Tuesday, August 14, 2012

14 August - Human Rights - Open Data and Democracy Initiative

In today's show, we heard from Adi Eyal - Founding member of Open Data and Democracy Initiative and Murray Hunter - national coordinator of the Right2Know Campaign. The Open Data and Democracy Initiative or ODADI is said to be an open, non-partisan community of citizens, activists, technologists, journalists, and entrepreneurs dedicated to developing and applying practical open technologies and promoting open data as a means to efficient governance, increased transparency, improved service delivery and the empowerment of South African citizens. It was launched in June this year but does not align itself with any political party or other political interest group. The initiative is led by a volunteer working group representing fifteen different civil society, media, and technology organisations in the Western Cape, with active participation from government. For further information you can contact ODADI on (021) 423 3089 or visit www.coding4democracy.org

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