The president of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, signing the Open Data Policy. By: Fabrizio Scrollini and Silvana Fumega Context Costa Rica was an early experimenter with open data, having developed a first open data portal in 2012. Despite these early … Read More
The Edo AgriHub team engaged local communities in the data collection process. By: Gillian Whitworth, Open Data Institute (ODI) The context Farming provides a significant source of revenue for the population of Edo State in Nigeria, and the … Read More
Nana Baah Gyan was an embedded fellow who worked with Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) in Ghana to help with their data needs. By: David Opoku, Open Knowledge International Context Due to the challenge of … Read More
The Open Data for Development (OD4D) program understands that open data is not gender neutral. We want to ask: how can we leverage open data to help create gender transformation? The OD4D program has helped support the capacity of women open data leaders … Read More
What to do when media headlines are occupied with sensationalism? Can media culture be affected by bringing data in the mix? How can we work with academic institutions to improve data literacy horizontally & vertically? By: Lejla Sadiku, Open … Read More
[Note: This post originally appeared on the UN Economic Commission For Africa (UNECA) website.] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 4, 2017 (ECA) – The African Centre for Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United Nations Development Programme, the World … Read More
[Note that this post was originally published on the International Open Data Conference (IODC) website. It offers reflections on the regional discussion relating to North America.] By: Ashley Casovan and Enrique Zapata For more than two decades North American … Read More
Open Data Day – March 4 2017 This year, Open Data Day will be on Saturday, March 4. Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data! It is an opportunity to show the benefits of open data and … Read More
[This blog originally appeared on the International Open Data Conference (IODC) website. This post reflects on the regional discussions about the Middle East an North Africa that took place at IODC16.] By: Nancy Salem Nancy Salem is a Senior Research … Read More
[Note: This blog originally appeared on the International Open Data Conference (IODC) website. It offers a reflections on discussions about the region of Asia.] By: Wei-Chung Hwang The Asia regional talk held at #IODC16 was a remarkable success (watch … Read More
[Note that this post was originally published on the International Open Data Conference (IODC) website. It offers reflections on discussions on the state of Open Data in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region.] By: Irena Cerović Irena Cerović … Read More
Toward a WDF Sustainable Development Action Plan: Key Insights from the Global Open Data Community [This post was written by Fernando Perini, Senior Program Officer for the Open Data for Development Network, for the launch of the International Open Data … Read More
As co-host of the 4th International Open Data Conference (IODC) in Madrid this past October, the Open Data for Development Network (OD4D) is pleased to present the International Open Data Roadmap. The Roadmap … Read More
OD4D at the UN World Data Forum Open Data for Development (OD4D) and our partners are happy to be participating in the UN World Data Forum happening from January 15-18 in Cape Town, South Africa. This forum is the first of … Read More
At the start of the New Year we would like to share some of the exciting work we have planned. This includes the launch of two new regional hubs, and the continuation and expansion of projects from our existing regional … Read More
[This blog was originally posted by one of our Partners, the Web Foundation.] Five years on from the founding of the Open Government Partnership, how are the original OGP members faring on the implementation of open data? The answer is … Read More
