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the School of Data project was announced on the Open Knowledge blog by our founder, Rufus Pollock. Over the last decade, the School of Data team and network facilitated trainings for over 6,000 individuals around the world, designed innovative training resources and methodologies and influences several dozens of organisations around the […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2022/02/08/10-years-of-school-of-data/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/06/public-procurement-data-in-the-philippines-and-where-to-find-it/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2019/03/gppb.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/06/public-procurement-data-in-the-philippines-and-where-to-find-it/" rel="bookmark">Public Procurement Data in the Philippines and Where to Find It</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 6, 2019 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/reflections-from-the-field/" rel="category tag">Reflections From The Field</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>Ben Hur Pintor, our fellow from the class of 2018, here shares his thoughts and research on public procurement data in the Philippines. During the selection process for the 2018 School of Data Fellowship here in the Philippines, I was informed that the selected Fellow will be working with data related to public procurement. As […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/06/public-procurement-data-in-the-philippines-and-where-to-find-it/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Fellowship</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/04/using-the-procurement-process-as-a-lens-for-assessing-audit-reports-what-to-watch-out-for/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2018/06/Odanga-Madung.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/04/using-the-procurement-process-as-a-lens-for-assessing-audit-reports-what-to-watch-out-for/" rel="bookmark">Using the procurement process as a lens for assessing audit reports: what to watch out for</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 4, 2019 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/reflections-from-the-field/" rel="category tag">Reflections From The Field</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>Odanga Madung, our 2018 Fellow, was fortunate to collaborate with the Institute of Economic Affairs in Kenya on their recent study into public procurement. In this article, Odanga reflects on his experiences and offers some tips for those tackling similar work.     The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in Kenya recently carried out a […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/04/using-the-procurement-process-as-a-lens-for-assessing-audit-reports-what-to-watch-out-for/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Fellowship</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/10/not-a-scary-concept-reflections-from-the-standard-group-data-conference/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/10/not-a-scary-concept-reflections-from-the-standard-group-data-conference/" rel="bookmark">“Not a scary concept”: Reflections from the Standard Group Data Conference</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on October 10, 2018 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>In his first piece for the School of Data blog, our 2018 Fellow, Kelvin Wellington, reflects on his experiences at the Standard Group Conference in Accra in July 2018. To date, the conversation around open data has been firmly centred in its importance and the implications of championing the cause. Is it a cause worth […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/10/not-a-scary-concept-reflections-from-the-standard-group-data-conference/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Event report</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/08/reflections-from-the-field-1-cultural-heritage-conservation-as-a-data-problem/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2018/10/Symboles_Mangyan.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/08/reflections-from-the-field-1-cultural-heritage-conservation-as-a-data-problem/" rel="bookmark">Reflections from the Field #2: Cultural Heritage Conservation as a Data Problem</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on October 8, 2018 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/reflections-from-the-field/" rel="category tag">Reflections From The Field</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>For the second in our series of blog posts – ‘Reflections From The Field’ – our 2018 School of Data Fellow, Ben Hur Pintor, is inspired to ask questions about cultural heritage data. “Can this be considered a data problem?” asked Tatine, one of the participants of the Data Pipeline training conducted by Hani and […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/10/08/reflections-from-the-field-1-cultural-heritage-conservation-as-a-data-problem/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Fellowship</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/06/22/introducing-the-2018-class-of-school-of-data-fellows/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2018/06/2018-fellows.jpeg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/06/22/introducing-the-2018-class-of-school-of-data-fellows/" rel="bookmark">Introducing the 2018 Class of School of Data Fellows!</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on June 22, 2018 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>School of Data is delighted to announce its sixth class of fellows. From June until January 2019, the programme will allow fellows to deepen their data literacy skills and work alongside local partner organisations to enhance the data literacy network local to them. We were really pleased to receive a large number of applications and […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/06/22/introducing-the-2018-class-of-school-of-data-fellows/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/05/10/2018-fellowship-deadline-extension-for-indonesia/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/05/10/2018-fellowship-deadline-extension-for-indonesia/" rel="bookmark">2018 Fellowship – Deadline Extension for Indonesia</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on May 10, 2018 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>Note: the application window is now closed! We have been made aware that a lot of the potential applicants in Indonesia weren’t aware of the Fellowship opportunity. Consequently we’re extending the application deadline for Indonesia only for one week, until Wednesday May 17th, GMT+0. Apply now As a reminder, the Fellowship in Indonesia will be […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/05/10/2018-fellowship-deadline-extension-for-indonesia/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Uncategorized</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/04/16/apply-now-school-of-datas-2018-fellowship-programme/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/04/16/apply-now-school-of-datas-2018-fellowship-programme/" rel="bookmark">Apply Now! School of Data’s 2018 Fellowship Programme</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on April 16, 2018 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>UPDATE: the application window has closed. Thanks for applying! School of Data is inviting journalists, data scientists, civil society advocates and anyone interested in advancing data literacy to apply for its 2018 Fellowship Programme, which will run from May 2018 to January 2019. 8 positions are open, 1 in each of the following countries: Bolivia, […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2018/04/16/apply-now-school-of-datas-2018-fellowship-programme/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/12/20/teamsport/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/11/IMG_5485.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/12/20/teamsport/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on December 20, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/research/" rel="category tag">Research</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. Our aim in producing ‘Data is a Team Sport’ was to surface learnings and present them in formats that would be accessible to data literacy practitioners. Thanks to the efforts […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/12/20/teamsport/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/10/03/2017-summer-camp-dispatch-1-thank-you/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/scodacamp17_0.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/10/03/2017-summer-camp-dispatch-1-thank-you/" rel="bookmark">2017 Summer Camp dispatch #1: Thank You</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on October 3, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>School of Data’s 2017 Summer Camp has reached an end and was, by most metrics, a resounding success! This is especially when one considers the leap of faith we took on several aspects: the first three days included a new mix of sessions, which we tried to broadcast live; the last 2 days featured an […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/10/03/2017-summer-camp-dispatch-1-thank-you/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Event report</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/18/ten-cool-things-i-learned-at-datajconf/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/yanjconf_0.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/18/ten-cool-things-i-learned-at-datajconf/" rel="bookmark">Ten Cool Things I Learned at DataJConf</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on August 18, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/events/" rel="category tag">Events</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/yannaungoak/" title="Posts by Yan Naung Oak" rel="author">Yan Naung Oak</a></span>This article was cross-posted from its original location at the Open and Shut blog I had a fantastic time at the European Computational and Data Journalism Conference in Dublin on 6-7 July in the company of many like-minded data journalists, academics, and open data practitioners. There were a lot of stimulating ideas shared during the […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/18/ten-cool-things-i-learned-at-datajconf/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Events</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/13/team-sport-government/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/08/6419794587_3e7e60f6a9.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/13/team-sport-government/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: Government Priorities and Incentives</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on August 13, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. To subscribe to the podcast series, cut and paste the following link into your podcast manager : http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/337462183″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/13/team-sport-government/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/07/team-sport-mentors-mediators-mad-skills/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/08/mentoring-1.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/07/team-sport-mentors-mediators-mad-skills/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: Mentors Mediators and Mad Skills</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on August 7, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. To subscribe to the podcast series, cut and paste the following link into your podcast manager : http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/336474972″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/08/07/team-sport-mentors-mediators-mad-skills/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/29/team-sport-friedhelm-weinberg/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/07/huridocs-2011.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/29/team-sport-friedhelm-weinberg/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: One on One with Friedhelm Weinberg</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 29, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. To subscribe to the podcast series, cut and paste the following link into your podcast manager : http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/335294348″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/29/team-sport-friedhelm-weinberg/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/20/the-genesis-of-the-school-of-data-fellowship/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/07/J1B0043.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/20/the-genesis-of-the-school-of-data-fellowship/" rel="bookmark">The Genesis of The School of Data Fellowship</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 20, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/katelynrogers/" title="Posts by Katelyn Rogers" rel="author">Katelyn Rogers</a></span>In 2013, data literacy was, and in many ways remains, a nascent field. Unsurprisingly, finding reliable trainers to carry out School of Data missions around the world was a struggle. We started our Fellowship programme, as a way to address the lack of data literacy trainers throughout the world. Even in 2013, it was clear […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/20/the-genesis-of-the-school-of-data-fellowship/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Fellowship</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/19/team-sport-heather-leson/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/07/Education-by-Tuktuk-Design-Noun-Project.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/19/team-sport-heather-leson/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: One on One with Heather Leson</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 19, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. To subscribe to the podcast series, cut and paste the following link into your podcast manager : http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/333725312″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/19/team-sport-heather-leson/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/14/rethinking-data-literacy-how-useful-is-your-2-day-training/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/Data-Literacy-Activity-Matrix-Value-Added.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/14/rethinking-data-literacy-how-useful-is-your-2-day-training/" rel="bookmark">Rethinking data literacy: how useful is your 2-day training?</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 14, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/research/" rel="category tag">Research</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>As of July 2017, School of Data’s network includes 14 organisations around the world which collectively participate to organise hundreds of data literacy events every year. The success of this network-based strategy did not come naturally: we had to rethink and move away from our MOOC-like strategy in 2013 in order to be more relevant […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/14/rethinking-data-literacy-how-useful-is-your-2-day-training/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Research</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/12/team-sport-advocacy-organisations/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/07/advocacy.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/12/team-sport-advocacy-organisations/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: Advocacy Organisations</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 12, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is our open-research project exploring the data literacy eco-system and how it is evolving in the wake of post-fact, fake news and data-driven confusion. We are producing a series of videos, blog posts and podcasts based on a series of online conversations we are having with data literacy practitioners. To subscribe […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/12/team-sport-advocacy-organisations/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/03/team-sport-daniela-lepiz/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2015/02/16464951876_ed070fc307_b.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/03/team-sport-daniela-lepiz/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: One on One with Daniela Lepiz</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on July 3, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. To subscribe to the podcast series, cut and paste the following link into your podcast manager : http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/331054739″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] This […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/07/03/team-sport-daniela-lepiz/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/announcing-our-new-member-caribbean-school-of-data/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/announcing-our-new-member-caribbean-school-of-data/" rel="bookmark">Announcing our new member: ‘Caribbean School of Data’</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on June 21, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>Today we’re delighted to welcome a new organisational member to our network: the Caribbean Open Institute! They will carry the Caribbean School of Data Initiative. The new Caribbean initiative is led by Maurice McNaughton who coordinates the Caribbean Open Institute, as the regional node for the Open Data for Development network activities in the Caribbean. […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/announcing-our-new-member-caribbean-school-of-data/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/welcoming-our-2017-fellows-and-data-experts/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/welcoming-our-2017-fellows-and-data-experts/" rel="bookmark">Welcoming our 2017 Fellows and Data Experts!</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on June 21, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>We’re delighted to welcome our new Fellows and Data Experts to School of Data! We wish them all every success for the year ahead. Fellows Idriss Kone, Cote D’Ivoire Idriss is a statistician and economist at the Ministry of Budget in Cote d’Ivoire where he is responsible for monitoring and evaluating customs activities including the […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/21/welcoming-our-2017-fellows-and-data-experts/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/20/data-driven-journalism/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/joedaly.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/20/data-driven-journalism/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: Data-Driven Journalism</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on June 20, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. Cut and paste this link into your podcast app to subscribe: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store and Stitcher. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328987340″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In this episode we speak with two veteran […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/20/data-driven-journalism/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/06/data-is-a-team-sport-episode-1/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/malickcamp1.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/06/data-is-a-team-sport-episode-1/" rel="bookmark">Data is a Team Sport: Enabling Learning</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on June 6, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/event-report/" rel="category tag">Event report</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/dirkslater/" title="Posts by Dirk Slater" rel="author">Dirk Slater</a></span>Data is a Team Sport is a series of online conversations held with data literacy practitioners in mid-2017 that explores the ever evolving data literacy eco-system. Cut and paste this link into your podcast app to subscribe: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:311573348/sounds.rss or find us in the iTunes Store. In this episode we speak with two veteran data literacy practitioners who have been involved with […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/06/06/data-is-a-team-sport-episode-1/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/31/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-3/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/31/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-3/" rel="bookmark">How do you become data literate? Part 3</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on May 31, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>What does it mean to become ‘data literate’? Where do you start and how can you use data within your work and projects? To explore these questions, we would like to introduce some of our community members and data activists from around the world, who ended up working with data at some point in their […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/31/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-3/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/29/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-2/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/29/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-2/" rel="bookmark">How do you become data literate? Part 2</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on May 29, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/helene-hahn/" title="Posts by helene.hahn" rel="author">helene.hahn</a></span>What does it mean to become ‘data literate’? Where do you start and how can you use data within your work and projects? To explore these questions, we would like to introduce some of our community members and data activists from around the world, who ended up working with data at some point in their […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/29/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-2/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Uncategorized</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/26/de-anonymising-ukraine-university-entrance-test-results/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/26/de-anonymising-ukraine-university-entrance-test-results/" rel="bookmark">De-anonymising Ukraine university entrance test results</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on May 26, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/vadymhudyma/" title="Posts by Vadym Hudyma" rel="author">Vadym Hudyma</a></span>Authors: Vadym Hudyma, Pavlo Myronov. Part 1 of a series on Ukrainian student data. Introduction External Independent Evaluation Testing is a single exam is used nationwide to access all public universities. As detailed in our previous article, the release of a poorly anonymised dataset by organisation in charge of the External Independent Evaluation Testing (EIT) […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/26/de-anonymising-ukraine-university-entrance-test-results/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/23/the-lost-privacy-of-ukrainian-students-a-story-of-bad-anonymisation/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/vadym_image_5.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/23/the-lost-privacy-of-ukrainian-students-a-story-of-bad-anonymisation/" rel="bookmark">The lost privacy of Ukrainian students: a story of bad anonymisation</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on May 23, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/vadymhudyma/" title="Posts by Vadym Hudyma" rel="author">Vadym Hudyma</a></span>Authors: Vadym Hudyma, Pavlo Myronov. Part 1 of a series on Ukrainian student data. Introduction Ukraine has long been plagued with corruption in the university admission process due to a complicated and untransparent process of admission, especially for state-funded seats. To get it would-be students required not just a good grades from school (which also […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/05/23/the-lost-privacy-of-ukrainian-students-a-story-of-bad-anonymisation/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/29/french-le-fellowship-de-school-of-data-questions-et-reponses/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2017/03/SCODA_FellowshipBanner_2.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/29/french-le-fellowship-de-school-of-data-questions-et-reponses/" rel="bookmark">[French] Le Fellowship de School of Data : Questions et réponses</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 29, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>En 2017, nous recrutons des Fellows dans trois pays francophones: Haïti, Côte d’Ivoire et Sénégal. Les thèmes sont les suivants : Haïti: Fondamentaux de la littératie de données Côte d’Ivoire, Sénégal: Données de l’industrie extractive. Voir l’annonce principale Vous n’êtes pas certains que le Fellowship soit fait pour vous ? Vous vous posez encore des […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/29/french-le-fellowship-de-school-of-data-questions-et-reponses/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Fellowship</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/23/ask-your-questions-to-former-school-of-data-fellows/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/23/ask-your-questions-to-former-school-of-data-fellows/" rel="bookmark">Ask Your Questions to Former School of Data Fellows</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 23, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/events/" rel="category tag">Events</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/megfoulkes/" title="Posts by Meg Foulkes" rel="author">Meg Foulkes</a></span>  Do you have questions about what it’s like to be a School of Data Fellow? What will I learn? How can I fit Fellowship work around other commitments like work and family? Will I need to travel a lot? As part of our call for applications for the 2017 Fellowships and Data Experts, we’re […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/23/ask-your-questions-to-former-school-of-data-fellows/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/21/french-postulez-maintenant-candidatures-ouvertes-pour-les-programmes-de-school-of-data/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/SCODA_600x400_Banners_fellow_fr.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/21/french-postulez-maintenant-candidatures-ouvertes-pour-les-programmes-de-school-of-data/" rel="bookmark">[French] Postulez maintenant! Candidatures ouvertes pour les programmes de School of Data</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 21, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>School of Data invite journalistes, associations de la société civiles – et quiconque intéressé par la promotion de la littératie de données – à candidater à son programme de Fellowship. Les candidatures pour ce programmes, qui durent d’avril à mai 2017, fermeront Dimanche 16 avril 2017. Pour le Fellowship francophones, School of Data recherche des […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/21/french-postulez-maintenant-candidatures-ouvertes-pour-les-programmes-de-school-of-data/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/09/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-1/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/09/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-1/" rel="bookmark">How do you become data literate? Part 1</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 9, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/helene-hahn/" title="Posts by helene.hahn" rel="author">helene.hahn</a></span>We at Open Knowledge Foundation Germany launched a new project this year, that we’re very proud of: Datenschule (datenschule.de), the German version of School of Data. We want to encourage civil society organisations, journalists and human rights defenders to use data and technology effectively within their work to create positive social change. But what does […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/09/how-do-you-become-data-literate-part-1/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Community</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/02/apply-now-school-of-datas-fellowship-and-data-expert-programmes/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/SCODA_600x400_Banners_080317-1.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/02/apply-now-school-of-datas-fellowship-and-data-expert-programmes/" rel="bookmark">Apply Now! School of Data’s Fellowship and Data Expert Programmes</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on March 2, 2017 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>School of Data is inviting journalists, civil society advocates and anyone interested in pushing data literacy forward to apply for its 2017 Fellowship and Data Expert Programmes, which will run from April to December 2017. Up to 10 positions are open, with an application deadline set on Sunday, April 16th of 2017. Apply for the […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2017/03/02/apply-now-school-of-datas-fellowship-and-data-expert-programmes/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Announcement</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/23/sni-2016-ict-and-open-data-for-sustainable-development/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/23/sni-2016-ict-and-open-data-for-sustainable-development/" rel="bookmark">SNI 2016: ICT and Open Data for Sustainable Development</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on November 23, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/malicklingani/" title="Posts by Malick Lingani" rel="author">Malick Lingani</a></span>The National ICT Week (SNI) is an annual event in Burkina Faso dedicated to promote ICT. Each year, thousands of people are introduced to the basics of operating computers; impactful ICT initiatives are also rewarded by a host of prizes. This year’s event, the 12th edition, was hosted by the Ministry of Digital Economy from […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/23/sni-2016-ict-and-open-data-for-sustainable-development/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/16/who-works-with-data-in-el-salvador/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/16/who-works-with-data-in-el-salvador/" rel="bookmark">Who works with data in El Salvador?</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on November 16, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/omaluna/" title="Posts by Omar Luna" rel="author">Omar Luna</a></span>For five years, El Salvador has had the Public Information Access Law (PIAL), which requires various kinds of information from all state, municipal and public-private entities —such as statistics, contracts, agreements, plans, etc. These inputs are all managed under the tutelage of PIAL, in an accurate and timely manner. As well as the social control […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/16/who-works-with-data-in-el-salvador/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/15/understanding-the-extractives-data-community-in-burkina-faso/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/15/understanding-the-extractives-data-community-in-burkina-faso/" rel="bookmark">Understanding the extractives data community in Burkina Faso</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on November 15, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/malicklingani/" title="Posts by Malick Lingani" rel="author">Malick Lingani</a></span>As a 2016 School of Data Fellow, my focus area of work is Extractives Data and I work with NRGI to advance data literacy in that sector in Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is experiencing a mining boom mainly due to the exploitation of gold. With a production of 5.6 tons of gold […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/15/understanding-the-extractives-data-community-in-burkina-faso/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/05/the-state-of-open-data-in-burkina-faso/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/05/the-state-of-open-data-in-burkina-faso/" rel="bookmark">The state of Open Data in Burkina Faso</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on November 5, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/malicklingani/" title="Posts by Malick Lingani" rel="author">Malick Lingani</a></span>The Open Data Community The Burkina Open Data Initiative (BODI), set by the National Agency for the Promotion of ICT (ANPTIC), leads the open data community in Burkina Faso. Created in 2013, BODI has undertaken many activities, including building a strong community of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Government Bodies and […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/05/the-state-of-open-data-in-burkina-faso/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div> </div> <div class="item"> <div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/04/the-state-of-open-data-in-bolivia/" style="background-image:url(//assets.okfn.org/web/images/blog-placeholder.png);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/04/the-state-of-open-data-in-bolivia/" rel="bookmark">The state of Open Data in Bolivia</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on November 4, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-blog/" rel="category tag">Data Blog</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/fellowship/" rel="category tag">Fellowship</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/raisa/" title="Posts by Raisa Valda Ampuero" rel="author">Raisa Valda Ampuero</a></span>To start my work as a School of Data fellow this year, I needed to survey the Open Data community in Bolivia. I wanted to rediscover and meet its members, those that are driving us towards the goal of making the data in our country open, and identify the concerns and the challenges we face. […]</div><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/11/04/the-state-of-open-data-in-bolivia/" class="btn btn-primary btn-uppercase">Full Post</a> </div><h3 class="ribbon">Data Blog</h3></div><div class="box post preview"><div class="padder"> <a class="image" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/10/11/welcome-to-school-of-datas-second-steering-committee/" style="background-image:url(https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2016/07/DSC05431.jpg);"></a><div class="text"><h2><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/10/11/welcome-to-school-of-datas-second-steering-committee/" rel="bookmark">Welcome to School of Data’s Second Steering Committee!</a></h2><span class="entry-meta"> Posted on October 11, 2016 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/community/" rel="category tag">Community</a></span>by <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedriclombion/" title="Posts by Cedric Lombion" rel="author">Cedric Lombion</a></span>During the 2016 School of Data Summer Camp, a new Steering Committee has been elected by our members. 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