by Nati Carfi, Andres Aguilera and Cat Cortes — 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…

A series where we get to know people within ODC’s network — We put out an open call a couple months ago for a new co-chair for our Implementation Working Group. We’re so pleased to introduce Wilfreda Edward-Dolcy, from the Government of Canada as our new co-chair and get to know her better through a mini Q&A: 1. Where are you on…

Cuenca se suma a los 151 gobiernos y organizaciones que son parte de “Open Data Charter” y se convierte en el séptimo municipio de… — Por Dirección de Desarrollo Estratégico Institucional del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Municipal del Cantón Cuenca Desde el inicio de la Administración 2019–2023, liderada por el Ing. Pedro Palacios Ullauri, hemos trabajado por fortalecer nuestras capacidades institucionales con el fin de brindar servicios públicos de calidad, con calidez, excelencia y transparencia.

Building a global community of data practitioners — by Flor Serale, Implementation Working Group co-chair Hola, we are back! We have been busy planning our 2022 and searching for a new government co-chair to join us. This blog summarized two inspiring sessions and presents our Action Plan and Agenda for this year. Our plans for 2022 In the past years, we made…

Closing gender gaps with 4 solutions and 1 data challenge — By Mercedes de los Santos, Project Manager, The Open Data Charter Earlier this month was International Women’s Day, so those of you reading this blog today may have heard, read or hopefully participated in a discussions with colleagues, friends and family where somebody brought up the fact that one of…

Full-time remote position: $36,000 — $42,000, depending on experience — The Open Data Charter is still seeking a Research manager to take a leading role in the organisation’s work on data rights. We have had to re-open this vacancy as we have not found the right person to fill the position. …

An open call for a new Implementation Working Group Co-Chair — by Darine Benkalha, ODC’s IWG Co-chair “Building community is a requisite foundation for building a better world.” …

What can we learn from the public sectors’ experiences? — by Flor Serale & Mercedes de los Santos Welcome back to our IWG blog series! For the past weeks we have been working on our IWG plans for 2022 and we will talk about them later in this blog. Our topic last October aligns nicely with these. This blog covered…

If you want to make data open, we would like to hear from you… — 2021 was a year full of exciting changes for the Open Data Charter (ODC). We have a new Executive Director and have welcomed new roles within the team and our network. Entering the second month of 2022, we finally shared ODC’s Strategy for 2022–2023. After many years chairing our Board…