Dear SM
Thank you for your email which allows us to provide some clarifications.
The existing legal framework allows datasets to be released as open data
supported by the appropriate license. The open data portal once set up
(the tender closed on 27 January 2017) will contain some quick win
datasets (the list may be consulted in the tender document).
As for the open data policy, we are finalising the policy and expect to
complete the process much earlier than April 2017.
Regards
Rajnish Hawabhay
Chief Technical Officer
Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
Level 6, SICOM Tower,
Wall Street,
EBENE
REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
Email: rhawabhay_at_govmu.org | Web:
http://mtci.govmu.org
On 1/28/17, 8:18 PM, "S Moonesamy" <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
>Hi Rajnish,
>
>Thank you for the reply. I'll comment below.
>
>At 04:45 28-01-2017, Rajnish Hawabhay wrote:
>>The existing legal framework allows us to release datasets as open data.
>>Now as regards the datasets to be released, these will be according to
>>the
>>list established in the ODRA report in order of priority starting with
>>quick wins. So, no dataset is being put aside.
>
>In December 2015, I sent an email to the Data Protection Commissioner
>about a "take down" request which negatively impacted an Open Source
>project in Mauritius (
>http://lists.elandnews.com/archive/mauritius/internet-users/2015/12/4564.h
>tml
>). The action taken by a government agency in Mauritius is a matter
>of concern as it is unknown whether the existing legal framework
>allows a citizen to use the information (or datasets) provided by a
>government agency. The reluctance of the Ministry of Technology,
>Communication and Innovation to make the World Bank Report (ODRA)
>publicly available does not help. It fuels the fear that there may
>be some legal issue and that a citizen could get in trouble because of
>that.
>
>The Mauritius Internet Users in collaboration with a local newspaper
>organized a panel discussion in January 2016 (
>https://www.lexpress.mu/node/273809 ). During the panel discussion,
>a Project Manager of the Ministry of Technology, Communication and
>Innovation commented that the government's Open Data Project will be
>implemented by the end of 2016. We are in 2017 and the datasets and
>"quick wins" are not visible. I visited the web site of the Ministry
>of Technology, Communication and Innovation; I could not find the
>list of datasets which is allegedly in the ODRA report.
>
>>Now for the ope data policy, Cabinet aproved the draft open data policy
>>on
>>1 April 2016. The policy is currently being finalised.
>
>Will the open data policy be publicly available before April 2017?
>
>Regards,
>S. Moonesamy
>
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