In 2013 the conference Offene Kommunen.NRW took place on November 9th 2013 in the comprehensive school Barmen in Wuppertal. The motto of the conference was “Steps into practice”.

Sessions (notes in German)

  • Open budget (notes)
  • One Year Anliegen.Bonn.de (notes)
  • Citizens’ petition for Citizen’s decision (notes)
  • OpenSourceSoftware for Participation (notes)
  • OpenEducation Resource (notes)
  • How much openness / transparency is desired / tolerated / used by citizens (notes)
  • Forms of action of the administration (notes)
  • Don’t Panic! (notes)
  • Role model Münster? (notes)
  • OpenGovernment Cross-border (notes)
  • Building projects and citizen participation (notes)
  • OpenData and Political Processes (notes)
  • What can municipalities learn from OpenStreetMap? (notes)
  • StadtWiki as dialogue platform for citizens, administration, politics and economy (notes)
  • How to create trust between administration & citizens (notes)
  • Community gardens, gift boxes (notes)
  • Plenary and final discussion
    What do we want from the state government and the state of NRW to support citizens and municipalities in promoting Open Government in the municipalities? (notes)

Further information can also be found in the session list 2013.

Blog posts (in German)

  • OKNRW: Open Education / Offene Bildung
  • OKNRW: How much openness / transparency do the citizens want / tolerate / use
  • OKNRW: Open Advisory Council on participatory budgeting: Role model Münster
  • OKNRW: Participatory budgeting
  • OKNRW: StadtWiki Wuppertal as a dialogue platform
  • OKNRW: Wish list: What should NRW do for Open Government in the municipalities?
  • Anke Knopp (Blickpunkt aus Gütersloh): III. Offene Kommunen.NRW Barcamp Part 1
  • Anke Knopp (Blickpunkt aus Gütersloh): III. Offene Kommunen.NRW Barcamp Part 2
  • Anke Knopp (Blickpunkt aus Gütersloh): III. Offene Kommunen.NRW Barcamp Part 3