Dear Ms Kasenally,
At 04:30 30-09-2016, Roukaya Kasenally wrote:
>Thanks for your email. I adhere to your concerns and feel that
>Mauritius wants merely to run trophy type project which will earn it
>good scoring marks but that might not really have a social impact.
Focusing on earning good scoring marks when there isn't really any
social impact is, in my opinion, a luxury. I agree with you that it
seems that Mauritius merely wants to run a trophy type project.
>The ODI has been a pet project of the WB, together with the OGP to
>get governments to be come transparent and accountable in their
>doings - easier said than done. Moresoever, one has to have the
>necessary ecosystem in place. I have a number of friends who are
>currently fronting the Code for Africa who are interested in the
>Mauritius case.
>It would be great to hear what are your main concerns concerning the
>ODP for Mauritius. Is the report public?
I'll highlight a point from the above; the ecosystem has to be in
place. From an Open Data perspective, there isn't such an ecosystem
in Mauritius.
The issues are:
(a) The Open Data report submitted by the World Bank is still not publicly
available.
(b) There are very few people in Mauritius who are interested in writing
software for free.
(c) People interested in Open Data should be asked for feedback about the
future law. I doubt that the government would be interested in
taking that approach.
The main issue is sustainability.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Fri Sep 30 2016 - 17:06:23 PST