#ODDStories – For Open Data Day 2025, Thailand is spotlighting disasters as a key theme. They believe that better data and effective data use are key to tackling these challenges.
#ODDStories – In a groundbreaking event held in Owerri, Imo State, journalists from various media organizations gathered for the Open Data Day 2025 workshop, aimed at equipping them with the necessary skills to utilize open data in climate and agricultural reporting.
The open data community remains active and resilient in every corner of the planet! In 2025, we saw powerful bottom-up energy across 189 events in 57 countries and more than 15 languages.
OKFN will coordinate, together with the Presidential Commission, projects and training programmes aimed at improving training and knowledge of public administration and open data, as well as the development of common goods and Digital Public Infrastructures (DPI) from the management of the Government of Guatemala.
Join us on 7 March to celebrate Open Data Day and gain insights on data and metadata quality.
We are excited to announce the list of organisations that have been awarded mini-grants to help them host Open Data Day (ODD) events and activities across the world.
We are excited to announce the launch of the ODD25 Mini-Grants to support organisations hosting open data events and activities. Find out all about the two open calls this year and apply.
Check out Women for Sustainability Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Resource Connects for Education Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Code For Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Digital Grassroot’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out DRM Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out YouthMappersUAO’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Mumsa Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out MSD Network’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out SWEAD’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out YouthMappers UFBA’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out GeOsm Family’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out InspireIT’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out OpenStreetMap Colombia and YouthMappers Sagema’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Management Development Institute’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check Open Tech Community Nepal’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out EcoMappers’ report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
The workshop aimed to enlighten attendees on the fundamentals and applications of open street mapping, a collective method for creating and refining maps with freely accessible geographic data.
Check out Diálogos’ report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Rural Aid Foundation’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out DETROITography’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the UPI Youthmappers’ report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out Utopix’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the Pastoralist Peoples’ Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the Geodetic and Photogrammetric Laboratory’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the UP Resilience Institute YouthMappers’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the Meninas da Geo’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Check out the Learnovation Foundation Network’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
This year’s Open Data Day (ODD) was a huge success. Almost 300 events registered worldwide, with 60 countries participating in 15+ different languages. Check out the report.
The Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team joins us for the eighth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
We at the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) are excited to announce the list of organisations that have been awarded mini-grants to help them host Open Data Day (ODD) events and activities across the world.
We are excited to announce the launch of the Open Data Day 2024 Mini-Grants Application to support organisations hosting open data events and activities across the world.
On 4 March 2023, Fablab Winam organised the Open Data Day at Rosemary Hotel, Kamas, Kisumu, where 30 participants joined the event. The objective of the event was to introduce modern technology in local manufacturing optimisation and transformation using open data to AI. The event approach had greater challenges, especially since we were working with […]
Damegender organised the Open Data Day event on 7 March 2023 at a coworking space in Argentina, where a presentation session on the concept of DameGender and Free Licences was conducted. David Arroyo Menéndez led the presentation. The first presentation was about, “Towards an international and free dataset about name, gender and frequency”, where he […]
Abriendo Datos Foundation and Flacso Chile have worked for three years in the development of “Verano de Datos Abiertos” (Open Data Summer), an initiative that promotes the debate about the open data ecosystem and also contributes to a culture of learning in the context of Chile. To celebrate Open Data Day, Fundación Abriendo Datos hosted […]
On 9 March 2023, Acatech Technology PLC in collaboration with Open Knowledge Ethiopia organised the Open Data Day event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Open data-driven AI in Ethiopia: Hackathon Event” was the thematic focus of the event. The event brought together participants from Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopian Statistics Service, Ethiopian Policy Studies, Information Network […]
GeoTE Tanzania celebrated Open Data Day on 10 March 2023, where representatives from different organisations and students participated in the event. The event theme was “Mapping with Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response”, where we aimed to help create open data to help areas affected by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The event was successfully organised […]
To give the opportunity to learn Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for biodiversity conservation for young researchers of the University of Mahajanga, Tanjona Association organised the Open Data Day event. This event was held on 9 – 10 March 2023 at the University of Mahajanga, under the name “Hay Tech” as same as the last […]
As part of the commemoration of Open Data Day, OpenStreetMap (OSM) Togo in partnership with Wikimedia Community Togo and Internet Society Togo’s chapter hosted a “Meet-up on Artificial Intelligence and Open Data” on 4th March 2023. The event aims to bring together data stakeholders at the same table to discuss the real potential of open […]
On 21 April 21, 2023, We Are Capable (WAC) Namibia hosted Open Data Day at the Namibia Business Innovation Centre boardroom of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). The event was held with the theme “Challenges and opportunities in promoting ethical and cultural AI through open data and data sharing”. The event aimed […]
On March 4, 2023, USTP YouthMappers organised Open Data Day 2023 with the theme “Empowering AI and Mapping with Open Data” at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Cagayan de Oro Campus. With 40 participants, the training workshop was a tremendous success, and it was encouraging to see that more than half […]
The Latin American Center for Internet Research (CLISI) held a discussion on Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Open Data in the city of Valencia, in the spaces of the Librería La Alegría to celebrate Open Data Day 2023. The attendees interested in the subject, as well as a group of journalists from the Carabobo region, […]
To commemorate Open Data Day 2023, Amara Hub convened a co-creation session to discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in conservation efforts in Northern Uganda. The session was attended by a diverse spectrum of participants from Uganda Wildlife Authority, Africa Wildlife Federation, Uganda Conservation Foundation, Unwanted Witness along with conservation tech enthusiasts and practitioners, […]
On 10th March 2023, Youth Open Data organised a workshop to mark Open Data Day. The workshop brought together 40 young leaders and representatives of civil society organisations in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The general objective of the workshop was to exchange understanding, commitment, and action at the national level in terms of Artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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