Sander Janssen (Wageningen UR) presented at the 2nd International Workshop: Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition in The Hague, 11 September 2015.

1. 19 november 2015
2nd International
Workshop
‘Creating Impact
with Open Data in
Agriculture and
Nutrition’
Ministry of Economic Affairs,
The Hague, 10-11 November

2. Objectives 2nd workshop
• To develop a shared general understanding what it takes to
generate societal impact with open data in the field of agriculture
and nutrition;
• To make this concrete and specific for the following areas of
societal activity:
• Realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
targeted at the economic, environmental and social dimensions
of sustainable development;
• Innovation with regard to economic processes/business activity
and improved governance;
• Improved strategic decision making.
• To explore routes to impact, business models behind open data,
and good practices.
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3. 2nd WORK shop
1. Central question is not ‘how does the desired impact look like’,
but ‘how to achieve it’
2. A hands-on and action oriented approach
3. Focus on jointly working on questions in sessions
4. Building new collaborations and learning from one another
5. End result: forward-looking agenda for the community to
improve the possibilities in delivering impacts, part of the report
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4. Workshop set up
Tuesday 10 November:
•Welcome Ministry of Economic Affairs
•Key note addresses
•Workshop sessions: what are impacts and challenges to achieve
them?
•Workshop reporting
Wednesday 11 November
•Plenary reflections and positioning
•Workshop sessions: What can we do to achieve impacts from
technology, best practices/organization and business innovation?
•Workshop reporting
•Plenary discussion on agenda forward
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5. Outcomes of day 1: establishing the impacts
• Workshop 1: Government perspective
• Innovation: Specific Indicators of Specific Policies
• Citizen Engagement: Increased participation
• Accountability: Extent of use
• Workshop 2: Civil society perspective
• Trust
• Impact is very case specific
• Safe-living environment
• Jobs & Rural financial sustainability
• Workshop 3: Private perspective
• Business efficiency: Cost savings through open data
• Better internal & external decision making
• More critical mass for innovation through start-ups and new
services
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6. Outcomes of day 1: establishing the impacts
• Workshop 2: Civil society perspective
• Trust
• Impacts for whom in civil society? Engage with Civil Society
organizations in agriculture and nutrition
• Impact is very case specific
• Safe-living environment
• Jobs & Rural financial sustainability
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7. Outcomes of day 1: establishing the impacts
• Workshop 3: Private perspective
• Business efficiency: Cost savings through open data
• Better internal & external decision making
• More critical mass for innovation through start-ups and new
services
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8. Planet of the phones (per Economist)
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9. Culture eats strategy for
breakfast
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10. Organizational issues
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11. Twitter:
#impact #GODAN
Tweet pictures of interesting post-its
For mentions/retweets, @godanSec
Ministry of Economic Affairs: @nieuwsEZ
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