Social Ventures

[tijptjik]

Hi Francis,

How are you? I bumped into Yu recently and it was good to hear about the many exciting happenings at SVhk. Hope you've been well :)

I'm writing as part of the civic data team at Open Data HK. As part of the global open data movement and together with developers and journalists, we are building an open online platform for civic data in HK.

We are currently rolling out the platform and I immediately thought of reaching out to you, as you have an intimate understanding of the impact space in HK, and this might interest some of SVhk's portfolio organizations, such as Light Be or CookConnect. I would like to invite you and SVhk to participate in our pilot program.
Our goal is to unlock civic data - data that is of public interest and does not contain any personal information (e.g. anonymous survey results or data from your daily operations).

This platform will help impact players (NGOs & social enterprises) publish their datasets so journalists, data scientists, and researchers can weigh in and amplify your message. Related NGOs and social enterprises could also combine their datasets to build a stronger case for their issue.

In the pilot program, we explain exactly what it means to publish a dataset online and help you select and format the data for publication. It wouldn't involve collecting new data, but merely making public what's already available to you.

I've just touched the surface of what it would mean for civil society to have a data portal in Hong Kong, so I would love to further discuss the particular benefits to your organisation and address any concerns you might have.

Please let me know if you and SVhk might be interested in participating in the pilot, and if yes, what time would suit best for a meet or coffee.

Thank you and looking forward to your thoughts!

All the best,

Mandy

Thanks Mandy, though I am interested in the initiative, think svhk has no capacity in supporting at the moment. Lots of things happening now. Sorry.

Francis

[tijptjik]

Revisit for phase-2