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EITI Datathon: Innovative solutions for a data-driven energy transition – Send your proposals before July 31st

July 6, 2022
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Open Knowledge Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of a global open call for proposals as part of the EITI Datathon: Innovative solutions for a data-driven energy transition. The…

in Frictionless Data

Posted byby Lilly Winfree
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Frictionless Planet and Lacuna Fund discuss gaps in climate datasets for machine learning

July 5, 2022
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On 24 June we hosted a conversation with the Lacuna Fund about datasets for climate change where we heard all about the Lacuna Fund’s recently launched Request for Proposals around…

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Announcing the winners of the Open Data Day 2022 small grants

June 6, 2022
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Open Knowledge Foundation is excited to announce the list of organisations who have been awarded small grants to help them host Open Data Day events and activities across the world.…

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Application for the Open Data Day 2022 small grants is now open!

April 18, 2022
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Open Knowledge Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the Open Data Day 2022 Small Grants Application to support organisations hosting Open Data events and activities across the world.…

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Posted byby Lilly Winfree
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Combining Data Skills, Knowledge, and Networks to Save our Planet

March 9, 2022
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Originally published on: https://frictionlessdata.io/blog/2022/03/09/save-our-planet/ During these past tumultuous years, it has been striking to witness the role that information has played in furthering suffering: misinformation, lack of data transparency, and…

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Microsoft to support Open Data Day 2022

March 3, 2022
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Today, we are pleased to announce that Microsoft will once again be supporting Open Data Day by providing mini-grants to organisations to help them run events, the call will launch…

in Advocacy

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An urgent call for peace and solidarity

March 3, 2022
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At the Open Knowledge Foundation, we urge to ramp up all the diplomatic and political efforts for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and that ceasefire to extend to all the…

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Posted byby Patricio Del Boca
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Data that empowers: LAC perspectives on data governance

February 18, 2022
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A few weeks ago we had a conversation in the Statistical Conference of the Americas about Data Governance. This brief post is a follow up of some of the concepts…

in School of Data

Posted byby Cédric Lombion
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10 years of School of Data

February 8, 2022
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10 years ago exactly, the School of Data project was announced on the Open Knowledge blog by our founder, Rufus Pollock. Over the last decade, the School of Data team…

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Frictionless Planet – Save the Date

January 10, 2022
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We believe that an ecosystem of organisations combining tools, techniques and strategies to transform datasets relevant to the climate crisis into applied knowledge and actionable campaigns can get us closer…