Reddit AMA with Dutch Minister Foreign Affairs on transparency EU
On Monday 8 February, the Dutch minister of foreign affairs Mr Bert Koenders
will respond to questions from the public on social media forum Reddit. It will
be the first time a Dutch minister answers questions through Reddit’s ‘Ask Me
Anything’ (AMA) format. Various international politicians and entrepreneurs
such as Barack Obama and Bill Gates have preceeded Mr Koenders by hosting an
AMA of their own.
Minister Koenders will open the AMA thread on Monday morning, 08:30 CET and
will sit down to answer questions for half an hour in the afternoon, starting
at 1545 CET. The AMA can be followed by everybody– even without a Reddit
account – at https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/>. To
ask the minister a question you need to register for a Reddit account.
The Dutch Foreign Minister wants to improve transparency of EU decision-making,
for example through the use of digital technology.
TransparencyCamp Europe
Developers, government officials, journalists and activists from all over
Europe will shine their light on EU decision-making and open government as
TransparencyCamp Europe comes to Amsterdam on 1 June 2016. Open State
Foundation together with the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European
Union, launch a series of events: an online European-wide open data app
competition, hackathons in a number of European capitals and TransparencyCamp
Europe (https://transparencycamp.eu/ <https://transparencycamp.eu/>), an
unconference for open government in Amsterdam.
About Reddit Ask Me Anything
An Ask Me Anything (also know as an AMA or IAmA) is a part of the online
platform Reddit, in which interesting or wellknown figures offer members of
Reddit the oipportunity to ask them literally anything. You will be able to
find the Ask Me Anything session at https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/
<https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/>.
Open State Foundation
http://www.openstate.eu <http://www.openstate.eu/>
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