Helping governments understand the information economy
How can ICT-fuelled trade and economic development help build sustainable communities? The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) focuses on innovative ways to improve living standards through trade, investment, finance and technology, particularly for developing countries.
Open Government and trustworthy records
Digital public sector recordkeeping is one of the unsung cornerstones in the open government and open data discussion.
Dr Anne Thurston talks about past and current challenges of digital recordkeeping and preservation for government – particularly in developing countries. She also highlights how the open government movement holds opportunities for the public sector recordkeeping profession.
Countdown to OGP and NASA’s global Space Apps Challenge
In this special countdown episode, the White House’s Chris Vein and NASA’s Nicholas Skytland return to Gov 2.0 Radio. April 2012 will see the inaugural Open Government Partnership forum of 54 nations in Brasilia,…
Gov 2.0 Radio is 3 years young!
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for two special episodes to celebrate our third birthday Gov 2.0 finding its voice: G2R third birthday (pt 1) In the first of this 2-part program, the new G2R…
Open Data Day and How to Do a Hackathon
Join us for a conversation with David Eaves about International Open Data Day, and his best advice on how to organize a hackathon – including the value of statisticians and project managers to…
Open NZ and the Christchurch Quake Recovery
Join us for a discussion with Julian Carver, a founding member of Open NZ – bringing citizens and government together around open data standards. Julian also talks about the two recent devastating quakes…
Open Knowledge Foundation and the Warsaw OGD Camp
Join us as we chat with Lucy Chambers from the Open Knowledge Foundation in London. As well as the work of the Foundation, we discuss the Warsaw Open Government Data Camp, a festival…
GovCamp AU – sharing the learnings
Join us as we chat with Pia Waugh, the organiser of last weekend’s GovCamp Australia, held in Canberra. The gathering brought together a range of government practitioners and open data enthusiasts to talk…
Evangelizing Open Data at the World Bank
Join a discussion with Tariq Khokar, the World Bank’s Open Data Evangelist. We chat about how data is impacting development priorities, and how the World Bank is playing a leading role in providing…
Social Business and Gov 2.0
Social, Inside and Out: Join us for a discussion of social business with Daschis/Headshift consultant James Dellow on making complex organizations social. “Social business doesn’t really differentiate between government and non-government” says Dellow….
