With the EU entering a new legislative cycle, the discussions focused on how open source can enhance digital sovereignty, competitiveness, and innovation.
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Project Respira: Open Innovation for Environmental Justice in Asunción
Led by a member of the Open Knowledge Network in Paraguay, this project is an example of how free technology, open data and collaboration can provide innovative solutions to critical problems related to climate change and environmental justice.
‘Leveraging Open Data for the Benefit of Society’, a workshop with Open Knowledge Greece
Τhe event featured panels and discussions on using public and open data to create digital tools that address contemporary challenges for the benefit of citizens.
Event: Join us to discuss the role of tech in the so many elections of 2024
On 14 January 2025, we are hosting an engaging online event to explore in depth how technology shaped the global electoral process in the super election year of 2024, and to discuss the future we can build together.
Transforming Nepal’s Data Ecosystem: 2024 in Review
As the year comes to a close, Open Knowledge Nepal reflects on their major initiatives and achievements that paved the way for a more transparent and innovative data ecosystem.
Making Data Work Easier: Highlights from the Global Voices Summit 2024
How often do you interact with data in your daily tasks? For many of us, working with data has become a regular part of our professional and personal lives. But, do you have the coding skills needed to clean and prepare data for deeper analysis? The Open Data Editor is here to help.
Looking back on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025 with the Open Knowledge Network
This year has been a journey of innovation, resilience, and collaboration, demonstrating the power of openness in fostering global change. We cannot imagine doing any of this without collaborating with the Network of course. The power of collaboration is a cornerstone of our vision, and we stand by our motto: better together than alone.
Our impressions after a huge Open America event
The event was a great success, with hundreds of people attending, and we dare say there were representatives from every state in the Americas. We have learned some lessons from Open America.
Prototype Fund: a successful story of project replication within the Open Knowledge Network
Prototype Fund offers funding with a lightweight structure for public interest tech, allowing individuals and small teams who do not have professional grant-writing skills to easily access public funding.
Open Knowledge Anglophone Africa Meeting: Promoting openness, collaboration and capacity building on the continent
The recent Open Knowledge Anglophone Africa meeting was an important opportunity to assess the current state of the open movement, explore collaboration strategies, and chart the course for future projects and initiatives.
Mapping Communities: Open Knowledge in Latin America
A summary of the last Latin America regional call, where we met with regional members of the Open Knowledge Network to share a relaxed and focused talk about our needs, and to present the map of communities we have been working on these last few months.
Mapping Openness in Europe: A Regional Meeting with Open Knowledge Foundation
The Europe regional call aimed to understand whether it would be helpful to map the connections between existing OFKN network and chapter members.
Mapping Civil Society Organisations on Open Data in Francophone Africa: A Regional Meeting with Open Knowledge Foundation
This virtual meeting brought together various stakeholders in the field of open data in French-speaking Africa, with the main aim of mapping the civil society organisations active in this field.
Threats, hopes and tales from the Open Knowledge Network gathering in Katowice, Poland
Our annual gathering is a special occasion, an opportunity for us to come together, share our knowledge, listen attentively, and forge meaningful connections.
‘Open knowledge is still seen as very technical in Asia, which excludes a lot of people’
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
‘A vicious circle is preventing openness from flourishing in Francophone Africa’
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Francophone Africa Hub join us for the twelfth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
Bangladesh must immediately stop persecuting experts of the open movement
This week our thoughts are with the Open Knowledge community in Bangladesh, whose members have been deeply affected by internet shutdowns, curfews and arrests.
Follow us in Poland or online at Wikimania, the biggest gathering of the open community in 2024
It’s time to get together and unite. See the details of each session and come and say hello – in person or virtually.
The European Union must keep funding free software
Open Letter to the European Commission
‘There are many data gaps in Latin America and we lack collection methods’
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Latin America Hub join us for the eleventh #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
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!
How can ‘openness’ complement climate change?
Debriefing and reflecting after the inaugural OPEN GOES COP coalition webinar
#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.
#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.
#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.
‘Digital literacy, not just access, is Africa’s biggest problem’
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Anglophone Africa Hub join us for the tenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Zaria, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Check out Digital Grassroot’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Goma, DRCongo 🇨🇩
Check out DRM Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮
Check out YouthMappersUAO’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Ningi, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Check out Mumsa Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
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!
AI Sauna quick reflection
Find out more about the event that brought together the GLAM community in Helsinki to discuss the impact of AI in the shared online culture.
Empowering Digital Citizenship: Unlocking the Power of Open Knowledge with Participants of the LIFE Legacy
A recent session from Open Knowledge Ghana discusses digital citizenship and introduces Kiwix as a tool to democratise access to knowledge.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Goma, DRC Congo 🇨🇩
Check out MSD Network’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Cuddalore, India 🇮🇳
Check out SWEAD’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Salvador, Brazil 🇧🇷
Check out YouthMappers UFBA’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Yaoundé, Cameroon 🇨🇲
Check out GeOsm Family’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Oguta, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Check out InspireIT’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Bridging the Gap: Digital Rights, Sustainability, and Inclusion at #DRIF24
Organised by Open Knowledge Ghana, the event highlighted the crucial role that technology, innovation and digital empowerment can play in tackling the climate crisis.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴
Check out OpenStreetMap Colombia and YouthMappers Sagema’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
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.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Gurgaon, India 🇮🇳
Check out Management Development Institute’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
European Commission VP’s roundtable: influencers in the fight against misinformation
An account of Věra Jourová’s official visit to Greece and the need for open data to combat disinformation.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵
Check Open Tech Community Nepal’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Open Knowledge Network: Introducing the Regional Hubs Prototype Programme
We’re thrilled to unveil today the latest addition to our Network, a programme to foster collaboration and expand our reach and impact across the globe.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Kigali City, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Check out EcoMappers’ report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Empowering Communities: Open Knowledge Somalia’s Open Street Mapping Workshop
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.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Guatemala City 🇬🇹
Check out Diálogos’ report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
The Republic of the Congo opts for the use of biometrics in multi-party elections
The political will to use biometrics as a means of peacefully resolving political disputes and strengthening the credibility of multi-party elections should be seized as an opportunity for the international community.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Kibaale, Uganda 🇺🇬
Check out Rural Aid Foundation’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
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