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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello all - will be going to Dar es
Salaam for meetings with NEMC next week. Would've loved to hear
how that meeting goes. Hope that minutes will be available after
the meeting.<br>
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Ragnvald<br>
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On 19.02.2015 12:13, Grant Hopcraft via TZGISUG wrote:<br>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:info@smartgovcenter.org">info@smartgovcenter.org</a>
for more information. <br>
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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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Last <span
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style="display: inline; font-size: inherit; padding: 0pt;
color: rgb(0, 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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color: rgb(0, 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.
<br>
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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.
<br>
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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.
<br>
<br>
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You are all warmly welcome to bite a pizza and get caffeinated
while sharing our openness experiences.
<br>
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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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