311 Articles

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 Thanisara GG Ruangdej
March 21, 2025

🇹🇭 Open Data Day 2025 in Bangkok: Turning Data into Solutions for Floods, Smog, and Wildfires

#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.

Posted byby Harriet C. Ijeomah
March 18, 2025

🇳🇬 Open Data Day 2025 in Owerri: Equipping Journalists to Address Climate and Agricultural Issues

#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.

Posted byby OKFN
March 10, 2025

Open Data Day 2025 – Activities & Impact Report

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.

Posted byby OKFN
February 28, 2025

Register now for our webinar ‘From data to metadata: enhancing quality across borders’

Join us on 7 March to celebrate Open Data Day and gain insights on data and metadata quality.

Posted byby OKFN
February 26, 2025

And the winners of the Open Data Day 2025 Mini-Grants are…

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.

Posted byby OKFN
February 12, 2025

Open Data Day 2025 – Mini-Grants Open Call

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.

Posted byby Anita Ofori
June 25, 2024

#ODDStories 2024 @ Yilo Krobo, Ghana 🇬🇭

Check out Women for Sustainability Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.

Posted byby Mahmud Shehu
June 21, 2024

#ODDStories 2024 @ Sokoto, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Check out Resource Connects for Education Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.

Posted byby Alicia Olago
June 19, 2024

#ODDStories 2024 @ Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪

Check out Code For Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.

Posted byby Muhammed Bello Buhari
June 13, 2024

#ODDStories 2024 @ Zaria, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Check out Digital Grassroot’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.

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

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

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’

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’