[Reader-list] invitation to the survey of open data practices in india

[sumandro]

Dear all,

HasGeek is doing a study on open data policies and practices in India
and the role of intermediary organisations.

In this study, we are trying to map how non-government and advocacy
organisations collect, store, publish, use and re-use data. We are also
attempting to understand the usage scenarios imagined by and
implementation challenges faced by policy-makers and data portal
implementors. This mapping is being done to identify possible areas of
policy modification, capacity building, community organisation, and
alignment of efforts.

This study is part of the 'Exploring Emerging Impacts of Open Data in
Developing Countries' (ODDC) research network managed by World Wide Web
Foundation and supported by the Canadian International Development
Research Centre.

You can read more about the study on the research blog
<http://oddc.hasgeek.com/>, and about the ODDC research network at the
Open Data Research Network
<http://www.opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts> website.

We are carrying out an initial survey to identify organisations in India
that function as 'data/information intermediaries', i.e., those who
mediate between creators/publishers of data and users of data, either by
mandate or in the way they work.

If your organisation undertakes such data/information mediations or
simply collects and publishes government data, please visit the survey
page
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12GG5akTBYgrQN2eUIK5peiIzvUK-Sy2G_AUt0dJ5pog/viewform>
and register your organisation for an in-depth survey that we will
undertake during the next months.

We hope you will consider participating in this survey. Should you have
any queries or doubts, please write to us for clarifications and
suggestions.

Please also circulate this invitation among relevant individuals and
organisations.

Bests,

Sumandro <mail at ajantriks.net>
Zainab <zainab at hasgeek.com>
*HasGeek <www.hasgeek.com>*

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sumandro
ajantriks.net

<http://ajantriks.net/sumandro_pgp_public.asc>