By Open Data Institute 255887396-Open-data-in-government-how-to-bring-about-change Governments around the world are increasingly looking for ways to harness the potential of open data for improved policy-making, and social, economic and environmental benefit. A lot of work has been done to familiarise governments with open data and help them to publish open data. There has been less focus on
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Case study: Moldova’s open data movement This case study was supported by the Partnership for Open Data, funded by the World Bank Author: Veronica Cretu, Open Government Institute, Moldova Executive summary Initialising the open data movement in Moldova The open data landscape in Moldova Implementing Open Government Partnership action plans Leadership of the open data
Last week, on January 30th, Open Government Institute together with E-Government Center organized a working meeting with open data coordinators from Ministries and public agencies. The meeting had a number of objectives among which: Setting the scene for 2015; Sharing some practical examples on the use of open data; Reflecting on ways to improve the
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By Veronica Cretu, President, Open Government Institute On November 21st, 2014 Open Government Institute, in close partnership with e-Government Center Moldova and with support from Open Data Institute in UK, organized a half a day workshop with 34 open data coordinators/public servants directly responsible for the open data agenda in their respective Ministries/Agencies. The workshop comes
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Open Government Partnership has brought a renewed political attention to the questions of transparency and good governance into international arena. While we have heard a lot from the Digital Agenda of the European Commission and best practices from developed countries, these questions are also addressed by our neighbors to the East. The present report aims
