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Hello everyone, <br>
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Some of you might be interested in participating in Open Data Day
happening this Saturday at COSTECH in Dar. <br>
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Please contact <span>Yulli Jeremia at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@smartgovcenter.org">info@smartgovcenter.org</a> for more
information. <br>
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<span><br>Open Data Day is a gathering of citizens in cities around
the world to
write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish
analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the
adoption of open data policies by the world's local, regional and
national governments.
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0, 0);">year on 22nd February, 2014</span> the Dar es Salaam Open
Knowledge
Community (DOCKO) successfully joined this global movement by organizing
the first ODD 2014 in Dar es Salaam where various open data enthusiasts
presented their data driven projects and enjoyed the fun. You can access
last year’s event summary at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/post/79247204161/dar-es-salaam-open-knowledge-community-events">http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/post/79247204161/dar-es-salaam-open-knowledge-community-events</a>.
This year, once again DOKCO with support from Open Knowledge Foundation
International, and Buni Hub is proud to invite you to the Second Open
Data Day (ODD) 2015 to be held at the Buni Hub (COSTECH Building –
Kijitonyama).
<br>Building on last year’s experience we expect this year’s event to be
even more exciting. Come and join <span
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0, 0);">us on Saturday, February 21st</span> from
10.00am to 1.00pm at Buni Hub (COSTECH Building-Sayansi). The tentative
programme of activities will include:
<br>1. Story telling – this session will give opportunity for
various
individuals and organizations working with open data projects to share
their experiences (We expect stories from our partners –TWAWEZA
engagement with open government data, SIKIKA’s engagement with open
budget at local government level, Policy Forum on citizen open budget,
and World Bank’s Tanzania Open Data Initiative.
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<br>2. Dar es Salaam Open Knowledge Community building session –
the
session will introduce to participants on the opportunities for joining
DOKCO and how current and new members can contribute to its development.
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<br>3. Introduction to civic hacking using open government data –
the
session will focus on how different talents might work together to
create innovative products and services from government open data.
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<br>You are all warmly welcome to bite a pizza and get caffeinated while
sharing our openness experiences.
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<br>About DOCKO
<br>DOCKO is a community of open data volunteers and enthusiasts who
commonly share the values of openness, collaboration, sharing and
co-innovation (co-creation). It is a self organizing community basing on
the efforts of volunteers. Members come from diverse backgrounds such as
academics, journalists, students, activists, software developers,
programmers, GIS experts, etc. The community also accommodates various
open movements such as Open Education Resources Movement (OER), Creative
Commons (CC), Open Development (OD), Open Government Data (OGD), Open
Budget, Freedom of Information Movements etc. The Community is also open
for new the blood to join and find a niche. Thus the Community is open
for all interested in the wide scene of openness.
<br>While all these divided movements differ in areas of specialization,
they all share the common values of openness and transparency. The DOCKO
Community thus aspires to be a platform for conversations around
openness challenges facing our communities. United, we can advance
openness ideals in our country.
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