Open Data Editor in Action: Interrogating Data for Investigative Journalism in Mexico
ODE helped Data CrÃtica to quickly identify reliable variables for their data journalism investigations and ensure their stories are built on solid foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit is a key gathering for government representatives, civil society leaders, and open government advocates from around the world. It serves as a crucial…
Patricio Del Boca: ‘What we need is concrete tech for the people who need it, and nothing else’
The Open Knowledge Foundation's new Tech Lead joins us for the fourteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.
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.
Panel: The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the Planet
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?
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.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Sokoto, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Check out Resource Connects for Education Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪
Check out Code For Africa’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
#ODDStories 2024 @ Ningi, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Check out Mumsa Initiative’s report on their event held with the help of an Open Data Day mini-grant.
Announcement of strategic funding for the Open Data Editor
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.