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 month we are in Paris for the Digital Public Goods Alliance Annual Members Meeting, hosted by the Government of France. The AMM is where the DPGA community comes together every year to discover, develop, use and invest in digital public goods. Our delegation will be there throughout, leading sessions concentrated on 18 November. Recent...
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Beyond our sessions and events, the best part of our BCN tour was the people: catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones is what keeps the open knowledge communities moving
The post Open Tech Week Recap: Meeting Our Communities in Barcelona first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
An Austrian story worth carrying forward. A new beginning for open data, shared knowledge, and technology that serves everyone.
The post Open Knowledge Austria starts anew first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
The Frictionless libraries for R and Python now support the Data Package v2 specification — with cross-language harmonisation, automatic version detection and continued v1 compatibility. Made possible by the NLnet Foundation, all the maintainers and broader Frictionless Data community.
The post Announcing Data Package v2 Support in Frictionless R...
Our team is heading to BCN ready to promote open, sovereign and democratic technologies. Here's what you need to know to get involved and find out more.
The post OKFN at Barcelona Open Tech Week 2026: Follow Our Sessions first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
Take a look at the new hands-on course from School of Data, designed for educators and community practitioners. The course focuses on accuracy, source-grounded information and AI with conversational guardrails.
The post New Course: How to Build a Responsible AI Chatbot Using Open Technologies first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
ICT-Pulse
Too often, we talk about Caribbean tech in terms of infrastructure and code. But the real heartbeat of innovation is people. In this episode, with a leader in the region’s geospatial intelligence space, Nathaly Carolina of DataAxis, which is headquartered in Curaçao, we explore what it truly takes to build a human-centred digital ecosystem across...
Sovereignty on a weak foundation: Why digital ambition in the Caribbean needs infrastructure reality
Can you run a digital economy on an unstable power grid? In our latest article, we explore why real digital transformation in the Caribbean starts at the power plant, and not just in the cloud.
In a recent report by The Tribune in The Bahamas, Opposition Senator Rick Fox raised a crucial point that hits home for countries across the...
Jamaica’s shift toward a cashless economy, driven by initiatives like JAM-DEX, digital banking and the elimination of cheques, promises unprecedented convenience. However, there is resistance and scepticism that suggest a crisis of public trust. In this article, we highlight the key areas of contention and recommend how banks can bridge the gap...
Could country-code domains be the Caribbean’s most underrated digital export? Thanks to the global AI boom, Anguilla’s .ai domain code now generates nearly half of all government revenue. In our latest article, we explore how Caribbean countries can address some of the existing challenges and potentially tap into global digital markets....