[CivicAccess-discuss] Fwd: [OpenDataBC] Budget Contains Funding for Open Data

[Michael Lenczner]

wow...



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From: Kevin McArthur <kevin at stormtide.ca>
Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:56 PM
Subject: [OpenDataBC] Budget Contains Funding for Open Data
To: opendatabc at googlegroups.com


Except for their misspelling "hackathons", this looks pretty cool.

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Seizing the Opportunities of Open Data
Economic Action Plan 2014 proposes to provide $3 million over three
years to the Canadian Digital Media Network for the creation of the Open
Data Institute, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for
Southern Ontario

Data are the 21 st century's new natural resource. A rapidly increasing
amount of data is being generated from a multiplicity of sources.
Datasets are becoming so vast and diverse that a typical database would
be insufficient to capture, store, manage and analyze them. With the
rapid advancement of technology, it is now possible to work through such
data to identify opportunities for new products and services, or new
ways to operate more effectively and efficiently.

The release of information by governments for free use by citizens and
businesses, known as Open Data, create s jobs by fuelling creativity,
entrepreneurship and innovation. Open Data is a growing international
movement. More than 40 countries, from every region of the world and at
every stage of development, have established Open Data initiatives.
These nations are opening up data sets that can promote economic
development, spark innovation and help to find ways to make governments
work better

In Canada, the Government is committed to leading Open Data initiatives
focused on stimulating the digital economy with the free flow of useful
and usable data. The Government is delivering on its Open Data
commitments , outlined in Canada's Action Plan on Open Government, by:

* Ensuring the continued release of high-value datasets.
* Stimulating the "app" economy by supporting Open Data "appathons."
* Encouraging the use of Open Data to raise productivity and create new
products and services to benefit Canadians.

To help ensure that Canada captures the commercial opportunities
presented by Open Data, Economic Action Plan 2014 proposes to provide $3
million over three years, from the existing resources of the Federal
Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, for the creation of
the Open Data Institute, to be based in Waterloo, Ontario. The new
Institute will play a role in aggregating large datasets, informing the
development of interoperability standards, and catalyzing the
development and commercialization of new data-driven apps.

This initiative will be spearheaded by the Canadian Digital Media
Network, a federally funded Centre of Excellence for Commercialization
and Research, which provides support to Canadian companies and
entrepreneurs in the information and communications technology sector
and facilitates their collaboration with research institutes,
governments and other organizations. The Government's support will lever
additional contributions from the Institute's other partners, including
Desire2Learn, OpenText Corporation, Communitech and the University of
Waterloo.

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