Open Data Day 2025 – Activities & Impact Report
The open data community remains active and resilient in every corner of the planet! In 2025, we saw powerful bottom-up energy across 189 events in 57 countries and more than 15 languages.
And the winners of the Open Data Day 2025 Mini-Grants are…
We are excited to announce the list of organisations that have been awarded mini-grants to help them host Open Data Day (ODD) events and activities across the world.Â
CHAOSScon 2025: Key Takeaways on Open Source Health and Metrics
CHAOSScon 2025 reinforced the importance of defining, measuring, and sustaining OSS health. As open source continues to evolve, these discussions provide a roadmap for ensuring sustainability, security, and inclusivity.
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.
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.
Panel: The Tech We Want is Built and Maintained with Care
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.