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Posted byby Stephen Abbott Pugh
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Missed opportunities in the EU’s revised open data and re-use of public sector information directive

July 9, 2019
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Published by the European Union on June 26th, the revised directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information – or PSI Directive – set out an updated…

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Posted byby Lilly Winfree
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Meet our 2019 Frictionless Data Tool Fund grantees

July 4, 2019
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In order to facilitate reproducible data workflows in research contexts, we recently launched the Frictionless Data Tool Fund. This one-time $5,000 grant attracted over 90 applications from researchers, developers, and…

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Posted byby OKFN
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EU must work harder to tackle disinformation

July 2, 2019
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The European Union must work harder to tackle the spread of disinformation on the internet, the Open Knowledge Foundation has warned. In a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, chief…

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Posted byby Nikesh Balami
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Summer update of Open Knowledge Nepal

July 1, 2019
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The last couple of months have been quite busy for the team of Open Knowledge Nepal with lots of projects, workshops and events. In this blog, we try to summarize…

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Posted byby OKFN
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New Open Knowledge Foundation board chair and vice-chair appointed

June 25, 2019
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The Open Knowledge Foundation is delighted to announce that Vanessa Barnett has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of Directors, and Helen Turvey has been appointed as Vice-Chair.…

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Posted byby Alina Ostling
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Building a Nordic Anti-Corruption Data Ecosystem

June 13, 2019
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Open Knowledge Sweden (OKSE) jointly with Transparency International Latvia and Transparency International Lithuania continues to promote usage of open data for combating corruption in the Baltic and Nordic countries. …

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Posted byby OKFN
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Statement from the Open Knowledge Foundation Board on the future of the CKAN Association

June 6, 2019
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The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) Board met on Monday evening to discuss the future of the CKAN Association. The Board supported the CKAN Stewardship proposal jointly put forward by Link…

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Posted byby OKFN
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UK Health Secretary challenged to tackle access to medicines

June 4, 2019
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The Open Knowledge Foundation has written to Westminster Health Secretary Matt Hancock to demand the UK Government plays its role in addressing the global lack of access to medicines. The challenge…

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Posted byby Catherine Stihler
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Reflections on the 2019 European parliamentary elections

May 30, 2019
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With around 200 million people voting across Europe, the make-up of the new European Parliament for the next five years has been decided. While the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP)…

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Posted byby OKFN
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The Sum of Our Parts – Open Organisations

May 29, 2019
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This post was originally published by Open Data Charter. The “open” sector, encompassing organisations working on transparency, civic participation, and open data, has grown fast in many countries in the past…