While I'm very skeptical of this initiative for a number of reasons, I appreciate that they explicitly mention the need for Open Data and seem to commit to improving accessibility of governmental data sources.
Indeed. The way they describe what they want, it looks like all the money will be spent on endless meetings or conferences and producing policy and strategy documents.
Maybe 1% will flow into a real research project which will generate some value.
While I'm very skeptical of this initiative for a number of reasons, I appreciate that they explicitly mention the need for Open Data and seem to commit to improving accessibility of governmental data sources.