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
The Caribbean region ranks lowest in statistical performance compared to other regions, and studies have estimated the value of Open Data alone could contribute between 1% and 2% to the national GDP of Caribbean countries. The ‘Data Queen’ herself, Raquel Seville, is back to discuss her new start-up, Dataffluent, which is offering financial and...
In our January 2025 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Esmeralda Levens-Wijngaarde of Blyce in Curaçao, and Niko Kluyver also of Curaçao and CyberVade, the panel discusses: the impact of social media on mental health in the Caribbean; data residency in the Caribbean; and big tech and developing countries: can there...
The Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum (TTIGF) is just around the corner, and worldwide, it is among the first Internet Governance events of the year. With Jaqueline Morris, a longstanding player in the global Internet Governance space and the current Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Multistakeholder Advisory Group Board, which is the...
The rejection of digital wallets and contactless payment options by Jamaican merchants seems to be growing with no end in sight. Potentially, there are far-reaching implications than just requiring customers to use other forms of payment.
A few weeks ago, on 20 December 2024, I highlighted what seemed to have been an emerging trend in...
Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
Air pollution is one of the world’s greatest environmental threats to public health. In Asunción, Paraguay, where pollution levels are increasing year after year, there is an urgent need for initiatives to tackle this problem. Project Respira, funded by the Mozilla Foundation as part of the Open-Source AI for Environmental Justice Award 2024...
‘Open Data Workshop’ took place on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at the new conference center of the Region of Central Macedonia. The event, organised by the Digital Governance Sub-region, focused on the values of open data in modern societies, aiming to promote transparency, innovation, and sustainable development.
Τhe event featured...
In collaboration with Romina Colman
How can AI help non-technical users validate and improve the quality of their data in the Open Data Editor, taking into account transparency, privacy, and functionality?
In this blog post, we reflect on the collaboration, process and outcomes of integrating an AI feature into the Open Data...
2024 marked a significant year for Open Knowledge Nepal (OKN) as we strengthened data-driven governance and fostered a culture of open data and collaboration across Nepal. As the year comes to a close, we reflect on our major initiatives and achievements that paved the way for a more transparent and innovative data ecosystem....
In the first week of December, we had the opportunity and the pleasure to participate in the Open America event in Brazil, which brings together prestigious international meetings dedicated to the research, publication and use of open data on topics such as transparency, access to information, open government, civic technologies, data journalism,...
On 26th November during our Open Knowledge Network monthly call Marie Kreil, co-director of the Prototype Fund at Open Knowledge Germany, and Verena Kontschieder, Project Lead for Prototype Fund at Opendata.ch (our Swiss chapter), presented the Prototype Fund in their respective countries.
The idea behind Prototype Fund (that we...