Join us at The Tech We Want Summit and take a critical stand on today’s technologies

Today we are happy to announce The Tech We Want, a series of initiatives that we’ve been working on for a long time at the Open Knowledge Foundation and that has been guiding us in the way we develop software. In recent years, technology has adopted a complex, wasteful, and expensive approach to serving its […]

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Unlocking the Power of Data for Peace: Highlights from the Policy Driver Document for Data Accessibility and User-Friendliness in Peacebuilding

In July 2024, peacebuilders, activists, academics, third sector and staff from intergovernmental organisations such as the United Nations and the OSCE, came together for a policy hackathon at the Austrian Forum for Peace Conference in Burgenland near the Hungarian border.

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‘Open knowledge is still seen as very technical in Asia, which excludes a lot of people’

Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.

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CKAN 2.11: Hypermedia approach for the tech we want

The new version integrates HTMX to CKAN and opens up the way for creating dynamic user interfaces.

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‘A vicious circle is preventing openness from flourishing in Francophone Africa’

Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Francophone Africa Hub join us for the twelfth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.

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Bangladesh must immediately stop persecuting experts of the open movement

This week our thoughts are with the Open Knowledge community in Bangladesh, whose members have been deeply affected by internet shutdowns, curfews and arrests.

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Follow us in Poland or online at Wikimania, the biggest gathering of the open community in 2024

It’s time to get together and unite. See the details of each session and come and say hello – in person or virtually.

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The European Union must keep funding free software

Open Letter to the European Commission

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‘There are many data gaps in Latin America and we lack collection methods’

Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Latin America Hub join us for the eleventh #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.

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Policy Brief: Governing Digital Public Infrastructure as a Commons

Policy Brief submitted by Open Knowledge Foundation, Center for Internet and Society and Research ICT Africa to T20, Engagement Group of G20 under Task Force T05 – Inclusive digital transformation

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You are invited to OPEN GOES COP’s 2nd Webinar

We’re advocating for openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences. If you’re working at the intersection of openness and climate change, please come!

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