Open Data Needs for AI and International Development — We are excited to announce a new project, AI and Open Data: Open Data Needs for AI and International Development. Governments, researchers, and civil society tackling development problems in the global south continue to face challenges of data access and availability. Cutting edge analytical techniques, like artificial intelligence (AI) and…

We ask each of Open Data Charter’s newly appointed Board Members five questions in this special series: — 1. How did you discover open data and/or the work of the Open Data Charter? I was introduced to open data by my mentor Prakash Neupane back in 2013. It was a year, when the momentum of openness was at a high peak in Nepal, with lots of activities happening…

The Provincial Council of Biscay joins the greater open data community — Bizkaia adopts the charter and joins the network for community peer exchange In 2018, the Provincial Council of Biscay announced that they will implement open data policies to promote transparency, fight corruption, empower its citizens and ensure a more effective and responsible government. …

by Nati Carfi, Andres Aguilera and Cat Cortes The Open Data Charter embarked on creating a data taxonomy for pandemic preparedness after hearing testimonial after testimonial from our Network and the broader open data community — COVID-19 data needed to be structured. With support from CAF, we then partnered with…

Volver a encontrarnos es volver a estar como en casa — by Mercedes de los Santos, Project Manager y Renato Berrino Malaccorto Research Manager Los participantes de ABRELATAM al cierre de la desconferencia. A fines de septiembre tuvo lugar en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, una nueva edición de Abrelatam-ConDatos, en el marco del evento América Abierta, Los eventos reunieron a diversas…

Slovenia joins the open data community to enhance cooperation with all stakeholders from the public sector to researchers and start-ups, with the aim to serve its citizens and businesses — They share their announcement along with insights in this mini-interview with Dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Minister of Digital Transformation: 1. Why did your government adopt the Charter and what benefits do you hope to gain?

We ask each of Open Data Charter’s Board Members five questions in this special series: — This blog is one of a series in which we get to know new staff members, volunteers and affiliates in the open data community. We had never had the opportunity to get to know some of our seasoned Board Members, so we asked Fabrizio Scrollini, these first five: 1. How…

By Magd Sora, ODC Volunteer and edited by Mercedes de los Santos and Cat Cortes — In the third installment of ‘The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2022’, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) along with Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) concluded that “Progress is being made in closing data gaps across most humanitarian operations. This momentum is the result of global advocacy…

Neuquén se suma a los 170 gobiernos y organizaciones que son parte de “Open Data Charter” — By Marcos Koopman, Vicegobernador de la Provincia de Neuquén Desde la Legislatura de Neuquén consideramos que es fundamental dotar de transparencia los actos de la gestión. Todo dato que se genera en esta institución tiene carácter público y por ende debe ser accesible para todo aquel que lo solicite. Cuando…