Following The Tech We Want vision, the community agreed to follow up on the two macro-topics: one for software simplification and core functionalities, and one for outreach and adoption.
At the summit, we want to promote successful cases and projects using Frictionless, and collectively discuss how such a long-running project adapts to the current context and Open Knowledge’s current vision of technology.
We are pleased to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) has been selected as a grantee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for the second year in a row to continue working on improving the Open Data Editor (ODE) application, making it more accessible and widely used by organisations around the world, and increasing data literacy in key communities.
See the summary of the event that brought together leading voices from around the world to reflect on the Super Election Year 2024, during which 3.7 billion people voted in 72 countries. This online event was part of the The Tech We Want initiative.
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.
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.
How can AI help non-technical users validate and improve the quality of their data in the Open Data Editor, taking into account transparency, privacy, and functionality?
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.
CEO Reflection Ahead of 2025 – We will continue to fight for a knowledge society rather than a surveillance society, one that benefits the many rather than the few and is built on the principles of collaboration rather than control, empowerment rather than exploitation, and sharing rather than monopoly.
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.
Here is a short text explaining how we tested the Open Data Editor before its official stable release and what we learned from the process.
The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is happy to announce the release of Open Data Editor (ODE) 1.2.0, now a stable open source desktop application that makes working with data easier for people with little to no technical skills.
As part of releasing the first stable version of the Open Data Editor, we publish the feedback from the team at ACIJ, an Argentine non-profit working to promote a more just and inclusive society, free from poverty and discrimination.
As part of releasing the first stable version of the Open Data Editor, we publish the feedback from the team at StoryData, a Barcelona-based agency with experts in data research, analysis, visualisation and communication.
With the skills that the panellists have, it would be easier to work for the mainstream tech industry and just go with the flow. But they’ve all chosen a different path: making software that makes sense. In this conversation, we’ll share the trajectories of some open, free/libre, and alternative technologies, and discuss how to tip the scales in our favour amidst a solutionist discourse in an ultra-specialised industry.
The meeting is a space for all members of the Alliance to get together once a year to discuss agendas, updates, next steps and participate in discussions about the future of Digital Public Goods.
Eco, green, or simply sustainable technologies have several implicit meanings: long life, affordable maintenance, skilled people, resource-friendly, economical to use, renewable, regenerative, etc. In this panel, thinkers, practitioners and promoters of different aspects of software sustainability will discuss if and how it is possible to achieve a development model for people and the planet. Is there a way out of the disaster versus greenwashing narratives?
Digital technologies need people to care for them and keep them alive. In a time of obsession for innovation and disruption, in this panel we will shine a light on the invisible but essential work of maintenance.
Since the Snowden revelations, citizen efforts have been focused in patching a broken system of surveillance, extractivism of people and the planet and rights erosion. This conversation will discuss the current state of the things and the viability of uniting technical and political efforts to move in a different direction.
Next Thursday, October 31st, 11:00 CEST, come celebrate Halloween – or Buggyween – at this open meeting with the Open Knowledge Foundation team.
The sudden disappearance of this core dependency only reinforces the idea that we should aim to build simpler, less dependent technologies.
The event brought together our beloved community of technologists, practitioners and creators for two days to show that a different technology stack is possible.
Today we are happy to announce The Tech We Want, a series of initiatives that we’ve been working on for a long time at the Open Knowledge Foundation and that has been guiding us in the way we develop software. In recent years, technology has adopted a complex, wasteful, and expensive approach to serving its […]
The new version integrates HTMX to CKAN and opens up the way for creating dynamic user interfaces.
Open Letter to the European Commission
Policy Brief submitted by Open Knowledge Foundation, Center for Internet and Society and Research ICT Africa to T20, Engagement Group of G20 under Task Force T05 – Inclusive digital transformation
Thanks to the generous support of NLnet, now Data Package includes features that were often requested throughout the years and improves extensibility for domain-specific implementations.
Project Manager Sara Petti gives a behind-the-scenes account of the development of ODE at csv,conf,v8 – a journey full of lessons learned.
We are concerned about a closed digital future where only a few elites can seize the power of AI for private purposes. Our contribution to the Think7 Italy Summit (T7) is trying to change that.
As announced in January, this year the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) team is working to develop a stable version of the Open Data Editor (ODE) application. Thanks to financial support from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, we will be able to create a no-code tool for data manipulation and publishing that is accessible to everyone, […]
Join us on this learning journey and follow the details of the app’s development in this series of blogs.
Join us on this learning journey and follow the details of the app’s development in this series of blogs.
The Executive Director of Ushahidi joins us for the ninth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
We are pleased to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation has been selected as a grantee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, marking a significant milestone for the development of the Open Data Editor (ODE) application, a tool that will unlock the power of data for key groups, including scientists, journalists and data activists.
Our workshop in Ethiopia with DPGA members detected misinformation in three stages of the electoral process: voters’ registration, campaigns, and election day. Check out the results.
Last Wednesday, 22 November, Open Knowledge Foundation and AfroLeadership organised a round table on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for Electoral Processes, focusing on initiatives developed in Francophone Africa. This was the fourth round table in the framework of this initiative, with which we are trying to map the initiatives and projects already active in the […]
Last Wednesday, November 15th, we had the pleasure of organising the third round table to share experiences related to the development of open digital technologies and data standards in electoral processes, with a focus on initiatives from Anglophone Africa. Beyond presenting our new initiative, the main objective of the event was to listen to and […]
Originally published on: https://frictionlessdata.io/blog/2023/11/15/frictionless-specs-update/ We are very pleased to announce that thanks to the generous support of NLnet we have kickstarted the Frictionless specifications update. After a first discussion with the community in the last call, we are setting up a working group to help us with the v2 release. Taking into account the group’s concerns about the […]
The main objective of the panel was to listen to and learn about the local perspectives of each participant, in hopes of identifying common ground and possibilities for collaboration. Access the video and summary.
The National Electoral Directorate of Argentina has taken a significant step, and we are pleased to see, once again, how access to open knowledge helps different governments strengthen their democratic processes.
The main objective of the panel was to listen to and learn about the local perspectives of each participant, in hopes of identifying common ground and possibilities for collaboration. Access the video and summary.
By uniting resources and expertise, OKFN and DPGA aim to harness the power of digital commons to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
OKFN is thrilled to introduce the initial version of the Open Data Editor (beta) today. We hope it will become in the future a no-code, easy-to-use application to explore and publish all kinds of data.
On September 4th, Open Knowledge Foundation, together with Open Knowledge Estonia and Open Knowledge Finland, held a parallel event to the Global Open Government Partnership Summit in Tallinn to talk about the tech we want (and need) to open governments.
Watch the workshop recording and learn the basics about an open data portal implementation using CKAN. This training was offered by Open Knowledge in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank.
The Digital Public Good Alliance approved Open Knowledge’s application and has added it to the Digital Public Good Registry.
Last Friday we had a nice and spontaneous talk about election data that we saw as a great collaboration opportunity.
The executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) joined us for the second #OKFN100, a series of conversations with 100+ people about about the current challenges and paths of action of the open movement.
A word from our leadership as 2023 starts.
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