Thanks for your swift response.
Best,
H
Hilda Ajeilat
President
Jordan Transparency Center
Tel (cell): +962796124320
+962776339090
Skype: hilda.ajeilat
Twitter: jotransparency
Facebook مركز الشفافية الأردني
www.transparency-jordan.org (under construction)
''Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your
country". JFK
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On 8 May 2013, at 11:57 AM, Antti Halonen
<antti.halo...@finnish-institute.org.uk> wrote:
> Hilda, Felipe, all,
>
> Thank you for your responses.
> I'll discuss the video recording with other organisers and will let you know
> in due course.
> Best wishes,
> Antti
>
>
> On 7 May 2013 22:57, Hilda Ajeilat <hi...@transparency-jordan.org> wrote:
>> Greetings from Jordan.
>>
>> Thanks for letting us know.
>>
>> Would it be recorded for us to watch?
>>
>> Best,
>> Hilda
>>
>> Hilda Ajeilat
>> President
>> Jordan Transparency Center
>> Tel. +962776339090
>> P.O. Box: 1025
>> Amman 11821, JORDAN
>> www.transparency-jordan.org (under construction)
>> Skype: hilda.ajeilat
>> Twitter: jotransparency
>> Facebook: مركز الشفافية الأردني
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On May 7, 2013, at 20:24, felipe heusser <fheus...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting. Thanks for the invitation.
>>>
>>> Will you have any live stream available to see from overseas?
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Felipe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 May 2013 09:40, Antti Halonen <antti.halo...@finnish-institute.org.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Foianet members might be interested to know that The Finnish Institute in
>>>> London and Embassy of Finland will host a discussion event on FOI and open
>>>> data on Thursday 30 May, 2-6pm. The event is open for everyone interested
>>>> but a RSVP is required if you wish to attend.
>>>>
>>>> Please see a detailed event description below.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Antti Halonen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mr Antti Halonen
>>>> Head of Society Programme
>>>> The Finnish Institute in London
>>>> 35-36 Eagle Street
>>>> WC1R 4AQ
>>>> London
>>>>
>>>> @ajhalo
>>>> +442074043309
>>>>
>>>> The Future of Freedom of Information? Government Transparency and its
>>>> Unintended Consequences
>>>>
>>>> Dear Sir/Madam,
>>>>
>>>> You are cordially invited to join in a discussion on “Government
>>>> Transparency and its Unintended Consequences” on 30 May at the residence
>>>> of the Ambassador of Finland, HE Pekka Huhtaniemi.
>>>>
>>>> The event consists of two parts: we will start off with a talk by Dr Tero
>>>> Erkkilä, assistant professor in the Department of Political and Economic
>>>> studies at the University of Helsinki, followed by a comment from Dr Ben
>>>> Worthy, lecturer in politics at the Birkbeck University. Dr Erkkilä’s talk
>>>> will be based on his new book “Government Transparency: Impacts and
>>>> Unintended Consequences” (Palgrave Macmillan 2012).
>>>>
>>>> In the second part, we will have a panel discussion with plenty of time
>>>> for questions from the floor. Christopher Cook from the Financial Times
>>>> and Paul Gibbons (Information Compliance Manager at SOAS & creator of the
>>>> FoI Man blog) have kindly agreed to join the panel. A third panelist is to
>>>> be confirmed.
>>>>
>>>> Date and time: Thursday 30 May 2013, 2pm-6pm
>>>> Venue: Finnish ambassador’s residence, 14 Kensington Palace Gardens,
>>>> London W8 4QP
>>>>
>>>> Please find enclosed an invitation and programme, including a more
>>>> detailed description of the themes and questions what will be debated at
>>>> the event.
>>>>
>>>> The event is open for everyone interested, so feel free to share the
>>>> invitation but please do RSVP in advance if you’d like to attend.
>>>>
>>>> RSVP by 23 May: tiina.hein...@formin.fi
>>>>
>>>> With best wishes,
>>>> The Finnish Institute in London & Embassy of Finland
>>>>
>>>> Programme:
>>>>
>>>> 14-14.30 Registration
>>>> 14.30-14.45 Introductions
>>>> 14.45-15.15 Dr Tero Erkkilä
>>>> 15.15-15.45 Dr Ben Worthy
>>>> 15.45-16.00 Coffee
>>>> 16.00-17.00 Panel and Q&A
>>>> 17.00-18.00 Drinks and canapés
>>>>
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>> Transparency has recently become one of the defining concepts in public
>>>> administration. Arguably transparency is now globally seen as a key part
>>>> of democratic governance, and it has gained an increasingly significant
>>>> status in debate over government and institutional design.
>>>>
>>>> This event aims at identifying why and how transparency has become such a
>>>> topical concept and how has it reacted with the rapid digital development.
>>>> The main questions that will be asked are as follows:
>>>>
>>>> What are the impacts of freedom of information and digital transparency?
>>>> What are the possible unintended consequences of transparency especially
>>>> in performance management?
>>>> What is the state of government transparency in Finland and in the UK
>>>> today?
>>>> What is the future of government transparency in an increasingly digital
>>>> society? How should the freedom of information law be amended in order to
>>>> fully satisfy citizens’ right to information?
>>>>
>>>> Post-industrialised societies have recently taken a form where many key
>>>> infrastructures are increasingly based on digital data and where the
>>>> friction in creating and disseminating information has rapidly vanished.
>>>> The amount of information available has increased exponentially and the
>>>> relationship between governments and citizens in this data society has
>>>> arguably changed in terms of information creation and use.
>>>>
>>>> In addition to the amount of information, also the diversity of
>>>> information types has increased exponentially. In the digital age
>>>> information can refer to anything from genes to geodata and from
>>>> literature to source code. The questions of fair access to information and
>>>> universal right to use information are topical societal challenges that
>>>> remain unsolved. Moreover, research results indicate towards a vast
>>>> economic potential in the free reuse of public sector information.
>>>>
>>>> One of the key questions for contemporary information societies, however,
>>>> is to distinguish between open data’s potential for growth and innovation
>>>> in one hand, and for democracy in the other. What also needs to be
>>>> addressed is the potential risk of undermining freedom of information if
>>>> open data policies prematurely replace reactive freedom of information
>>>> laws. We need to be aware of the potential ambiguity of government
>>>> transparency: does increased “transparency” in fact increase democratic
>>>> accountability or merely administrative efficiency.
>>>>
>>>> The event is targeted at a high-level audience consisting of
>>>> policy-makers, journalists, civil servants, academics and public policy
>>>> enthusiasts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Felipe I. Heusser
>>>
>>> Affiliate to the Berkman Center
>>> Harvard University
>>> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fheusser
>>>
>>> PhD Candidate in Government
>>> London School of Economics
>>> http://felipeheusser.tumblr.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Mr Antti Halonen
> Head of Society Programme
> The Finnish Institute in London
> 35-36 Eagle Street
> WC1R 4AQ
> London
>
> @ajhalo
> +442074043309
>
>
