text: **4.7. Involve NGOs, charities and business associations**
  As a final note and recommendation of this report, we'll note that, in comparison with hackers and 
  
  public officers, there are other parties that could and should play a role in Open Data adoption much 
  
  bigger than what they have had so far. 
  
  NGOs and charities, as well as professionals or business associations, all have lots to gain from 
  
  Open Data but don't seem, in many cases, to have realized this yet. Members of the first category 
  
  should routinely ask for support directly to Open Data civic hackers to gather (either from 
  
  government or citizens) more up to date information that is specifically relevant for their 
  
  campaigns. 
  
  The other associations, instead, should be much more active both in publishing Open Data about 