Bulgarians having a date with data

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Created on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 13:43

This summer, the Bulgarian Council of Ministers organised “A Date with Data”. The theme for this one-day event was “Open Data for Transparent Governance”. The programme featured presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations of visualisations, and other applications of open data. Among the presenters were Rumyana Bachvarova (Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration and Minister of Interior), Anton Gerunov (Head of the Political Cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration and Minister of Interior), Ognian Zlatev (Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria), and Valery Borissov (Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications). The topics discussed included transparency, policy-making, and open data to facilitate collective action, innovation and economic growth.
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