#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.
With the EU entering a new legislative cycle, the discussions focused on how open source can enhance digital sovereignty, competitiveness, and innovation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
The Europe regional call aimed to understand whether it would be helpful to map the connections between existing OFKN network and chapter members.
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.
Our annual gathering is a special occasion, an opportunity for us to come together, share our knowledge, listen attentively, and forge meaningful connections.
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.
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.
This week our thoughts are with the Open Knowledge community in Bangladesh, whose members have been deeply affected by internet shutdowns, curfews and arrests.
It’s time to get together and unite. See the details of each session and come and say hello – in person or virtually.
Open Letter to the European Commission
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.
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!
Debriefing and reflecting after the inaugural OPEN GOES COP coalition webinar
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
A recent session from Open Knowledge Ghana discusses digital citizenship and introduces Kiwix as a tool to democratise access to knowledge.
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.
Organised by Open Knowledge Ghana, the event highlighted the crucial role that technology, innovation and digital empowerment can play in tackling the climate crisis.
Check out OpenStreetMap Colombia and YouthMappers Sagema’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
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.
Check out Management Development Institute’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
An account of Věra Jourová’s official visit to Greece and the need for open data to combat disinformation.
Check Open Tech Community Nepal’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
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.
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.
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.
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