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Kenya opens its books in revolutionary transparency drive | Claire Provost | Global development | guardian.co.uk
Users of the Kenya Open Data Initiative can explore more than 160 datasets by consituency, county and at country level. Screenshot: Kenya Open Data Initiative When violence erupted after the 2007 Kenyan elections, a team of activists produced Ushahidi – a digital open-source platform to monitor crises in near real-time. Taking its name from the kiswahili word for testimony, or witness, Ushahidi has since been deployed to monitor unrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, track violence in Gaza, and gather global reports about the spread of Swine Flu. Around the same time, a partnership between Vodafone and Safaricom, Kenya 's largest mobile operator, produced M-PESA, the mobile banking system that has revolutionised the way many Kenyans manage their money. Projects from Ushahidi to M-PESA have put Kenya firmly on the map of ICT innovation in international development – a position and a trend the Kenyan government now seems eager to promote.City 2.0
La récession favorise la digitalisation | Transnets
Le "double dip", le rebond de la récession qui menace, pourrait fort bien entrainer une accélération de la digitalisation de nos modes de production et de vie. Cela vaut pour les entreprises (et les travailleurs) comme pour les consommateurs. Les entreprises d'abord: nombre d'entre elles en profitent pour accentuer leur recours aux technologies digitales (TD) en quête de gains de productivité.
As part of President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, the White House is releasing an update on the Administration’s commitment to open government. http://www.twylah.com More...
Open Government Status Report
REYKJAVIK — A group of 25 ordinary citizens on Friday presented to Iceland's parliamentary speaker a new constitution draft, which they compiled with the help of hundreds of others who chipped in online. The group had been working on the draft since April and posted its work on the Internet, allowing hundreds of other citizens to give their feedback on the project via the committee's website and on social networks such as Facebook. "The reaction from the public was very important. And many of the members were incredibly active in responding to the comment that came through," Salvor Nordal, the head of the elected committee of citizens from all walks of life, told reporters. Katrin Oddsdottir, a lawyer who had shared her experience on the committee through micro-blogging site Twitter, said she believed the public's input was "what mattered the most" in preparing the draft.
AFP: Icelanders hand in draft of world's first 'web' constitution
Qatar has made significant progress towards creating an innovative and vibrant ICT sector that will secure a thriving, diversified economy and enrich the quality of life for all members of its society. To continue this momentum, the Supreme Council of Information and Communication (ictQATAR) developed Qatar’s National ICT Plan 2015: Advancing the Digital Agenda, which will guide their efforts through the end of 2015. The plan is aligned with the Qatar’s National Vision 2030, and its specific programs are aligned with Qatar’s National Development Strategy 2011-2016.
Publishes Qatar’s National ICT Plan 2015 | Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology
L’important, c’est la photo. La veille du sommet du G8, qui se tiendra les 26 et 27 mai à Deauville, Nicolas Sarkozy s’affichera en compagnie de Rupert Murdoch, patron de NewsCorp, et de Mark Zuckerberg, patron de Facebook, ainsi que des dirigeants de Google et de YouTube et des fondateurs de Microsoft et de Wikipédia. Avec un message : Sarkozy est du côté d’Internet. Si le chef de l’Etat a eu l’idée d’organiser cet « e-G8 », à Paris, les mardi 24 et mercredi 25 mai, c’est pour parfaire son image de meilleur ami du Web. Grâce à lui, pour la première fois, Internet sera bien au cœur de l’agenda des grandes puissances.
La diplomatie Internet: la volte-face de Nicolas Sarkozy
European commissioner calls for 'digital champions'
Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, has called on EU states to appoint digital champions similar to the UK's Martha Lane Fox. Ms Kroes said the lastminute.com founder was "doing a great job" at convincing UK adults who did not use the internet to change their minds. While most politicians have been keen to play up the role of the internet in the Arab spring uprisings, they have not all been so keen on its influence in the UK. "We reject the view that government suppression of the internet, phone networks and social media at times of unrest is acceptable," he said. UK authorities have taken a hard line on hacktivist group Anonymous which has declared open war on the UK government. Atiaf Alwazir, a Yemeni activist, revealed at the conference that bloggers in the region had taken advice from the group on how to circumvent government blocks.
Dans son édition du 30 juillet dernier, The Economist rapprochait avec beaucoup de perspicacité l’état actuel des Etats-Unis et de l’Europe de celui du Japon dans les années 90. Au moment où éclatait la bulle économique, les dirigeants japonais regardaient ailleurs, incapables de prendre la moindre décision, paralysés par les enjeux et la recherche d’un impossible consensus capable de les faire réélire. Aujourd’hui, face aux tensions sur la zone euro et à la crise de l’endettement, leaders européens et américains se trouvent dans la même incapacité chronique à affronter les problèmes et à prendre les décisions qui s’imposent. Plus qu’un problème d’homme providentiel, génie absolu et doté de bravoure, c’est un système qu’il faut repenser dans sa globalité. Dans une société rentrée dans une phase de complexité, la marge de manoeuvre des politiques est de plus en plus réduite.
