Jens Best is an activist and lobbyist for open data and civic participation in Germany. He discusses several open data projects in Germany including data portals for the cities of Berlin and Bremen, as well as projects focused on open government budgets, civic tech organizations, and open data on Wikidata. Best emphasizes that open data culture is about more than just producing data - it enables communication, community, and solutions through civic engagement and action.

1. OPEN DATA PROJECTS
OPEN DATA CULTURE
IN GERMANY
JENS BEST, Berlin
activist/lobbyist for openess, participation & crowd-related development
member of the board of Wikimedia Germany e.V.
political scientist

2. http://daten.berlin.de/

3. http://daten.berlin.de/

4. http://www.offenerhaushalt.de/

5. http://www.offenerhaushalt.de/haushalt/bund/

6. http://www.offenerhaushalt.de/haushalt/bund/#einzelplan/30/

7. http://codefor.de

8. https://offenedaten.de/

9. https://www.wikidata.org

10. http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/tempo_spatial_display.html?q=Q311

11. http://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-todo/tempo_spatial_display.html?q=Q46083

12. https://redmine.piratenfraktion-berlin.de/dmsf/uber

13. http://www.rhhb.de/2014/02/freie-datenstadt-bremen/

14. http://www.rhhb.de/2014/02/freie-datenstadt-bremen/
http://daten.berlin.de/

15. https://www.govdata.de/apps

16. http://www.kita.de/

17. https://www.govapps.de

18. http://www.offenedaten.moers.de/

19. http://www.offenedaten.moers.de/

20. http://www.opendata-hro.de/

21. http://www.lokaler.de

22. decentralization
cooperation
transparency
#postsnowden
data vs. communication
datacenter vs. community
communication isn't done just to produce data, but culture & solutions
public communication – civil engagement – governmental action

23. Thank you
Jens.Best@wikimedia.de