Hi Niels, all, I think it is a great idea to think broader about implications of "open" and have a strategy that caters for impact rather than the fact that data (or sth else) is opened. Let me offer two ideas to think about:
(1) I ran interviews with a few CIOs/CTOs and local Code for America community members in Boston, Philadelphia, Mexico City recently (case studies to be published in 2014, I hope). All of these cities have their own flavor of an "innovation/civic tech lab" (eg http://labplc.mx/ andhttp://www.newurbanmechanics.org/ ) . This can be a very powerful approach to help reshape governments and implement some of the things you mentioned. Here is an example on national level, http://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows. I think we need to talk less about new technology and more about new interactions between governments and citizens through new technology... (2) To your other point "related to open government/data/access/education/transport/aid, open-whatever," ... I have found that it is easier to explain to politicians (and other decision makers) an overarching concept using familiar terms than each openX approach individually. I am talking about "digital sustinability" and explain how digital goods (software, data, content, etc.) can be treated more sustainably and what the benefits/implications are. Yes, sstainabilty is a broad and somewhat vague term, but it is a very familiar and positive term. Single openX concepts (FOSS, OD; OA, etc.) can then be explained as implementations of a digital sustainability strategy. I wrote about this for the OKCon 2013 in Geneva, http://books.buchundnetz.com/the2013openreader/chapter/open-government-data-and-free-software-cornerstones-of-a-digital-sustainability-agenda/ I have a question as well. :-) Could you describe to us, in which way(s) OK Denmark and the Danish civil society are involved in the national strategy development process? Thanks & HTH, Marcus On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Pieter Colpaert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Niels, > > This may be a helpful resource on how to evolve your data portal: > http://pieter.pm/5stardataportals/ > > Kind regards, > > Pieter > > On 2014-11-09 21:28, Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> In Denmark we're discussing the follow up for the official eGovernment >> strategy. The previous strategy had a rather narrow focus: to make the >> public sector more cost-efficient using digitalization. We are trying to >> collect input to propose for the new strategy. Do you know of succesful >> government initiatives in the field of digitalization/ITC that you could >> recommend? >> >> We wish for a broader perspective that aims not only at saving money by >> digitalization of existing services but also aims at creating a better >> society: more open, transparent, taking civil society into account, >> stronger democracy, empowering citizens, cross-border/international >> cooperation, tackling the great challenges facing us...What we're looking >> for is reasonable ideas for realistic initiatives, these could be related >> to open government/data/access/education/transport/aid, open-whatever, >> citizens empowering etc. >> >> Best, >> Niels Erik, Open Knowledge Denmark >> > > > -- > > +32 486 74 71 22 > > Open Knowledge Foundation Belgium > http://okfn.be > > Open Transport Working Group OKFN > http://transport.okfn.org > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > -- *Dr. Marcus M. Dapp *| skype: marcus.dapp | @digisus Mitglied des Vorstands, OKF Deutschland e.V. Berater Open {Data/Source/Content/Standards} Dozent Digitale Nachhaltigkeit okfn.de <http://www.okfn.de/> | @okfde <http://www.twitter.com/okfde> <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://okfn.de/blog/> | Newsletter <http://okfn.org/about/newsletter> *Knowledge is power. Open Knowledge is empowerment.*
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