Open Data, Open Local Governance and Civic Tech.

Arogya Koirala

Kathmandu Living Labs

10 September, 2018

What we do:

Bringing people, data, and techology together

Background.

2015 : Nepal Earthquake

8000 remote volunteers. Nearly tenfold increase in data size.

 ....[this] network of human sensors has over 6 billion components, each an intelligent synthesizer and interpreter of local information.

 

- Michael Goodchild (2007)

 Citizens as sensors

Demos.

2015 Earthquake Data Portal

Making damage assessment and socio-economic data accessible to all.

 

https://opendata.klldev.org

Neelakantha Municipality

Enhancing dialogue between government and the general public.

 

https://neelakantha.klldev.org

Sajha Sabha

Locally solving issues of public concern.

 

https://sajhasabha.org

Thank you.

arogyakoirala@gmail.com

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