The document summarizes a 2nd International Workshop on Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague from November 10-11. It provides details on the objectives, structure, and conclusions of the workshop, which aimed to develop a shared understanding of how to generate societal impact using open data, particularly related to sustainable development goals, innovation, and strategic decision making. The workshop featured keynote addresses and sessions for participants to discuss challenges, best practices, and an agenda to improve delivering impacts from open data in the future.

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2nd International
Workshop
‘Creating Impact
with Open Data in
Agriculture and
Nutrition’
Ministry of Economic Affairs,
The Hague, 10-11 November

2. • 19/20 January 2015, Wageningen
• Hosted by Ministry of Economic Affairs
• Organised by Open Data Institute and Wageningen UR
• 70 participants, 1 day, 30 presentations.
• Followed by GODAN partner meeting, launching the secretariat
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1st
International Workshop ‘Creating Impact
with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition

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Key conclusions 1st Workshop
1) the workshop had been very successful in demonstrating the
potential of open data by presenting many examples of how
agriculture and nutrition can benefit from open data

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Key conclusions 1st Workshop
2) specific attention however is needed for the question how to
practically engage with open data in order to generate these
impacts

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Key conclusions 1st Workshop
3) more attention has to be given to the underlying business or
sustainability models

6. Objectives 2nd workshop
• To develop a shared general understanding what it takes to
generate societal impact with open data in the field of agriculture
and nutrition;
• To make this concrete and specific for the following areas of
societal activity:
• Realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
targeted at the economic, environmental and social dimensions
of sustainable development;
• Innovation with regard to economic processes/business activity
and improved governance;
• Improved strategic decision making.
• To explore routes to impact, business models behind open data,
and good practices.
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7. 2nd WORK shop
1. Central question is not ‘how does the desired impact look like’,
but ‘how to achieve it’
2. A hands-on and action oriented approach
3. Focus on jointly working on questions in sessions
4. Building new collaborations and learning from one another
5. End result: forward-looking agenda for the community to
improve the possibilities in delivering impacts, part of the report
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8. Workshop set up
Tuesday 10 November:
•Welcome Ministry of Economic Affairs
•Key note addresses
•Workshop sessions: what are impacts and challenges to achieve
them?
•Workshop reporting
Wednesday 11 November
•Plenary reflections and positioning
•Workshop sessions: What can we do to achieve impacts from
technology, best practices/organization and business innovation?
•Workshop reporting
•Plenary discussion on agenda forward
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9. Twitter:
#impact #GODAN
Tweet pictures of interesting post-its
For mentions/retweets, @godanSec
Ministry of Economic Affairs: @nieuwsEZ
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10. Twitter:
#impact #GODAN
Tweet pictures of interesting post-its
For mentions/retweets, @godanSec
Ministry of Economic Affairs: @nieuwsEZ
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