Data policies and democratic participation
The Barcelona Open Data Meeting is a space for debate and deliberation promoted by the Directorate for Participation and Democratic Innovation and the Municipal Data Office (OMD) at the Canòdrom, between Barcelona City Council, experts, organised civil society and the citizens of Barcelona, aimed at making municipal data policies more participative and open.
New forms of city life and, in particular, public administration, are increasingly reliant on the collection, processing and use of massive amounts of data generated by citizens, institutions and, more generally, city life. These processes can affect citizens as a whole. Therefore, we want to think collectively, open debates, socialise questions, and explore how we can promote public data policies that are at the service of citizens and their rights to the city. In this way, citizens should have a greater capacity to influence the processes of data collection, processing and, above all, the use of data. This meeting also seeks to consolidate stable spaces for participation around data and public policies.
