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Access to open data is transforming the way we live of our lives, and the conversation in our region is just beginning.
Governments are opening their data, joining the Open Government Partnership, and trying to work together with the civil society organizations and the private sector to build an open data ecosystem in their countries.
This Wednesday, public officials from fifteen countries in the region will meet in Istanbul for the Open Data for Social and Economic Development Training.
In two days of intensive sessions, we will be discussing a number of pressing topics.
On the day one, the focus will be on the arguments for and against implementation of the open data agenda in the region.
We will look at how best to build an open data ecosystem in the country. Three sessions will provide space to discuss country-specific experiences with opening the data, alongside some of the challenges governments in the region might face.
The second day will be devoted to the technical aspects. We will analyze what it means to really open the data, where to start, and how much does it cost. We will test a few useful tools, and discuss the follow-up to the event for individual countries.
For those of you, who are interested in joining the event online, we are going to live stream the first session delivered by the World Bank on Wednesday (9:00 AM EEST).
A presentation by Oleg Petrov and Andrew Stott will be followed by a panel discussion with experts from Moldova, fYR Macedonia, and Kosovo* sharing their experiences in opening governmental data.
To watch this session, join us the hangout on air or simply play this video:
And of course, we’ll be tweeting!
I am proud to say that the event is co-sponsored by the Partnership for Open Data, which also means that we will have with us fantastic experts and trainers from: the World Bank, the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation. What a treat!
Join us online this Wednesday and Thursday and stay tuned for post-event blog posts and presentations!
Katelyn Rogers is a project and community manager at Open Knowledge Foundation.
