Hi, Following Michal's email, I just want to update that the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, released the story out earlier this week. Here is their press release (in Hebrew): http://main.knesset.gov.il/News/PressReleases/ Pages/press26.07.18.aspx
This unique collaboration was shared on many official Facebook pages, among them: * The Knesset: https://www.facebook.com/TheKnesset/photos/a. 208518629234440.51187.202758726477097/1780330265386594/?type=3&theater * The Ministry of Justice: https://www.facebook.com/justice.gov.il/posts/1803422976378511 * The Governmental Freedom Of Information Unit: https://www.facebook.com/FreedomOfInformationUnit/posts/1087069034773404 * Wikimedia Israel: https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaIL/posts/1731560666898582 and Public Knowledge Workshop: https://www.facebook.com/hasadna.org.il/photos/a.210740292276182.66759.167171689966376/2294486067234917/?type=3 *Itzik Edri* Chairperson it...@wikimedia.org.il +972-54-5878078 On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Michal Lester <mles...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > Hi all, > Together with the Public Knowledge Workshop[1], a non-profit organization > whose mission is to release public information, we signed a Declaration of > Principles with the Israeli Parliament regarding the Open Law Book project > on Wikisource[2]. This project began in 2004 and is an initiative to make > all the laws and regulations passed by the parliament accessible to the > public in a clear and reliable manner. Recently, the Israeli Parliament > launched the National Legislation Database, which contains all information > and data regarding the state's laws. In the collaboration agreement signed > between the three stakeholders, it is agreed that the Nationals Legislation > Database will include links to the corresponding information in the Open > Law Book, while vice versa the database may freely use any information from > the Open Law Book. This collaboration will allow the public to have the > most up-to-date information in a clear and understandable way, and thus > also increase the transparency of legislation in Israel. This > groundbreaking achievement is an example to the kind of impact that open > knowledge initiatives can have on civil life. > > *Michal Lester,* > > > > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* > *http://www.wikimedia.org.il <http://www.wikimedia.org.il/> * > > > * [1] http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/ > <http://www.hasadna.org.il/en/about/>[2] > https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% > D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% > D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97 > <https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99% > D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%97% > D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97> > * > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
