open for change
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Den Haag, 18 Maart 2011
Background
Imagine
Vision Connected global development sector in which
access is getting far more important than ownership. access to information and knowledge access to tools for using this information
It supports increasing worldwide collaboration and fosters more participatory models for changes in organisations, projects and policies.
Vision Questions:
Trust, transparency, ownership, quality
Challenges: How to match skills, methods, knowledge and
technology How can we implement the principles of open access
within the sector
Mission Our aim is to increase access to data, knowledge
and software applications within the global development sector
To do so we: exchange knowledge on topics like open source, open
data, open standards on both a national and an international level;
support and promote projects within the Dutch sector; to increase a sector wide understanding of the challenges and benefits of open access to data, knowledge and software;
set up and temporary maintain missing parts of the infrastructure to support such projects.
Activities OfC Knowledge sharing platform:
http://openforchange.info Meetings (like today)
Open Data for Development Camp, May 12+13
Collaboration, through AKVO, with project WASH/DME
ODDC
Program
Decision-makers
Key concepts
Opportunities & Threats
Conditions & policies
Practitioners
Best practices &
lessons learned
Defining data sets
Open data policy for
programs & projects
Developers Hack days
Working with data
setsDeveloping tools & apps