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Introduction to the Open for Change initiative http://openforchange.info
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Den Haag, 18 Maart 2011
Background
Imagine
Vision
Connected global development sector in which access is getting far more important than ownership. access to information and knowledge access to tools for using this information
Increasing worldwide collaboration
More participatory models for changes in organisations, projects and policies.
Vision
Questions: Trust, transparency, ownership, quality
Challenges: How to match skills, methods, knowledge and
technology How can we implement the principles of open access
within the sector
Mission
Our aim is to increase access to data, knowledge and software applications within the global development sector
To do so we: exchange knowledge on topics like open source, open
data, open standards on both a national and an international level;
support and promote projects within the Dutch sector; to increase a sector wide understanding of the challenges and benefits of open access to data, knowledge and software;
set up and temporary maintain missing parts of the infrastructure to support such projects.
Activities OfC
Knowledge sharing platform: http://openforchange.info Meetings (like today)
Open Data for Development Camp, May 12+13
Collaboration, through AKVO, with project WASH/DME
ODDC
Program
Decision-makers
Key concepts
Opportunities & Threats
Conditions & policies
Practitioners
Best practices &
lessons learned
Defining data sets
Open data policy for
programs & projects
Developers
Hack daysWorking with data
sets
Developing tools & apps