So a small-ish gang of us is trying to promote open-data in Montreal. It’s been a long time since CivicAccess, I’ve worked with Apathy is Boring to deliver CitizenFactory and we figured it was time for something local. Lots of other cities have passed open-data motions and we thought that it was time Montreal gets on board. Hopefully I’ll be able to use lessons I’ve learned from ISF.
Déclaration de mission
Nous sommes une initiative populaire qui a pour but de promouvoir l’accès ouvert aux données civiques de la région de Montréal.
Nous croyons que l’accès aux données et renseignements civiques augmente l’engagement citoyen, rend les services plus accessibles, et facilite l’innovation.
En créant cet espace virtuel, nous espérons initier et soutenir un dialogue entre parties prenantes pour le bénéfice de touTEs les MontréalaisES. Joignez-vous à nous!
Jonathan Brun, Jean-Noé and Sébastien Pierre are my colleagues in this. We’re all busy people, so it’s going to be a real team effort keeping things moving forward, but we’ve met with a lot of support so far.
Our first article, and we have our first conference appearance under our belt. Fingers crossed for the city to embrace this proposal for engaged citizenry and innovation.