[TZGISUG] Open Data Day 2015

[Ragnvald Larsen]

Hello all - will be going to Dar es Salaam for meetings with NEMC next 
week. Would've loved to hear how that meeting goes. Hope that minutes 
will be available after the meeting.

Ragnvald

On 19.02.2015 12:13, Grant Hopcraft via TZGISUG wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Some of you might be interested in participating in Open Data Day 
> happening this Saturday at COSTECH in Dar.
>
> Please contact Yulli Jeremia at info at smartgovcenter.org for more 
> information.
>
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> 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.
>
>
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