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Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren<br>OpenAid, Transparency International
Deutschland, die Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland und die Heinrich
Böll Stiftung laden ein zu einem internationalen zweitägigen Event zu
offenen Daten und Transparenz in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.
Zielgruppe sind MitarbeiterInnen von EZ Organisationen, Wissenschaftler
und entwicklungspolitische Berater, Parlamentarier und Journalisten.
Neben einem Konferenztag am 29.9. werden eine Schulung zur Nutzung von
Daten und ein Hackday am 28.9. angeboten.<br><br>Ziel ist vor allem eine
Auseinandersetzung mit dem Potential das offene Daten für die EZ und
die Wirksamkeit der Entwicklungshilfe bieten. Insbesondere der Transparenz Standard der International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) wird näher beleuchtet. Transparenz wird eines der
wichtigen Themen des nächsten OECD High Level Forum on Aid
Effectiveness in Südkorea im November sein und diese Veranstaltung soll
helfen, dieses Thema stärker in die entwicklungspolitische
Fachöffentlichkeit zu tragen. <br><br><br>Die offizielle Einladung finden Sie im Anhang sowie unten. Anmeldungen sind <a href="http://www.boell.de/calendar/VA-viewevt-de.aspx?evtid=10058&returnurl=/index.html" target="_blank">hier </a>möglich.<br><br><br>Mit freundlichen Grüssen<br>Claudia Schwegmann<br>Birkenkamp 41<br>
30900 Wedemark<br>
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<font style="" color="#0070C0"><b><i><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">Join us at the </font><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"><a href="http://http//www.boell.de/calendar/VA-viewevt-de.aspx?evtid=10058" target="_blank">Open Aid Data Event</a></font><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"> in Berlin - 28th and 29th of September 2011:<br>A Hackday, Data Training and Conference</font></i><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"> to promote Open Data and Transparency in development cooperation!</font></i></font></b></font><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:16pt" size="4"><b>29.9.2011
- Open Aid Data Conference</b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="line-height:0.6cm;widows:0;orphans:0" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Training
on Data Analysis for NGO policy staff (aidinfo)</b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="line-height:0.6cm;widows:0;orphans:0" align="CENTER" lang="en-GB">
<font color="#000000"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Hackday
to develop data applications based on aid data (OKF)</b></font></font></font></p>
<p style="line-height:0.6cm" align="CENTER"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Berlin,
Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin </font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm" align="CENTER"><br><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm" align="CENTER">“<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>Transparency
and accountability are essential elements for development results.
<br>They lie at the heart of the Paris Declaration (</i></font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/58/16/41202012.pdf" target="_blank"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>AAA
24)</i></font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>.”</i></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Aid
Transparency will be high in the agenda at the </font></font><a href="http://www.oecd.org/document/12/0,3746,en_2649_3236398_46057868_1_1_1_1,00.html" target="_blank"><font color="#000080"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>High
Level Meeting on Aid Effectiveness in Busan</u></span></font></font></font></a><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
and most donors, NGOs and partner countries agree that transparency
is important. But what </font></font><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>exactly</i></font></font><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
do we mean by transparency? Currently there are very diverse opinions
as to the extent and the form of information bilateral donors and
NGOs should publish. While major donors like the Worldbank, the EC,
Sweden and the British Department for International Development call
for the publication of standardised and open data through the
</font></font><a href="http://www.aidtransparency.net/" target="_blank"><font color="#000080"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>International
Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)</u></span></font></font></font></a><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
others are questioning how more data will lead to a substantial
improvement of aid effectiveness or how the IATI standard applies to
NGOs.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Transparency
is not only an issue of aid effectiveness. In recent months
governments in donor countries (e.g. UK and Canada) and in aid
recipient countries (e.g. Kenya and Timor l'Este) adopted open data
strategies. Public administrations around the world are gaining
valuable experiences about the political, economic and social value
of open data. What can aid agencies learn from open data experiences
in other public sectors? </font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">To
answer these questions and to stimulate the debate on aid
transparency and open data <b>you are invited to two-day Open Aid
Data event in Berlin.</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">At
the Open Aid Data conference experts and practitioners will explore
the potential of open data for improved feedback processes, donor
coordination, accountability and effective aid. Representatives from
NGOs and government agencies will share their experience of opening
up their data. Exciting open data examples from other sectors will
illustrate the added value of open data in development cooperation. </font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Registration
for the event is now open <a href="http://www.boell.de/calendar/VA-viewevt-de.aspx?evtid=10058&returnurl=/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
Please find the detailed programme of the conference below. For
further information please contact </font></font><a href="mailto:claudia.schwegmann@openaid.de"><font color="#000080"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>claudia.schwegmann@openaid.de</u></span></font></font></font></a><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
or </font></font><a href="mailto:loeschmann@boell.de"><font color="#000080"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span lang="zxx"><u>loeschmann@boell.de</u></span></font></font></font></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm" align="CENTER"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>We
are looking forward to meet you in Berlin!</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><b>Programme</b></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">9 hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Welcome</b></font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">9.30
hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>The
potential of IATI for aid effectiveness </b></font></font>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">The
relevance of aid transparency and IATI for aid effectiveness -
Jörg Faust, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Implementing
IATI: The experience of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs -
Ronald Siebes, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands</font></font><br>
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<p style="widows:0;orphans:0" align="LEFT" lang="en-GB"><font color="#000000"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Pioneering
Open Data – the Open Data Initiative at the Worldbank (speaker
to be confirmed)</font></font></font></p>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">11
hrs</font></font><br>
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<p align="CENTER"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>Break</i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">11.20
hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Walk
the talk! </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">Interactive
exploration and in-depths group discussion of concrete open data /
transparency examples in development cooperation. </span></font></font>
<br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">13
hrs</font></font><br>
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<p align="CENTER"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>Lunch</i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">13.50
hrs</font></font><br>
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<td width="555">
<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Beyond
aid: Open Data is coming </b></font></font>
<br>
<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Introduction
to open data in the public sector, trends at the European level,
political, administrative and economic value, costs and benefits.
(Daniel Dietrich)</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">14.15
hrs</font></font><br>
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<td width="555">
<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Walk
the talk!</b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">
</font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-weight:normal">Interactive
exploration and in-depths group discussion of concrete open data
examples in other public sectors, its social</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">,
political, economic and administrative value and its relevance for
development cooperation. </font></font>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">15.45
hrs</font></font><br>
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<td width="555">
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>Break</i></font></font></p>
</td>
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<td width="62">
<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">16.00
hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Open
Data in </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i><b>your</b></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>
organisation? </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Discussion
in groups</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">16.30
hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><b>Open
data as the next step of the aid transparency agenda </b></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">(Peter
Eigen)</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">17.00
hrs</font></font><br>
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<font face="Uqammaq"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Closure</font></font><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq">Linked
to the open aid data conference are two additional events on the <b>28</b><sup><b>th</b></sup><b>
of September</b>. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><b>Data
Analysis training:</b> Aidinfo (UK) will offer a <b>training</b> on
data sources and data analysis for NGO policy staff. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq"><b>Hackday:</b>
The Open-Knowledge-Foundation Germany will organise a <b>hackday</b>
to develop applications of IATI and other aid data. Individuals
interested in programming and aid, including IT staff of aid agencies
are welcome to join this hackday. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.6cm"><font face="Uqammaq">All
events take place in the <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.de/karte.html?zoom=17&lat=52.52234&lon=13.38422&layers=B0&mlat=52.5238&mlon=13.3828" target="_blank">Heinrich
Böll Foundation, Berlin, Schumannstraße 8</a>. </font>
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