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Posted byby OKFN
June 5, 2025

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

In May, we brought the community together again for a special training session to enable trainers to deliver the ‘Quality and Consistent Data with Open Data Editor’ course locally.

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2025

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’

Join the Open Knowledge Network in a roundtable to discuss the meaning of openness today, starting with a presentation of the recent study “From Software to Society — Openness in a changing world” by Dr. Henriette Litta and Peter Bihr.

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2025

[Call for Organisations] Join a pilot to try AI that helps you fix, clean, and understand your data — no coding needed

Apply to explore how local, privacy-preserving AI can make your data work easier and safer while using the Open Data Editor.

Posted byby OKFN
May 30, 2025

Openness Bazaar: Open Data and Co-creation in Mexico City

The event, co-organised by INFO CDMX and OKFN, is a unique opportunity to explore tools, publications and materials developed under the model of openness by design, with a focus on human rights, gender perspective and inclusion of vulnerable groups.

Posted byby OKFN
May 28, 2025

Reclaiming our Digital Commons for Security, Peace, and Solidarity

#IDSF25 will take place from 4–6 June 2025 in Vienna, positioning the Austrian capital once again as a central hub for global dialogue on digital security, sovereignty, and international cooperation. The CEO of OKFN, Renata Ávila, will be joining two sessions in the programme.

Posted byby OKFN
May 20, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Enhancing genomic data literacy among researcher communities in Kenya

Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya initiative (BHKi) was able to find errors in over-complex spreadsheets and use ODE's metadata panel to standardise schemas for future surveys.

Posted byby OKFN
May 20, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Streamlining data governance and unlocking the potential value of urban data in Croatia

The City of Zagreb was able to reduce error-resolution time, comply with open data standards and foster a culture of data literacy across different city offices in the capital of Croatia

Posted byby OKFN
May 19, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: Empowering local government staff across municipalities in Nepal

Open Knowledge Nepal was able to cut error-resolution time from weeks to hours and audit 40+ datasets across 5 municipalities, enabling public servants to validate data independently.

Posted byby OKFN
May 5, 2025

Decoding the UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance online series

Join us in this online event to have an overview of the Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance at all levels' mandate, discuss the main outcomes of its first meeting, and learn about the expected next steps.

Posted byby OKFN
April 28, 2025

Open Data Editor in Action: A giant spreadsheet of environmental data now accurate for analysis

The Demography Project was able to streamline its work with air quality data in Kenya, significantly reduce the time needed to identify and correct errors, and train the team to work with open data.

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’