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

The Open Data Editor (ODE) is the new Open Knowledge Foundation’s app that makes it easier for people with little to no technical skills to work with data. Since January, it’s been developed thanks to the kind support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and has become a central product for putting our The Tech We Want...

As part of releasing the first stable version of the Open Data Editor (scheduled for December in the coming weeks), the Open Knowledge Foundation team has conducted a series of tests with real users and organisations. In this blog, we publish the feedback from the team at StoryData, a Barcelona-based agency with experts in data research, analysis...

This past October 14th we had the Latin America regional call, where we met with regional members of the Open Knowledge Network to share a relaxed and focused talk about our needs, and to present the map of communities we have been working on these last few months. The meeting was attended by a group of members of the Network from Latin...

The recent Open Knowledge Anglophone Africa meeting brought together passionate advocates and stakeholders committed to advancing open knowledge across the continent. This meeting was an important opportunity to assess the current state of the open movement, explore collaboration strategies, and chart the course for future projects and...

Last week, we had the opportunity to participate in the Annual Members Meeting of the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) in Singapore. The meeting is a space for all members of the Alliance to get together once a year to discuss agendas, updates, next steps and participate in discussions about the future of Digital Public Goods. It was also...

This report maps the current threats and opportunities facing the open movement, based on the ongoing work of the organisations behind the Common(s) Cause event, which took place in Katowice, Poland; as a pre-conference event for Wikimania 2024 on 6 August, 2024. The meeting was organised by Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation,...

We’re thrilled to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) has achieved NGOsource Equivalency Determination (ED) certification, formally establishing our recognition as equivalent to a US public charity. This status represents a major milestone for OKFN and opens new avenues for partnerships and support from US-based donors and...

ICT-Pulse

In our November 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Gerry George, an ICT professional and policy expert who is based in Saint Lucia, and IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst Matthew Cowen, who is based in Martinique, the panel discusses:  Are Caribbean businesses really benefitting from online...

What are important ethical principles that should be implemented to protect users in the metaverse and other digital spaces? Jamaican social enterprise, Youth Can Do IT (YCDI), in collaboration with Jesus College (Oxford), developed some ethical guidelines for the metaverse. In this episode, we chat with members of YCDI Joel Lawson, one of the...

More and more people want to work from anywhere. Thanks to the internet, it is increasingly possible to become a digital nomad, but for working professionals in particular, it is important to manage the upheaval and uncertainty that can be associated with that lifestyle.   The digital nomad lifestyle is often relegated to daydreams:...