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Workshop on Future Government: A Global Perspective in Connection to OGD and Citizen Engagement

Start Date:

May 16, 2012

End Date:

May 17, 2012

Venue:

Room III of the Conference centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Description:

Objectives

The Workshop has the following objectives:

Strengthen the participants’ capacity in policy and program formulation, implementation and evaluation of open government data initiatives.
Understand the value created for governments, citizens, civil society, and the business community, by opening government data
Share open government initiatives based on experiences of early adopters and also identify challenges, especially in the area of data security and privacy
Accelerate participants’ learning on implementation of legislation concerning access to government data and personal data privacy

The main expected output of the workshop is the Open Government Data (OGD) Toolkit which will serve as the entry point for those UN Member States who plan to share data with their constituents. The toolkit will include strategies for opening government data, templates that governments can customize for their own needs, technologies for opening data, recommendations about the data hosting applications and platforms.

Participants

Participants in the workshop will include Government and public administration officials; Key citizens’ e/m-government experts from academia and research institutions; Civil society and private sector representatives; and, staff from the United Nations system.

Documents

Workshop Presentations

Introductory Session

Keynote Welcome Speech , Dr. Yuri Grin, Deputy to the Director, Telecomminication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Welcome Remarks, Veacheslav Cherkasov, Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Future Government: A Global Perspective in Connection to Open
Government Data and Citizen Engagement, Daniel Dietrich, Open Knowledge Foundation

"Open Government" through the Prism of ICT Development, Askar Zhumagaliev, Minister of Transport and Gommunications of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Open Government Data and Citizen Engagement, Ivan Sanchez Medina, Commisioner of the National Commission of Communications, Colombia

Session One

Management and Governance of Open Government Data Initiatives, Dr. Matthias Stürmer, Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young (Open Data Switzerland)

Open Government Data Initative for a Responsible and Transparent Government, Sergiu Voitovschii, Ministry of Information Technology and Communications, Moldova

e-Governance and Citizen Engagement in Ukraine, Petro Yatsuk, Chairman of the National Commision for the State Regulation of Communication and Informatization (NCCIR)

OECD Open Government Data, Barbara Ubaldi, OECD

Session Two

Open Government Data Tools and Infrastructure for Citizen Engagement, Daniel Dietrich, Open Knowledge Foundation

Open Government Data and Citizen Engagement in Romania, Andrea Stoiciu, Director, Institute for Management and Sustainable Development, Romania

Citizen Engagement through Open Government Data in Mexico, Carlos Viniegra, Head of the Digital Government Unit, Ministry of Public Administration, Mexico

Session Three

United Nations E-Government Survey 2012, E-Participation and Open Data, Deniz Susar, Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Benchmarking Open Government and Citizens Engagement: Newly-fledged Survey of Russian Regions, Tatiana Ershova, Dr. Yuri Hohlov, Sergei Shaposhnik, Institute of the Information Society, Russia

Evolving E-government Benchmarking to Better Cover Citizen Participation and Recent Developments, Kim Andreasson, Managing Director, DAKA Advisory; Mikael Snaprud, CEO, Tingtun AS; Jeremy Millard, Chief Policy Analyst, Danish Technological Institute

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United Nations Deparment of Economic and Social Affairs/ Division for Public Administration and Development Management Contacts:

Mr. Slava Cherkasov
Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer
Development Management Branch
E-mail: cherkasov@un.org

Mr. Deniz Susar
Governance and Public Administration Officer
UNPAN Manamegement Unit
E-mail: susar@un.org

Ms. Stella Simpas
Development Management Branch
E-mail: simpas@un.org

Ms. Victoria Ceban
UNPAN Management Unit
E-mail: ceban@un.org

Website:

http://www.wsis.org/forum

Created By:

DPADM / UNDESA

Organizers:

DMB/DPADM/UNDESA and ITU

Participation Requirements:

By Invitation