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
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. BudgIT Foundation and Connected Development (CODE) received funding through the mini-grant scheme by Hivos / Open Contracting...
This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. AfricArxiv and APSOHA received funding through the mini-grant scheme by the Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research project, to...
This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. iWatch Africa and Lesotho Open Data Initiative received funding through the mini-grant scheme by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...
On Open Data Day 2019, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data. The Women Economic and Leadership Transformation Initiative (WELTI) and Safety First for Girls Outreach Foundation (SAFIGI) received funding through our mini-grant scheme by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the...
Data Curator is a simple desktop editor to help describe, validate, and share usable open data.
Open data producers are increasingly focusing on improving open data so it can be easily used to create insight and drive positive change. Open data is more likely to be used if data consumers can:
understand the structure and quality of the data...
Having data for budgets and spending can allow us to track public money flows in our communities. It can give us insights into how governments plan and focus on programmes, public works, and services. So the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT), along with Open Knowledge International (OKI), have been working on new tools to make this...
Findings from the Africa Open Data Index and Africa Data Revolution Report
Today, we are pleased to announce the results of Open Knowledge International’s Africa Open Data Index. This regional version of our Global Open Data Index collected baseline data on open data publication in 30 African countries to provide input for the second Africa Data...
The Governance Lab @ NYU
By Stefaan Verhulst, Andrew Young, and Andrew J. Zahuranec
The Circular City researchers (from left to right): Caroline McHeffey (Columbia University), Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab), Andrew Young (The GovLab), Arnaud Sahuguet (Cornell Tech), and Nilda Mesa (Columbia University). Photography by Anna Anderson.
When Brooklyn’s future leaders want to...
by Andrew J. Zahuranec and Alexandra Shaw
From left to right: Niels Ploug (Danmarks Statistik), Nick Eng (LinkedIn)Adrienne Schmoeker (City of New York), Brennan Lake (Cuebiq), and Stefaan Verhulst (The GovLab).
As of 2019, over 2,000 datasets have been published on New York City’s open data platform, making the City a global leader in data...
Yesterday, March 7, The GovLab joined New Lab and partners at a sold-out event to celebrate The Circular City, a program that brings together entrepreneurs, city leaders, corporate partners, and university innovators to tackle urban challenges.
As part of the program, we’re excited to announce the launch of Circular Data for a Circular City: Value...