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Our mission is to create a fair, sustainable and open digital future, advancing open knowledge as a design principle beyond just data.
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Posted byby OKFN
July 15, 2024

Policy Brief: Governing Digital Public Infrastructure as a Commons

Policy Brief submitted by Open Knowledge Foundation, Center for Internet and Society and Research ICT Africa to T20, Engagement Group of G20 under Task Force T05 - Inclusive digital transformation

Posted byby OKFN
July 12, 2024

You are invited to OPEN GOES COP’s 2nd Webinar

We’re advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences. If you’re working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

Posted byby Lucas Pretti
July 9, 2024

How can ‘openness’ complement climate change?

Debriefing and reflecting after the inaugural OPEN GOES COP coalition webinar

Posted byby OKFN
May 27, 2024

Join us for the Inaugural Webinar of OPEN GOES COP, a movement advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences

We aim to overcome the lack of discussion on the role of ‘openness’ as a necessary condition for addressing the climate crisis. If you're working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

Posted byby OKFN
May 13, 2024

We are telling G7 leaders that the AI infrastructure must be open

We are concerned about a closed digital future where only a few elites can seize the power of AI for private purposes. Our contribution to the Think7 Italy Summit (T7) is trying to change that.

Posted byby OKFN
May 1, 2024

Common(s) Cause: Towards a Shared Advocacy Strategy for the Knowledge Commons

Join us for a day-long side event to Wikimania 2024 in Katowice, Poland. Our goal is to design a shared advocacy vision for stronger, collaborative work for the Knowledge Commons.

Posted byby Carol Matos
December 11, 2023

The South at the world’s centre: OKFN dive into Uruguay’s data marathon

At the beginning of November, I visited Uruguay in the capacity of Open Knowledge Foundation’s Partnerships Lead to take part in #MaratónDeDatos, a pool of various events focused on the…

Posted byby OKFN
November 9, 2023

New Release: Problematising Strategic Tension Lines in the Digital Commons

As a part of our exploration of the open movement, last May, we hosted a workshop with a small group of the movement’s leaders. It was co-organised by our partners…

Posted byby OKFN
October 16, 2023

Urgent Call for Tech Companies to Respect Palestinian Digital Rights in Times of Crisis

We, a collective of human rights and civil society organizations, urge tech companies to immediately take strict measures to protect their users from harm in light of the escalating events…

Posted byby OKFN
October 10, 2023

Open Knowledge Foundation joins the Digital Public Goods Alliance

By uniting resources and expertise, OKFN and DPGA aim to harness the power of digital commons to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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

Irina Bolychevsky: ‘CKAN has spread because it makes maintaining data more cost-effective and stimulates the economy through data reuse’

‘Traceability is the answer to AI and open government data’

Design choices for a responsible AI chatbot: a conversation with #semanticClimate

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’