
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to having your introduction.
>>>>
>>>> Daniela
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Daniela Mattern
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>> Emma Beer
>>
>>
>>
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