[TZGISUG] SECOND OPEN DATA DAY IN DAR ES SALAAM 2015

[info at smartgovcenter.org]

This is Yulli Jeremia, open data activist and volunteer. I believe that 
most of group members here can be interested in our Open Data Day event 
to be held on Saturday, February 21st from 10.00am to 1.00pm at Buni Hub 
(COSTECH Building-Sayansi). Kindly lets get together and be part of the 
golbal Open Data Day 2015.


Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to 
write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish 
analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the 
adoption of open data policies by the world's local, regional and 
national governments.

  Last year on 22nd February, 2014 the Dar es Salaam Open Knowledge 
Community (DOCKO) successfully joined this global movement by organizing 
the first ODD 2014 in Dar es Salaam where various open data enthusiasts 
presented their data driven projects and enjoyed the fun. You can access 
last year’s event summary at 
http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/post/79247204161/dar-es-salaam-open-knowledge-community-events. 
This year, once again DOKCO with support from Open Knowledge Foundation 
International, and Buni Hub is proud to invite you to the Second Open 
Data Day (ODD) 2015 to be held at the Buni Hub (COSTECH Building – 
Kijitonyama).
Building on last year’s experience we expect this year’s event to be 
even more exciting. Come and join us on Saturday, February 21st from 
10.00am to 1.00pm at Buni Hub (COSTECH Building-Sayansi). The tentative 
programme of activities will include:
1.      Story telling – this session will give opportunity for various 
individuals and organizations working with open data projects to share 
their experiences (We expect stories from our partners –TWAWEZA 
engagement with open government data, SIKIKA’s engagement with open 
budget at local government level, Policy Forum on citizen open budget, 
and World Bank’s Tanzania Open Data Initiative.

2.      Dar es Salaam Open Knowledge Community building session – the 
session will introduce to participants on the opportunities for joining 
DOKCO and how current and new members can contribute to its development.

3.      Introduction to civic hacking using open government data – the 
session will focus on how different talents might work together to 
create innovative products and services from government open data.



You are all warmly welcome to bite a pizza and get caffeinated while 
sharing our openness experiences.


About DOCKO
DOCKO is a community of open data volunteers and enthusiasts who 
commonly share the values of openness, collaboration, sharing and 
co-innovation (co-creation). It is a self organizing community basing on 
the efforts of volunteers. Members come from diverse backgrounds such as 
academics, journalists, students, activists, software developers, 
programmers, GIS experts, etc. The community also accommodates various 
open movements such as Open Education Resources Movement (OER), Creative 
Commons (CC), Open Development (OD), Open Government Data (OGD), Open 
Budget, Freedom of Information Movements etc. The Community is also open 
for new the blood to join and find a niche. Thus the Community is open 
for all interested in the wide scene of openness.
While all these divided movements differ in areas of specialization, 
they all share the common values of openness and transparency. The DOCKO 
Community thus aspires to be a platform for conversations around 
openness challenges facing our communities. United, we can advance 
openness ideals in our country.