Workshop on next stage in open government data: Using data for transparency accountability, and collaboration

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-09-12

Summary:

Use the link to access more information about the workshop sponsored by the UN Public Administration Programme, Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM).  “Open government data (OGD) is strongly linked with DPADM’s work areas as it is an online service by governments (electronic and mobile government) and an important initiative to strengthen participatory governance, which allows citizens to monitor data streams and thereby monitor the government (transparency, corruption). It also allows citizens to be aware of important issues and to be part of the decision-making process to address policy issues (citizen engagement, e-participation).  Aware of the emerging trends in the area of open data and challenges in legal, institutional and technical frameworks, DPADM recently developed a toolkit on OGD which serves as an entry point for those UN Member States who plan to share data with their constituents. The toolkit includes strategies for opening government data, templates that governments can customize for their own needs, technologies for opening data, recommendations about the data hosting applications and platforms. In summary, step by step instructions for public officials interested in sharing government data online.”

Link:

http://www.unpan.org/Events/BrowseEventsbyCalendar/tabid/94/mctl/EventDetails/ModuleID/1532/ItemID/2228/language/en-US/Default.aspx?selecteddate=10/10/2012

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Tags:

oa.new oa.data oa.crowd oa.lay oa.un oa.dpadm oa.events oa.government oa.tools

Date tagged:

09/12/2012, 11:13

Date published:

09/12/2012, 07:13