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Help us get it right! 🎥 Prof. Matthew Pye
Next Monday we are kicking off a collective exploration on how to create a responsible climate chatbot. Organised by @okfn #semanticClimate & Climate Academy
Register here: https://buff.ly/MUBOClj
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Join us, won't you? 🎥 Prof. Gitanjali Yadav
Next Monday we are kicking off a collective exploration on how to create a responsible climate AI chatbot. Organised by @okfn #semanticClimate & Climate Academy
Register here: https://blog.okfn.org/ai-learning-labs-climate-registration-form/
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“𝙒𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄.” – Gitanjali Yadav (#semanticClimate)
Welcoming OKFN's very first #AILearningLabs → https://blog.okfn.org/2026/05/11/how-can-we-build-a-responsible-climate-chatbot/
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The roundtable is open to all, and facilitated by @okfn, #semanticClimate and #TheClimateAcademy. Are you a researcher on AI and misinformation? We’d love to hear from you!
💬 Join the conversation: https://discuss.okfn.org/c/ai-learning-labs/160
➕ Learn more about the Labs: https://okfn.org/en/projects/ai-learning-labs/climate-change-chatbot/# -
🌳📈 For all those at the intersection of #AI and #climatedata – join us at the next #AILearningLabs conversation.
We will explore approaches to building a responsible climate chatbot with experts and practitioners.
🗓️ May 18
🕛 12:00 UTC
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▶️ [Roundtable] #CKAN at 20: The Future of #OpenData in the Era of #AI
Forward-looking reflections from key community members and live demonstrations of tools, integrations, and experiments with LLMs and open data portals.
🏛️ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/roundtable-ckan-20-the-future-of-open-data
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📣 Video documentation now live: 'The Future of Open Data'
Relive the online conference that brought the #opendata community together to celebrate two decades of #CKAN and discuss the current role of open data and data infrastructures.
👉🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2026/03/17/the-future-of-open-data-video-documentation/
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The Open Technology Research #OTR aims to close key evidence gaps that affect how governments and institutions make decisions about open technologies.
🌐 Join a global consultation on 19 March: https://opentechresearch.org/blog/shaping-a-shared-research-agenda-for-open-technology-research-join-our-global-consultations-on-19-march/#signup-form
🗣️ Share your perspective: https://app.formbricks.com/s/cmmc6fcrnzb3vs101ok1u2z0m
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🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: an online conference by @okfn to celebrate #OpenDataDay and the 20th anniversary of #CKAN 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 the community.
🗓️ Wednesday, March 11
🕙 10:00 - 15:00 UTC
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We created #CKAN over 20 years ago, and it's become the industry standard for #opendata portals.
It's used in over 50 countries – UK, US, India, Brazil, EU, as well as by many UN agencies, universities and research institutions worldwide.
Learn why 🎥 👇🏾 https://buff.ly/CBTVdXx
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Today, we are showcasing the full potential of #CKAN at the #DPGProductFair, during the @dpgalliance Annual Members' Meeting in #Brasília 🇧🇷
📸 @hsvab (@okbr), @avilarenata and Otavio Neves (CGU/Government of Brazil)
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✊🏾 "The most fundamental pillar of #opengovernment is software made by activists. If you have ever used official #opendata from Brazil, Canada, USA, UK, India, etc., you have used CKAN." – @avilarenata #OGPSummit
⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance
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🏛️🗯️ Democracy happens — and is lost — locally. That's why discussing an open, people-centred, sovereign #LocalStack is so urgent!
We kicked off our participation in #OGPSummit today facilitating this discussion with local government representatives.
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👋 Starting in 30! If you're attending #OGPSummit #OGPLocal afternoon in Vitoria-Gasteiz, come discuss with @okfn @dpgalliance in thematic session 𝗧𝗵𝗲 #𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗣𝗜
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Take this opportunity to reread 'The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons' by @avilarenata and Scott Griffen. The text explores a joint project to open the #IPI archive and makes a call for reflection on #AI infrastructures for the public good.
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🟡 And also with a session by Software Developer @avdata99 on the future of #CKAN, the data management system maintained by OKFN which powers most of the #opendata portals worldwide.
More: https://buff.ly/9AvPCHL
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🦙 The @CSVCONF is getting bigger and better every year. This time there was lots of interest, conversations and exchanges in a magnificent venue in Bologna, Italy. 🧵
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💬 "90% of tech problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades"
Andrés Vázques (@avdata99), a senior developer and #CKAN expert, is the 18th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/08/26/andres-vazquez-90-of-technological-problems-can-be-solved-with-tools-that-have-been-around-for-decades/
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🌎 «Latin American countries understood very early on that technology is political»
💬 @avilarenata @okfnYou can now watch the recording of this morning's #IGF2025 panel discussion, 'The relevance of #DPGs for advancing regional #DPI approaches'.
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📣 📸 We are looking for an emerging and vibrant communication agency from the #GlobalMajority to support #TheTechWeWant initiative with #video production and #design services.
Is that you? Or someone you know?
Share the Call for Proposals 👉🏾 https://buff.ly/XVHW4hx
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"Commons-based governance for #DigitalPublicInfrastructure"
By @okfn👉🏾 Upvote it here: https://buff.ly/M5bx6sk
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⭐️ Opportunity alert ⭐️ We have 2 open positions to work on the #CKAN services offered by @okfn. 🏃🏽♀️ Express applications are welcome - deadline is 15 March!
• Senior Developer: https://okfn.org/en/jobs/senior-dev-ckan-services/
• Product Owner: https://okfn.org/en/jobs/product-owner-ckan-services/Ready, steady, go: apply now!
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🇵🇾 Our Network member in #Paraguay Fernanda Carles just wrote a piece to @okfn's blog about her #ProyectoRespira, which aims to monitor air quality in #Asunción using open technologies. An unmissable read about a highly replicable project.
Read it here 👉🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2025/01/07/project-respira-open-innovation-for-environmental-justice-in-asuncion/
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👩🏽💻 Now anyone can detect errors in their tables and optimise the #datainteroperability. The latest features improved at ODE are changes to the Errors Report Panel, #AI integration, and fixes to usability.
📩 Available for Linux, MacOS and Windows: https://github.com/okfn/opendataeditor/releases/tag/v1.2.0
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🌐 As the #G20 Summit continues today, we are recirculating our T20 Policy Brief, which argues why #DigitalPublicInfrastructure for electoral processes is fundamental to democratic governance.
👉🏾 https://www.t20brasil.org/media/documentos/arquivos/TF05_ST_02_Digital_Public_Infr66d5d3a99497b.pdf
✍🏽 Authors: @avilarenata, and Juan Pablo Ruiz Nicolini (Fundar)
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✊🏾💡 Common(s) Causes is an effort by @okfn @creativecommons @openfuture #WikimediaEurope to create a shared advocacy agenda for the #KnowledgeCommons.
📃 Our new report outlines opportunities and threats facing the open movement: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/11/18/report-open-movements-commons-causes/
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🌐 As the #G20 Summit begins today, we are recirculating our T20 Policy Brief arguing why #DigitalPublicInfrastructure should be governed as a #Commons.
👉🏾 https://t20brasil.org/media/documentos/arquivos/TF05_ST_02_Governing_Digital_P66ccd2697b15b.pdf
✍🏽 Authors: @avilarenata, @melanieddr Ramya Chandrasekhar CIS/CNRS, and Andrew Rens @rianetwork
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✨ Confirmed speaker alert! ✨
Join Shweata Hedge, Developer at #semanticClimate, on the panel 'The Tech We Want is Sustainable for People and the Planet'.
💻🌱 #TechWeWant Summit
🗓️ 17 - 18 October
📍 Online
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👀 ODE helps you find errors in your datasets and correct them in no time – a process called #datavalidation in industry jargon. It also checks that your dataset has all the necessary information for others to use, guaranteeing, again in technical jargon, data #interoperability.
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🏛️ 🌍 "The agenda of #DigitalPublicGoods and #DigitalPublicInfrastructure are being pushed in a very top-down way" – Members from the Open Knowledge Asia Hub are part of the 13th #OKFN100.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/08/22/open-knowledge-is-still-seen-as-very-technical-in-asia-which-excludes-a-lot-of-people/
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📃 Our policy brief "Governing #DigitalPublicInfrastructure as a #Commons" has been officially published by the T20/#G20.
🔗 You can read it here: t20brasil.org/media/documentos/arquivos/TF05_ST_02_Governing_Digital_P66ccd2697b15b.pdf
✍🏽 Authors: @avilarenata @okfn, @melanieddr @rumya #CNRS, and #AndrewRens @Researchictafrica
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Planning to spend the summer in Europe? 🌞🌱 Together with @openfuture #CreativeCommons and #WikimediaEurope, we are hosting a side event to @wikimania 2024 to define a shared advocacy strategy for the #KnowledgeCommons.
👉🏾 Register your interest: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/01/commons-cause-towards-a-shared-advocacy-strategy-for-the-knowledge-commons
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🌱 Together with @openfuture #CreativeCommons and #WikimediaEurope, @okfn is hosting a day-long side event to @wikimania 2024 to define a shared advocacy strategy for the #KnowledgeCommons.
👉🏾 Read more & register your interest: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/01/commons-cause-towards-a-shared-advocacy-strategy-for-the-knowledge-commons
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🏃♂️ Don't miss the deadline! Come and work with us on the most exciting #opendata application of the year = #OpenDataEditor
Please tag your #SeniorDeveloper friends! They can be based anywhere. 🌐
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😎 Make the most of the weekend to spruce up your CV and apply to work with @okfn.
👩🏽💻 We are looking for a #SeniorDeveloper for the #OpenDataEditor (ODE).
🏃🏽♀️ Deadline: February 5.
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Don't miss the deadline to apply for the #SeniorDeveloper position: ⚠️ 5th February ⚠️. Come work with us and help bring the #OpenDataEditor to its first stable and public version.
Learn more: https://okfn.org/en/jobs/senior-developer/
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🌟 Job Opportunity 🌟 We are looking for a #SeniorDeveloper with at least 10 years of experience to bring #OpenDataEditor to the first stable and public release. It's a tool that will unlock the power of #opendata for everyone.
🚀 Apply now! https://okfn.org/en/jobs/senior-developer/
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🌟 Job Opportunity 🌟 We are looking for a #SeniorDeveloper with at least 10 years of experience to bring #OpenDataEditor to the first stable and public release. It's a tool that will unlock the power of #opendata for everyone.
🚀 Apply now! https://okfn.org/en/about/jobs/product-owner/
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Now live! 💪🏾
Hear from 40+ governments, organisations, and DPGs, including @okfn, in the #DPGAlliance State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem 2023 report to learn how #DPGs can be a force for cooperation, local value creation, and trust.
bit.ly/DPG-Ecosystem-2023
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Another webinar taking place this week through the OKFN + IDB partnership. Get ready now to learn about #datainteroperability using #FrictionlessData by the project lead, Evgeny Karev. Workshop in #English with translations to #Spanish and #Portuguese.
🗓️ August 24th
🕓 4 pm EST
🔗 It’s free, you just need to register: https://events.iadb.org/calendar/event/26778?lang=en -
Remember when US' #datagov announced the adoption of #CKAN as their data management system? It was ~10 years ago and gave a big boost to the #opengov movement.
Check out other milestones in the #OpenGovRetro series by @okfn
🏛️✨ https://blog.okfn.org/2023/07/05/open-government-retrospective/#May2013 -
Remember the #OpenSecretContracts campaign? It filled out freedom of information requests worldwide and was supported by over 30 orgs like #GlobalWitness #TransparencyInternational #WebFoundation and more https://bit.ly/3rnDR5g
Other #OpenGov milestones 🏛️✨ https://bit.ly/3JK9ex7
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Last Friday the @okfn team had a nice and spontaneous talk about #electiondata. 🗳️ It went something like this: https://blog.okfn.org/2023/03/13/how-far-are-we-from-an-election-data-standard/
What are your thoughts?