विकिपिडिया:खुला तथ्याङ्क दिवस २०१३ नेपाल समाचार

प्रेस तथा मिडियाका लागि सामग्रीहरू यस पृष्ठमा राख्नुहोला।

We are happy to inform you that YoungInnovations, OpenDRI/WorldBank and Mozilla together with Freedom Forum, NGO Federation of Nepal, aidInfo, Wikimedia Nepal, Institute of Engineering, Kathmandu University, OSAC, FOSS Nepal and other supporters are celebrating Open Data Day on February 23, 2013 (Saturday). Open Data Day is a one day event celebrated internationally in over 100 cities across the globle (wiki.opendataday.org/2013/City_Events). We are happy are happy to bring this international event to Nepal. The primary objective behind the event is to spread awareness about open data and its importance in the context of Nepal. Open data is still unheard of in Nepal. Thre are very few organizations and initiatives focused on Open data in Nepal in comparision to huge Open Data momentum generated in different parts of the world. However, there are some tech-communities, other organizations and indivdiuals from various sectors such as journalism, Civil Society, Government, etc. in Nepal that are ready to join the movement and help organizations (including government organizations) make their data public, more accessible and better understandable and thereby enhance the agenda of transparency and accountability. In this context, Open Data Day is the right platform to bring stakeholders from different sectors at one place and discuss how they can collectively play a role in adopting the approach of Open Data in Nepalese context. There will be showcases of works related to open data from tech communities, Academics, Civil society, etc. during the event. The activities planned for the day are:

Presentation on Open Data - Series of presentations to make people aware of what open data is and how it makese sense in Nepalese context.

Open Data Hackathon - On the spot coding sprint that will bring in developers, designers, statisticians, analysts and data geeks to sit together and use the data that that is there in public domain to create applications and products that gives more meaning to these data within 6-7 hours.

Mapathon - OpenDRI will conduct Mapathon wherein the participants will collect field data, edit and digitize arial imagery.

Wiki Editathon - Wikimedia Nepal will teach the participants of the event how to edit articles in wikipedia, specially in Nepali script.

Localization sprint - Mozilla will conduct the localization sprint wherein participants will localize Mozilla products such as Firefox, Firefox OS etc.

Open Data Stalls - There will be around 10 different stalls to showcase activities and initiatives related to Open Data Initiatives in Nepal from civil society, academia, tech-community, etc.

All the activities will be carried out in parallal providing opportunites for visitors to network and collaborate with each other. Details of the program is accessible at: http://wiki.opendataday.org/Kathmandu2013

Program Details:

Venue: Local Development Training Academy, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur

Date: February 23, 2013 (Saturday)

Time: 10:30 AM - 5:00 Pm

We cordially invite you to be part of this event, learn more on Open Data and share your valuable views. The event is free for anyone to participate and you can join us any time during the event as per your convenience. Please feel free to forward it to your colleagues and friends as well. Thanks for your valuable support and cooperation !