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# Pista ng Mapa 2020 - Concept Note
>"Pista ng Mapa" (Filipino for "Festival of Maps")

Pista ng Mapa is a non-profit outreach event  to encourage public participation, promote the use of open (geo) data, free software, and related technologies. It aims to gather together contributors, enthusiasts and users in the public and private sector (community, government, academe, corporate, individuals, etc.), highlight achievements, and foster the growth of hyper-local communities outside the capital region.

**How would you like to participate in PnM20?**

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## Rationale
The capital region, Metro Manila is host to numerous geo/mappy-related events throughout the year but the rest of the Philippines rarely host any, except for the occasional seminar or workshops intended for targetted groups through project-based initiatives of various organizations.

### PnM19
In 2019 August, the inaugural Pista ng Mapa (aka PnM19) was held in Dumaguete City in Central Visayas, with Foundation University as venue sponsor, and attracted 166 participants from various parts of the country.

![](https://i.imgur.com/ENEh3bP.png)
*2019 Pista ng Mapa group photo. © 2019. Neyzielle Ronnicque Cadiz.*

For more details, check out https://pistangmapa.github.io/2019/.

Through various presentations, workshops, and hands-on activities attendees of the conference can have a better understanding of how the local open mapping communities work together for the common good, while acquiring new  technical digital skills and techniques, and getting acquainted with national and regional contacts to help expand their reach and networks.

### What drives us
Open Data is a global movement to make the information and representations of our world much more shared and accessible. Often the focus is on the release of data held by government for use by all citizens. OpenStreetMap take it further by allowing anyone to contribute to Open Data.

The data created from these activities are not limited for use in disaster preparedness and response, but also for other efforts: humanitarian aid, community development missions, conservation, cultural projects, academic research, local development, and many other purposes - this is possible by the free and open license that governs the data created on OpenStreetMap.

### PnM20
This year, we are planning for 200-250 participants and seek for the same loving-kindness and energy that made PnM19 happen, and hope to reach out to more people, and organizations who wants to invest in, and leverage the power of diverse peoples in participatory activities for greater access to Free and Open (geo) data.

## Expected Results
For our supporters, we hope that through this event, they can reaffirm themselves as a champion and community pillar for bringing open (geo)data and free software to the local community of enthusiasts, users, and field practitioners. That through our collaboration, it could lead to more novel applications, and wider understanding of how spatial data is relevant to other academic fields of study, outside the domain of “maps” and “technology”.

We strive to spark the interest of new users, reignite the passion of current contributors, and help nascent local communities grow, where skills and local expertise can be developed or further enhanced. 

## Organizers
Currently, our committed working group of volunteers are coordinating within our network of communities and contacts, preparing workshop programs. Our participants and volunteers come from a cross of multi-sectorial, inter-disciplinary groups:

* Local Communities - OpenStreetMap, OSGeo/FOSS4G, and map-py friends and allies
* Developmental NGOs - The Asian Foundation, The Foundation for Economic Freedom
* Transportation and Mobility - advocates
* I.T./Civic Tech User Groups-  advocates

Many of our core volunteers has led, organized, or volunteered for major and minor conferences in the recent past. 

The largest international conference so far, was the [annual regional conference](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia) [State of the Map Asia in 2016](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Asia_2016), hosted by the local OpenStreetMap community that drew in 186 participants and representatives from 21 countries, 15 of which are from Asia. Pista ng Mapa, in fact, is inspired by the said conference, and had been in the minds of the organizers since then, but  localized for the specific needs of prospective participants.

We have volunteers who are part of the core group of leader-organizers of the annual FOSS4G-PH events in UP Diliman, Quezon City. 

Some of us are facilitators/organizers of smaller local mapping workshops and events in various parts of the country, but often in Metro Manila.

## Event Registration 
> To be announced soon.

## Programme and Schedule
> To be announced soon.

## Sponsorship & Collaboration

#### Hosting (or Venue) Partner
We are seeking progressive local organizations with a strong background in community action, experience in open (geo)data, and with the capacity to provide a venue for ~3 days of activities for 200-250 participants and provision for a national conference:

* 1 x **Auditorium** for plenary presentations and sessions
* 3 x **Computer rooms** for technical workshops
* 1-2 x **Meeting spaces or rooms** for Tapok-tapok break-out sessions 
* Adequate **audio-visual equipment** for the facilities
* Reliable **high-speed Internet access**
* 10-12 student/local **Volunteers** as ushers and technical assistants
* Any assistance with regard to **event promotion**,  especially with local academic institutions, governments offices /agencies,  and community organizations active in the region

In return, the organizers will closely collaborate with the hosting partner to create a complementary programme that can meet explicit technical needs, especially in determining workshops and activities that can mutually benefit their community, and the other participants of Pista ng Mapa.

### Sponsorship Tiers
* Presenting - hosting & venue partner 
* Platinum
* Gold
* Silver
* Bronze - other benefactors

:::spoiler Contact Details

*For queries, contact the organizing team thru:*

**name**: PnM20 Steering Team
**email**: osm.pilipinas+PnM20@gmail.com
**webRTC**: https://meet.jit.si/PistaNgMapa
:::
