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Open Data Day

Open Data Day (ODD) is an annual celebration of open data, taking place across the world for a week in March. Groups from almost every country organise local events where they use open data in their communities.

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 18, 2016

International Open Data Day in Addis Abba, Ethiopia

This blog post was written By Solomon Mekonnen Co-founder, Code4Ethiopia & Local Organizer, Open Knowledge An open data interest group representing 25 participants from universities, NGOs, CSOs and government ministries attended…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 17, 2016

Open Data Day Guyana – Bringing Open Street Map to the classroom

This blog post was written by Vijay Datadin from the GIS collective Open Data is a new and still not very well understood concept in Guyana, as is probably the case…

Posted byby Nikesh Balami
March 11, 2016

PublicBodies Datathon: Collecting the information of Nepal Government diverse PublicBodies

Once again, a bunch of open philosophy believers and lovers gathered for the fourth annual celebration of International Open Data Day 2016 in Nepal. This year Open Data Day was…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 11, 2016

Open Data Day Santiago: “Bringing an “open” philosophy to the people”

This post was written by Manuel Barros Open Government Partnership coordinator at Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente. Read the full blog in Spanish on the ILDA site. One of the pillars at…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 9, 2016

#OpenDataDay 16 in Quito, connecting people and data-driven ideas

This post was written by Julio López P – 2015 School of Data Fellow. Julio is currentl working on energy information management and capacity building projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. See…

Posted byby OKFN
February 22, 2016

ILDA to join Open Data Day Mini grants!

This post was written by Fabrizio Scrollini We are happy to announce that The Latin American Open Data initiative (ILDA) is joining the global efforts to enrich Open Data Day mini…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
January 29, 2016

Open Data Day Mini Grants: back for 2016!

This year, on Saturday, the 5th of March, the fourth annual Open Data Day will take place. For us in Open Knowledge, Open Data Day is one of our favourite initiatives.…

Posted byby Katelyn Rogers
March 25, 2015

Open Data Day 2015 Recap #4: Hacks, Meet Ups and Data Exploration in Africa!

Open Data Day 2015, which took place on February 21, was celebrated in hundreds of communities around the world. In this blog series, we have been highlighting the discussions and…

Posted byby Mor Rubinstein
March 20, 2015

Open Data Day report #3: Data Fiesta in Latin America and the Caribbean

(This post was co-written by Open Knowledge and Fabrizio Scrollini from ILDA) In our follow-up series about Open Data Day 2015, which took place on February 21 across the world,…

Posted byby Christian Villum
March 13, 2015

Open Data Day report #2: All of Europe pushing open data

In our follow-up series about Open Data Day 2015, which tooks place on February 21 across the world, we will now highlight some of the great events that took place…

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Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

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

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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’