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Our goal is to design a shared advocacy vision for stronger, collaborative work for the Knowledge Commons.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-29000" class="post post--excerpt post-29000 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community-en category-community-stories category-okfn category-open-knowledge-network tag-open-knowledge-network"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/12/22/end-of-the-year-with-the-open-knowledge-network/" rel="bookmark">End of the year with the Open Knowledge Network</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Before we get to 2024, check out the heart-warming updates from around the world by the members of the Open Knowledge Network.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-28980" class="post post--excerpt post-28980 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-community-en category-events category-open-data category-okfn category-our-work tag-abrelatam tag-events tag-festival-de-datos tag-open-data tag-open-knowledge-network tag-south-america tag-uruguay"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/12/11/the-south-at-the-worlds-centre-okfn-dive-into-uruguays-data-marathon/" rel="bookmark">The South at the world’s centre: OKFN dive into Uruguay’s data marathon</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>At the beginning of November, I visited Uruguay in the capacity of Open Knowledge Foundation’s Partnerships Lead to take part in #MaratónDeDatos, a pool of various events focused on the work with data, open data and open knowledge, and a meeting point for the global community engaged with the topic. I first arrived in Montevideo […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27860" class="post post--excerpt post-27860 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-100conversations category-interviews category-news category-okfn category-our-work category-okfn-projects tag-creative-commons tag-library tag-open-access tag-open-science"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2023/01/11/balazs-bodo-digital-commons-are-actually-reproducing-existing-power-inequalities/" rel="bookmark">Balázs Bodó: ‘Digital commons are actually reproducing existing power inequalities’</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>#OKFN100 is kicking off today, a series of conversations with 100+ people about how openness can strengthen the fights for the complex challenges of our times</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27828" class="post post--excerpt post-27828 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn category-open-knowledge-network tag-community tag-network tag-open-knowledge tag-open-knowledge-network tag-project-repository"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/11/28/better-together-than-alone-open-knowledge-network/" rel="bookmark">Better together than alone: say hello again to the Open Knowledge Network</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Join the movement! Today we are launching two projects to shine a light on the tremendous work the Network has been doing in the past decade. </p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27661" class="post post--excerpt post-27661 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-frictionless-data category-news category-open-knowledge category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/07/05/frictionless-planet-and-lacuna-fund-discuss-gaps-in-climate-datasets-for-machine-learning/" rel="bookmark">Frictionless Planet and Lacuna Fund discuss gaps in climate datasets for machine learning</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On 24 June we hosted a conversation with the Lacuna Fund about datasets for climate change where we heard all about the Lacuna Fund’s recently launched Request for Proposals around Datasets for Climate Applications. We were joined by climate data users and creators from around the globe. This conversation is a part of Open Knowledge […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27572" class="post post--excerpt post-27572 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-frictionless-data category-news category-open-knowledge category-okfn category-open-research category-open-science category-our-work"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/03/09/combining-data-skills-knowledge-and-networks-to-save-our-planet/" rel="bookmark">Combining Data Skills, Knowledge, and Networks to Save our Planet</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Originally published on: https://frictionlessdata.io/blog/2022/03/09/save-our-planet/ During these past tumultuous years, it has been striking to witness the role that information has played in furthering suffering: misinformation, lack of data transparency, and closed technology have worsened the pandemic, increased political strife, and hurt climate policy. Building on these observations, the team at Open Knowledge Foundation are refocusing […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27567" class="post post--excerpt post-27567 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-data-day category-open-data-day-2022 category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/03/03/microsoft-to-support-open-data-day-2022/" rel="bookmark">Microsoft to support Open Data Day 2022</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today, we are pleased to announce that Microsoft will once again be supporting Open Data Day by providing mini-grants to organisations to help them run events, the call will launch on Open Data Day 2022. Photo from Microsoft supported event on Open Data Day 2021, run by Riva Quiroga from Chile. Read their event report […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27564" class="post post--excerpt post-27564 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/03/03/an-urgent-call-for-peace-and-solidarity/" rel="bookmark">An urgent call for peace and solidarity</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>At the Open Knowledge Foundation, we urge to ramp up all the diplomatic and political efforts for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and that ceasefire to extend to all the countries and regions in the World suffering the brutality of war. We strongly condemn the indiscriminate attacks and forced displacement that the Russian government is […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27557" class="post post--excerpt post-27557 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-open-data category-open-government-data category-open-knowledge category-okfn category-our-work category-transparency"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/02/18/data-that-empowers-lac-perspectives-on-data-governance/" rel="bookmark">Data that empowers: LAC perspectives on data governance</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A few weeks ago we had a conversation in the Statistical Conference of the Americas about Data Governance. This brief post is a follow up of some of the concepts and ideas that we shared in the panel. Transparency as a Holistic Approach As citizens and members of the Civil Society, a huge challenge we […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27547" class="post post--excerpt post-27547 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-news category-open-data category-open-knowledge category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/01/10/frictionless-planet-save-the-date/" rel="bookmark">Frictionless Planet – Save the Date</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We believe that an ecosystem of organisations combining tools, techniques and strategies to transform datasets relevant to the climate crisis into applied knowledge and actionable campaigns can get us closer to the Paris agreement goals. Today, scientists, academics and activists are working against the clock to save us from the greatest catastrophe of our times. […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27537" class="post post--excerpt post-27537 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-100conversations category-news category-okfn category-our-work category-okfn-projects"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/01/10/100-conversations-to-inspire-our-new-direction/" rel="bookmark">100+ Conversations to inspire our new direction</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It has been almost two decades since OKFN was founded. Back then, the open movement was navigating uncharted waters, with hope and optimism. We created new standards, engaged powerful actors and achieved change in government, science and access to knowledge and education, unleashing the power of openness, collaboration and community in the early digital days. […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27524" class="post post--excerpt post-27524 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-interviews category-news category-open-knowledge category-okfn category-okfn-projects"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2022/01/07/working-with-unhcr-to-better-collect-archive-and-re-use-data-about-some-of-the-worlds-most-vulnerable-people/" rel="bookmark">Working with UNHCR to better collect, archive and re-use data about some of the world’s most vulnerable people</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Since 2018, the team at Open Knowledge Foundation has been working with the Raw Internal Data Library (RIDL) project team at UNHCR to build an internal library of data to support evidence-based decision making by UNHCR and its partners. What’s this about? The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a global organisation ‘dedicated […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-27451" class="post post--excerpt post-27451 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/10/12/a-new-ceo-for-open-knowledge-foundation-renata-avila/" rel="bookmark">A new CEO for Open Knowledge Foundation – Renata Ávila</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Beyond Open Data, our new CEO will start a conversation about the future of our global knowledge commons. Today we are delighted to announce that the Board of Directors of Open Knowledge Foundation has appointed Renata Avila to be the new CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation – effective from October 4th 2021. Board Chair, Vanessa Barnett, […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26951" class="post post--excerpt post-26951 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-government-data category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/03/31/take-part-in-eu-open-data-days-an-event-focused-on-the-benefits-of-open-data-and-its-reuse-in-the-eu/" rel="bookmark">Take part in EU Open Data Days, an event focused on the benefits of open data and its reuse in the EU</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open Knowledge Foundation are partnering with the Publications Office of the European Union for EU Open Data Days, an event to bring the benefits of open data and its reuse to the EU public sector. Below you can find details about the event in a press release republished from the Publications Office. Participate in the […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26933" class="post post--excerpt post-26933 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/03/31/meet-our-panel-of-experts-for-the-net-zero-challenge-pitch-contest/" rel="bookmark">Meet our panel of experts for the Net Zero Challenge pitch contest</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Net Zero Challenge is a global competition to answer the following question – how can you advance climate action using open data? Our aim is to identify, promote, support and connect innovative, practical and scalable projects. Having selected our shortlist of projects competing for the $1,000 USD prize, we have now invited all the […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26917" class="post post--excerpt post-26917 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/03/24/meet-the-projects-shortlisted-for-the-net-zero-challenge/" rel="bookmark">Meet the projects shortlisted for the Net Zero Challenge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Earlier this week we announced the time and date for the Net Zero Challenge pitch contest, and invited you to register for the event here. We are now ready to announce the shortlist of projects that have made it to the second stage of the Net Zero Challenge. When we launched the Net Zero Challenge […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26805" class="post post--excerpt post-26805 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn tag-net-zero-challenge"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/01/28/launching-the-net-zero-challenge-a-global-pitch-competition-about-using-open-data-for-climate-action/" rel="bookmark">Launching the Net Zero Challenge: a global pitch competition about using open data for climate action</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Open Knowledge Foundation is excited to launch the Net Zero Challenge, a global pitch competition about using open data for climate action. With a new administration in the USA and the COP26 meeting in the UK, 2021 will be a crucial year for the global climate response. Let’s see how open data can play its […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26800" class="post post--excerpt post-26800 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn category-open-knowledge-justice-programme"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/01/27/open-knowledge-justice-programme-takes-new-step-on-its-mission-to-ensure-algorithms-cause-no-harm/" rel="bookmark">Open Knowledge Justice Programme takes new step on its mission to ensure algorithms cause no harm</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today we are proud to announce a new project for the Open Knowledge Justice Programme – strategic litigation. This might mean we will go to court to make sure public impact algorithms are used fairly, and cause no harm. But it will also include advocacy in the form of letters and negotiation. The story so […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26631" class="post post--excerpt post-26631 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/10/27/applications-to-be-the-new-ceo-of-open-knowledge-foundation-now-open/" rel="bookmark">Applications to be the new CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation now open</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We want openness of all forms of knowledge to ensure a fair, free future full of possibility for all, where shared knowledge contributes to happier and healthier lives. To this end, we are looking for a CEO who will help us step up as global leaders. Applications for this position are open until the end […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26556" class="post post--excerpt post-26556 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-join-us category-news category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/08/19/our-open-future/" rel="bookmark">Our Open Future</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A closed future where knowledge belongs to the few; or an open future where knowledge is shared and used by everyone so that we can live happier and healthier lives. Our work has never been more important. And we’d like you to join us. The Open Knowledge Foundation has launched a new campaign for Our Open […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26550" class="post post--excerpt post-26550 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-okfn category-open-legislation category-policy"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/08/03/the-uk-must-not-be-left-behind-on-the-road-to-a-more-open-society/" rel="bookmark">The UK must not be left behind on the road to a more open society</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The United Kingdom still doesn’t have a National Data Strategy. The idea has been stuck in development hell for years, and the delay has already had an impact. Had a strategy been in place before the coronavirus pandemic, there would have been rules and guidelines in place to help the sharing of data and information […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26486" class="post post--excerpt post-26486 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/07/09/catherine-stihler-to-leave-open-knowledge-foundation-to-lead-creative-commons/" rel="bookmark">Catherine Stihler to leave Open Knowledge Foundation to lead Creative Commons</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Our Chief Executive Catherine Stihler OBE has accepted a new opportunity and will soon be leaving the Open Knowledge Foundation. She goes with our very warmest wishes and we hope to continue a strong relationship with her in her new role as CEO of Creative Commons. Catherine joined the Open Knowledge Foundation in February 2019 […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26473" class="post post--excerpt post-26473 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn category-open-spending tag-datopian tag-openspending"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/07/09/openspending-stewardship-moving-to-datopian/" rel="bookmark">OpenSpending stewardship moving to Datopian</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>  OpenSpending is one of the longest running projects both at Open Knowledge Foundation and within the open data ecosystem in its entirety. Starting life in 2009 as Where Does my Money Go?, OpenSpending has played a vital role in the publication of open budget and spending data by governments world over. Over the past […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26453" class="post post--excerpt post-26453 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn category-open-science tag-open-data tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/06/26/the-open-human-genome-twenty-years-on/" rel="bookmark">The Open Human Genome, twenty years on</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On 26th June 2000, the “working draft” of the human genome sequence was announced to great fanfare. Its availability has gone on to revolutionise biomedical research. But this iconic event, twenty years ago today, is also a reference point for the value and power of openness and its evolution. Biology’s first mega project Back in […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26422" class="post post--excerpt post-26422 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-open-knowledge category-okfn tag-csvconf"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/06/17/lessons-learned-from-organising-the-first-ever-virtual-csvconf/" rel="bookmark">Lessons learned from organising the first ever virtual csv,conf</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This blogpost was collaboratively written by the csv,conf organising team which includes Lilly Winfree and Jo Barratt from the Open Knowledge Foundation. csv,conf is supported by the Sloan Foundation as part of our Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research grant. The original post can be found here: https://csvconf.com/2020/going-online A brief history csv,conf is a community conference […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26335" class="post post--excerpt post-26335 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/06/04/enough-is-enough-solidarity-with-the-black-community-and-black-lives-matter/" rel="bookmark">Enough is enough: solidarity with the Black community and Black Lives Matter</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The mission of the Open Knowledge Foundation is to work for a fair, free and open future for all, not just some. We stand against the racism, injustices, and inequalities plaguing our world today. It is our responsibility to use our platform to elevate marginalised voices and take action against racism. We ask that the […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26142" class="post post--excerpt post-26142 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn tag-covid-19 tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/05/07/opinion-poll-majority-of-brits-want-government-action-against-online-disinformation/" rel="bookmark">Opinion poll: majority of Brits want government action against online disinformation</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A new opinion poll has revealed that a majority of people in the UK want ministers to take action against disinformation on social media sites. The poll by Survation for the Open Knowledge Foundation found that 55 per cent of people in the UK believe the Government should ‘impose compulsory action on social media sites […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26128" class="post post--excerpt post-26128 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn tag-covid-19 tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/05/06/why-we-need-public-models-for-public-policy/" rel="bookmark">Why we need public models for public policy</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Corona Time has brought the eery experience of becoming like a pawn on a chess board. Suddenly where we go, what we do, what we wear, who we meet and why are decided by somebody else. Here in Berlin, our youngest son now goes to school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings while his best friend […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26104" class="post post--excerpt post-26104 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn tag-covid-19 tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/05/05/brits-demand-openness-from-government-in-tackling-coronavirus/" rel="bookmark">Brits demand openness from government in tackling coronavirus</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A new opinion poll has revealed that people across the UK want openness from the government as it tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The Survation poll for the Open Knowledge Foundation found that in response to COVID-19, people want data to be openly available for checking, they are more likely to listen to expert advice from […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-26076" class="post post--excerpt post-26076 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn tag-covid-19 tag-open-knowledge tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/05/04/new-opinion-poll-uk-contact-tracing-app-must-take-account-of-human-rights/" rel="bookmark">New opinion poll – UK contact-tracing app must take account of human rights</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A new opinion poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Brits want any coronavirus contact-tracing app to take account of civil liberties and people’s privacy. The Survation poll for the Open Knowledge Foundation comes ahead of today’s evidence session at Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights on the human rights implications of COVID-19 tracing […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25915" class="post post--excerpt post-25915 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/04/16/coronavirus-why-an-open-future-has-never-been-more-important/" rel="bookmark">Coronavirus: why an open future has never been more important</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down. 2020 will be remembered as the year when we faced the greatest global crisis since the Second World War, and its impact will be felt for generations to come. Tens of thousands of families have said goodbye to loved ones, taken from them by an invisible […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25881" class="post post--excerpt post-25881 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn category-open-knowledge-justice-programme tag-open-knowledge-foundation tag-open-knowledge-justice-programme"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/04/14/launching-the-open-knowledge-justice-programme/" rel="bookmark">Launching the Open Knowledge Justice Programme</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Supporting legal professionals in the fight for algorithmic accountability, by Meg Foulkes and Cedric Lombion Last month, Open Knowledge Foundation made a commitment to apply our unique skills and network to the emerging issues of AI and algorithms. We can now provide you with more details about the work we are planning to support legal […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25858" class="post post--excerpt post-25858 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/04/09/supporting-the-open-covid-pledge/" rel="bookmark">Supporting the Open COVID Pledge</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Openness and transparency are key to solving the COVID-19 crisis. The open sharing of data will help ensure public trust, encourage the restoration of public confidence in experts in the era of populism, and ultimately help lead to a vaccine to defeat the virus. The Open COVID Pledge – a project of an international coalition […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25710" class="post post--excerpt post-25710 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/03/19/staying-open-how-we-will-continue-our-work-despite-covid-19/" rel="bookmark">Staying open: how we will continue our work despite COVID-19</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p> We know that you will be concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on you and your loved ones. At the Open Knowledge Foundation, our thoughts are with all those around the world who have been affected by the outbreak, and we would like to thank everyone working on the frontline to tackle the virus […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25704" class="post post--excerpt post-25704 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-knowledge category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/03/19/making-remote-working-work-for-you-and-your-organisation/" rel="bookmark">Making remote working work for you and your organisation</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The coronavirus outbreak means that up to 20 per cent of the UK workforce could be off sick or self-isolating during the peak of an epidemic. Millions of people may not be ill, but they will be following expert advice to stay away from their workplace to help prevent the spread of the virus. […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25652" class="post post--excerpt post-25652 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/03/13/open-knowledge-ai-and-algorithms/" rel="bookmark">Open knowledge, AI and algorithms</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p> As the Open Knowledge Foundation turned 15 years old, we took the time to look at the changing landscape of challenges faced by society. The tumultuous debate around algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) appeared to us as an opportunity to mobilise our unique experience with open data and data literacy and create positive change. […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25631" class="post post--excerpt post-25631 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-knowledge category-okfn category-personal-data"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/02/27/breaking-up-big-tech-isnt-enough-we-need-to-break-them-open/" rel="bookmark">Breaking up big tech isn’t enough. We need to break them open</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p> From advocates, politicians and technologists, calls for doing something about big tech grow louder by the day. Yet concrete ideas are few or failing to reach the mainstream. This post covers what breaking up big tech would mean and why it’s not enough. I propose an open intervention that will give people a real […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25577" class="post post--excerpt post-25577 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn category-our-work"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/02/11/unveiling-the-new-okfn-org-website-blog-and-logo/" rel="bookmark">Unveiling the new okfn.org website, blog and logo</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Today the Open Knowledge Foundation is launching its revamped website, updated blog and new logo. Our vision is for a future that is fair, free and open. This will be our guiding principle in everything we do. Our mission is to create a more open world – a world where all non-personal information is open, […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25531" class="post post--excerpt post-25531 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data-day category-open-data-day-2020 category-okfn tag-open-data tag-open-data-day tag-open-data-day-2020"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2020/01/16/announcing-the-launch-of-the-open-data-day-2020-mini-grant-scheme/" rel="bookmark">Announcing the launch of the Open Data Day 2020 mini-grant scheme</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We are happy to announce the launch of the mini-grant scheme for Open Data Day 2020. This scheme will provide small funds to support the organisation of open data-related events across the world on Saturday 7th March 2020. Thanks to the generous support of this year’s mini-grant funders – Datopian, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25468" class="post post--excerpt post-25468 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/11/27/open-knowledge-foundation-ceo-catherine-stihler-awarded-obe/" rel="bookmark">Open Knowledge Foundation CEO Catherine Stihler awarded OBE</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Our chief executive Catherine Stihler has been awarded an OBE by Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge. She was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her service to politics. Yesterday, Catherine took part in the investiture at Buckingham Palace, watched on by her proud family. Catherine said: “It was an immense honour to receive […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25335" class="post post--excerpt post-25335 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-okfn tag-library tag-open-knowledge"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/08/26/world-library-congress-closing-libraries-is-short-sighted/" rel="bookmark">World Library Congress – Closing Libraries is ‘short-sighted’</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Closing down libraries to save money is ‘one of the most short-sighted decisions that public officials can make’, the World Library and Information Congress has heard. Speaking at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) annual congress in Athens, Open Knowledge Foundation chief executive Catherine Stihler said ‘libraries are too often seen as […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25240" class="post post--excerpt post-25240 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ckan category-open-data category-open-knowledge category-okfn"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/06/06/statement-from-the-open-knowledge-foundation-board-on-the-future-of-the-ckan-association/" rel="bookmark">Statement from the Open Knowledge Foundation Board on the future of the CKAN Association</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) Board met on Monday evening to discuss the future of the CKAN Association. The Board supported the CKAN Stewardship proposal jointly put forward by Link Digital and Datopian. As two of the longest serving members of the CKAN Community, it was felt their proposal would now move CKAN forward, strengthening […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-25203" class="post post--excerpt post-25203 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-foundation"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/05/20/for-a-fair-free-and-open-future-celebrating-15-years-of-the-open-knowledge-foundation/" rel="bookmark">For a fair, free and open future: celebrating 15 years of the Open Knowledge Foundation</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Fifteen years ago, the Open Knowledge Foundation was launched in Cambridge by entrepreneur and economist Rufus Pollock. At the time, open data was an entirely new concept. Worldwide internet users were barely above the 10 per cent mark, and Facebook was still in its infancy. But Rufus foresaw both the massive potential and the huge […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-24888" class="post post--excerpt post-24888 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-okfn tag-internet tag-open-knowledge-international"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/03/12/world-wide-web-faces-real-dangers-as-it-turns-30/" rel="bookmark">World Wide Web faces real dangers as it turns 30</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This article was originally published in The Scotsman. Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the world wide web has transformed modern life, but more work must be done to ensure it continues to be a force for good, writes Catherine Stihler. At the giant research laboratory in a suburb of Geneva, the innovative ideas produced by […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-24850" class="post post--excerpt post-24850 type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-open-data category-okfn category-open-knowledge-network category-talks tag-open-data tag-open-knowledge"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/03/04/fighting-for-a-more-open-world-keynote-speech-at-open-belgium-2019/" rel="bookmark">Fighting for a more open world: our CEO’s keynote speech at Open Belgium 2019</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>On Monday 4th March 2019, Catherine Stihler, the new chief executive of Open Knowledge International, will deliver a keynote speech – Fighting for a more open world – at the Open Belgium 2019 conference in Brussels. Read the speech below and visit the Open Belgium website or follow the hashtag to learn more about the event. […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-24762" class="post post--excerpt post-24762 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-international"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2019/02/11/building-a-more-open-world-thoughts-from-our-new-ceo-catherine-stihler/" rel="bookmark">Building a more open world: thoughts from our new CEO Catherine Stihler</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>This is my first week in my new role as Chief Executive of Open Knowledge International. Digital skills and data use have always been a personal passion, and I can’t wait to work alongside and meet so many talented people fighting for a more open world. It is a privilege to be part of an […]</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-24647" class="post post--excerpt post-24647 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-okfn tag-open-knowledge-international"> <header class="post-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2018/11/30/catherine-stihler-appointed-new-ceo-of-open-knowledge-international/" rel="bookmark">Catherine Stihler appointed new CEO of Open Knowledge International</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Catherine Stihler has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Open Knowledge International. Catherine has years of experience in the creation and sharing of knowledge on the global stage. She will join the OKI team in February, and will stand down as an MEP at the end of January after an extraordinary career […]</p> </div> </article> <nav class="blog-pagination" role="navigation"> <span class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blog.okfn.org/category/okfn/page/2/">2</a> <span class="page-numbers dots">…</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blog.okfn.org/category/okfn/page/7/">7</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://blog.okfn.org/category/okfn/page/2/">Next →</a> </nav> </div> <div class="sidebar col-lg-4"> <ul> <li id="search-3" class="widget widget_search"><h3 class="widgettitle">Search</h3><form class="search-form" action="https://blog.okfn.org/" method="get" role="search"> <input type="text" name="s" class="search-bar_input" value="" placeholder="Search..."> <div class="search-bar_submit"> <button type="submit" class="search-bar_button"> <span class="icon-search"></span> <span class="sr-only">Submit</span> </button> 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