A new track for Open Data Day mini-grants: Open Data for Equal Development
As we get closer to Open Data Day 2018, we keep working to make this year’s events really awesome. To achieve this we have some good news for you: We…
Announcing the Open Data Day 2018 mini-grants scheme
If data is freed into the open, but no one uses it, can we consider it open data? This is one of the questions we need to ask ourselves is…
Open Data Day – 3 March 2018: you are invited!
2018 is almost here, and that means that on Saturday 3 March, we’ll be celebrating Open Data Day (ODD). As always, this is a bottom-up initiative, where we expect to…
The Open Data Survey: Measuring what matters to you
I once heard a brilliant government official say that in government you only measure what matters to you. This resonated with me back when I was a public servant and…
AbreLatam / Condatos: after the first 5 years
This is a somewhat belated entry about the Abrelatam and Condatos, the regional open data conference of Latin America. It comes more than a month after the conference took place…
Using the Global Open Data Index to strengthen open data policies: Best practices from Mexico
This is a blog post coauthored with Enrique Zapata, of the Mexican National Digital Strategy. As part of the last Global Open Data Index (GODI), Open Knowledge International (OKI) decided…
New Open Knowledge Network chapter in Nepal
We are happy to announce that this month a new Chapter at the Open Knowledge Network is being launched officially: welcome Open Knowledge Nepal in this new stage! Since February…
The final Global Open Data Index is now live
The updated Global Open Data Index has been published today, along with our report on the state of Open Data this year. The report includes a broad overview of the…
Our country sample (and what it tells about our contributors)
The Global Open Data Index has changed a lot this year, from our methodology to our software. This has been a community effort. This year we also collaborated with an…
What’s next for the open data community in Latin America: How to take Abrelatam 2016 discussion forward
Work that strives to make a lasting social impact is a lot like a marathon. You need to learn how to go through long distances in spite of the exhaustion…