Co-designing the Global Internet Policy Observatory (GIPO) – 2015
Co-designing the GIPO platform - 1st interactive workshop on Global Internet Policy Observatory
Description
First interactive workshop on Global Internet Policy Observatory under the title: Co-designing the GIPO platform will take place in Sofia, on 4th June 2015 during EuroDIG 2015: Shaping the internet together conference.
GIPO (the Global Internet Policy Observatory) is the initiative of the European Commission that monitors Internet-related policy, regulatory and technological developments across the [world][1]. The project has started January 1st 2015 and will last 3 years.
GIPO will help users understanding and monitoring Internet-related policy, regulatory and technological developments across the world. It helps making sense of who does what, what positions different stakeholders adopt, and what is being discussed at the key international events. It aims to make this information available to all actors, including countries, NGOs and interest groups, which may have been marginalised in the Internet debates and decisions.
Its distinguishing feature is a strong reliance on the power of technology to manage complex information flows, and in particular semantic technologies. The GIPO online tool will search and scan content sources (new or pre-defined by registered users), and import those content items that comply with some specific rules (filters for each source). The retrieved contents will be routed to semantic enrichment modules that will analyse the content, detect and add several metadata such as people, organisations, locations. Users may search and analyse desired items in detail and share, visualize or export them to other platforms (even other observatories). If you want to have a rough idea, you can look at the [demo] developed in the [feasibility study][2].
GIPO will be a useful tool to retrieve information about Internet Governance, but will not be a forum to discuss Internet Governance issues. There are already many other [places][3] where discussion is taking place, in case you are interested.
For details about Global Internet Platform Observatory visit: [4]
Keywords
internet policy observatory, science 2.0, e-government, open government
Format
The Co-designing the GIPO platform workshop is an invitation for open discussion and collaboration on the technological developments of the platform. It is a part of Global Internet Policy Observatory engagement activities - one of series of 7 webinars and 2 workshops organised in order to engage the community on the development of the platform, and aims at:
- Introducing and illustrating the objectives of GIPO,
- Understanding the needs of community and engage them in active collaboration,
- Identifying new solutions together.
This workshop is mainly dedicated to the technology experts working on similar tools & technologies and to Internet Governance communities participating at the EURODIG event.
Profile of participants: Internet Governance and technology-enabled policy making community
Number of participants: 40
Agenda: 4th June, Sofia, Bulgaria, 16:30 - 19:00.
16:30 – 16:40 Introduction by the European Commission
16:40 – 16:50 Presentation of the GIPO project status
16:50 – 17:00 Q & A
17:00 – 17:50 Keynote speakers on technology-based observatories
18:00 – 18:45 Interactive sessions (3 groups)
18:45 – 19:00 Wrap up
Further reading
Feasibility study on using automated technology to support policy making [5]
People
- Organiser:
Open Evidence, Kasia Jakimowicz