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
ICT-Pulse
As regional parliaments shift toward paperless chambers, AI tools, and digital civic portals, a critical question emerges: How do we modernise governance without eroding democratic values whilst also leveraging a digital ecosystem built on trust, transparency, and security? We highlight some of the inherent risks of parliamentary digitisation, but...
Caribbean businesses are online. But can they get paid? Businesses are building websites, using social media and reaching customers beyond their borders. Yet digital transactions still account for only a small share of business activity across the region. The problem is not simply digital adoption. We discuss.
The Caribbean region has...
In our August 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Emmanuel Louis is the Founder and Managing Director of Novarex Technologies, who is originally from Haiti, and Jason Hynds is the Director and Chief Technology Officer of P.a.R.T.S. Inc, of Barbados, the panel discusses: Can the Caribbean bridge the regional...
Who makes the rules that shape our digital world, and how do we ensure the Caribbean gets a say? In our latest podcast episode, we sit down with Nigel Cassimire, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union and Coordinator of the Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF), to discuss how the internet governance space has...
We were promised that digital tools would shrink work weeks and boost efficiency—so why do our days feel busier and longer and our organisation’s overheads higher? We are joined, once again, by longtime friend of the Podcast, IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst Matthew Cowen to try to cut through the tech hype. In this...
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
This year’s Symposium is guided by the theme “Shaping the Open Transition”. The program features speakers from Fiji, Ireland, Australia, India, Slovenia, Brazil, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Nigeria, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
The post Preliminary agenda announced for the Open Technology Research Symposium 2026 first...
SkyCommons Observatory released, protecting our BrainCommons, a responsible AI chatbot, shared learnings at UN Big Data, preparing for the Open Technology Symposium, and more.
The post New frontiers for open knowledge – OKFN Newsletter July 2026 first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
A recap of the BrainCommons opening session on the importance of making brain-computer interfaces open by design
The post Opening Remarks: An Open Neurotech Stack first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
A recap of the BrainCommons panel on how openness works in practice at different layers of the tech stack
The post Understanding the BCI Stack: Where Openness Matters first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
A recap of the Brain Commons panel on the governance of neurotech and neural data
The post Governing the Brain Commons: Openness as Public Infrastructure first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.