Open News, Events, Blogs
The COIWeb aggregates news, opinions and developments from various research sources around the world, including:
- The Open Data Research Network hosted by the Web Foundation,
- World Bank Open Data & ICT4D Blogs
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- GovLabs @ NYU
World Bank Open Data
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“The World Bank is one of the world’s largest producers of development data and research. But our responsibility does not stop with making these global public goods available; we need to make them understandable to a general audience.
When both the public and policy makers share an evidence-based view of...
A test subject holding a reference image and a silhouette derived from the photo by Tensorflow/DeepLab semantic image segmentation model.
Human body measurements are used to evaluate health trends in various populations. We wanted a simple way to reliably measure someone’s height as part a field interview, using a photo of them holding a...
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
This blog has been reposted from Medium
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2018. On Saturday 3 March, groups from around the world organised over 400 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. 45 events received additional support through the Open Knowledge International mini-grants...
This post was jointly written by Ana Brandusescu (Web Foundation) and Danny Lämmerhirt (Open Knowledge International), co-chairs of the Measurement and Accountability Working Group of the Open Data Charter. It was originally published via the Open Data Charter’s Medium account.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Open...
This blog has been reposted from the Hetor blog.
Since 2015 Open Knowledge International has been part of the consortium of Route-To-PA, a European innovation project aimed at improving citizen engagement by enabling meaningful interaction between open data users, open data publishers and open data. In the Route-To-PA case study series, we shine a...
This blog was written by Rodrigo Valdez (Girolabs) and Transparency International Cameroon.
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2018. On Saturday 3 March, groups from around the world organised over 400 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. 45 events received additional support...
This blog has been reposted from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team website
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2018. On Saturday 3 March, groups from around the world organised over 400 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. 45 events received additional support through the Open...
The Governance Lab @ NYU
The GovLab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Stewards website — a new portal for connecting organizations across sectors that seek to promote responsible data leadership that can address the challenges of the 21st century — developed with generous support from the William and Flora...
Open Data for Developing Countries
This blog is a repost, see the original on the Open Government Partnership Website.
The partnership will help advance the open data efforts in more than 60 OGP countries that have committed to implement ambitious open data principles.
Since the creation of the Open Government Partnership, Open Data commitments have been at the core of...
Looking to connect with the Open Data for Development Network on #OpenGovWeek? We’re pleased to say there are many opportunities to learn more about what we have going on and join us!
Open Data – How to Publish with Purpose
Consultation on a Feminist Open Governance Research Agenda (online)
“How to Build your Municipalities...