FYI   Daniel O.Omondi Dotto Computer Agency P.O.Box 16753-00100 Cell:+254-722-756211 E-mail:dottocomp@yahoo.com Skype:dottocomp Facebook:dottocomp Nairobi,Kenya   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Tim Davies <tim.davies@webfoundation.org> To: dottocomp@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 12:01 PM Subject: Open Data Research Network - OGP Special Open Data Research Network - OGP Special Open Data Research Network: Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to this special Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit edition of the Open Data Research network newsletter. The network was formed at the last OGP Summit in Brasilia, and this week we're in London, for the 2013 Summit. You can follow webcasts of many OGP sessions on Thursday 31st October and Friday 1st November from www.opengovpartnership.org.  Open Data Barometer report launched Today we're launching our latest report from the ODDC project, jointly with the World Wide Web Foundation and Open Data Institute - the Open Data Barometer. Covering 77 countries, the Barometer reports that 55% of countries surveyed have open data initiatives in place, yet less than 10% of key government datasets across the world are truly open to the public. Find the Barometer report and explore the data at www.opendatabarometer.org   News from the ODDC Network You can find regular updates from ODDC partners by following us on Twitter. Highlights from the last month are found below: * Silvana Fumega presented at the 3rd Global Transparency Conference on the Opening the Cities case study of Buenos Aires (PDF). * Sumandro Chattapadhyay has been presenting on open data in India at the ICEGov conference, and participating in the Internet Governance Forum, exploring how internet governance and open data intersect.   * The Jesuit Hakimani Trust have recently published a study on civic participation across Kenya, including a discussion of engagement with the national open data portal. * INESC in Brazil have launched the 'Budget at my fingertips' platform aimed at visualising the budget in a more friendly way. * The Web Foundation are co-chairing the newly launched Open Data Working group of the Open Government Partnership. ReadRecent books, papers, reports & presentations to provide inspiration and insight. Based on a survey of Entrepreneurs, Erik Lakomaa and Jan Kallberg argue that open data can act as a foundation and catalyst of innovation across the private sector, and that the value of open data is often underestimated.   Ben Worthy reflects on the publication of local government spending data in the UK in a recent talk at the Open Data Institute. Samuel S Lee and Felipe Estefan have published a draft for comment of their study on The Demand for Open Financial Data. Seen a paper or report on open data we should know about? Join our Zotero group or get in touch by e-mail to suggest papers to feature in next months newsletter, or check the Open Data Research Network tumblr for the latest links.  LinkedIn Twitter EngageUpcoming events; open calls; conferences and consultations. Selected sessions from the Open Government Partnership in London are being webcast on 31st October and 1st November, including a number of open data related sessions. A Sciencewise Webinar on Open Data and Dialogue will be taking place at 14:00 GMT on Wednesday 6th November. Register here. The 13th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries is taking place in 2015 will focus on Openness in ICT4D and have issued a call for Track Proposals, due by 15th November. The Social Science Computer Review have issued a call for abstracts for a special issue on Open Government (PDF) by 30th November. Conferences or events on open data coming up? Let us know about them for the next newsletter. The Open Data Research network is a collaborative project. This newletter was prepared by the Web Foundation as part of the ODDC project, funded by grant 107075 from the Canadian International Development Research Centre. Copyright © 2013 Open Data Research project c/o Web Foundation, All rights reserved. You joined this list to get updates about the Open Data Research network: www.opendataresearch.org Our mailing address is: Open Data Research project c/o Web Foundation 114 State Street Suite 600 BostonMassachusetts, MA 02109 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences