Meteors, Earthquakes, and Open Government in Russia - Just Another Day for the World Bank
My first day at the World Bank found me flying to Moscow to participate in the Open Government Conference.
Europe and Central Asia
The World Bank will help open government data in Ulyanovsk Oblast (Russia)
Open Government is increasingly perceived as a new paradigm for ICT-enabled government transformation offering a number of instruments for improved governance, transparency and innovation. Ulyanovsk Oblast of Russia has already made substantial progress in e-government, IT industry development and IT literacy, and has taken practical steps that have made it an early leader in Open Government initiatives in Russia, as recognized in a study published in May 2012 by the Russian Institute of the Information Society.
Open Government Will Accelerate in Russia
Open Government is making real inroads in Russia today. That was the message delivered at a recent workshop organized in Moscow by the World Bank and the Open Development Technology Alliance.
The World Bank Published Report on “The Journey of Open Government and Open Data Moldova”
The Republic of Moldova is one of the first countries in the region and among the top 16 countries in the world to launch an open data platform. The initiatives of the Republic of Moldova to open its government and public data by capitalizing on Informational Technologies will lead to the improvement of public services, an increase in transparency and the promotion of innovation.
Moldova Re-Invents the Hackathon
This is a cross-post from an original piece authored by Wayne Moses Burke, Executive Director, Open Forum Foundation.
Building High-Capacity Partnerships: From Contests to a Lifecycle of Open Data Co-Creation
This spring the World Bank will partner with the Government of Moldova and a range of stakeholders to organize a competitive Open Innovation Hackathon focused on the reuse of open data in Moldova. This is more than just another apps competition, which generate both enthusiasm and skepticism for their ability to promote innovative and sustainable reuse of open data.
Somebody somewhere in the world has already solved the problem
That is how Mr. John Suffolk, former UK CIO, began his keynote address. So why, you might ask, do we keep on trying to re-invent the wheel?
