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A new round of strategic funding to enhance data literacy and accessibility through the Open Data EditorA new round of strategic funding to enhance data literacy and accessibility through the Open Data Editor
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A new round of strategic funding to enhance data literacy and accessibility through the Open Data Editor

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.
    Panel: We are Making the Tech We WantPanel: We are Making the Tech We Want
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    Panel: We are Making the Tech We Want

    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.
      Report: Open Movement’s Common(s) CausesReport: Open Movement’s Common(s) Causes
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      Report: Open Movement’s Common(s) Causes

      This report outlines a shared advocacy strategy for the Knowledge Commons, based on a mapping of opportunities and threats facing the open movement that took place at Common(s) Cause, a Wikimania 2024 side event.
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