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@okfn.bsky.social
We provide services, tools and training to build a world open by design where all knowledge is accessible to everyone.
#TheTechWeWant #OpenDataEditor #OpenDataCommons #SchoolOfData #CKAN
#TheTechWeWant #OpenDataEditor #OpenDataCommons #SchoolOfData #CKAN
📣 We urge EU leaders to adopt a 5-point plan to make open source AI the force multiplier for a resilient, autonomous Europe. Closed systems = dependency. Open systems = capacity.
Read our plan now: buff.ly/4acTKNV
Read our plan now: buff.ly/4acTKNV
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣 We urge EU leaders to adopt a 5-point plan to make open source AI the force multiplier for a resilient, autonomous Europe. Closed systems = dependency. Open systems = capacity.
Read our plan now: buff.ly/4acTKNV
Read our plan now: buff.ly/4acTKNV
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The OFA Symposium 2025 is happening next week, and we’re thrilled to showcase more details about our final conference track! To conclude Day 2 of the Symposium, we will explore Track 4: Sustainability and Security, from 13:30 to 16:20. Explore the full agenda here: symposium.openforumeurope.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The OFA Symposium 2025 is happening next week, and we’re thrilled to showcase more details about our final conference track! To conclude Day 2 of the Symposium, we will explore Track 4: Sustainability and Security, from 13:30 to 16:20. Explore the full agenda here: symposium.openforumeurope.org
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PARI's Local Government Programme Lead Jugal Mahabir has been collaborating with @okfn.bsky.social on Open Data
blog.okfn.org/2025/11/10/o...
blog.okfn.org/2025/11/10/o...
Open Data Editor in Action: Enhancing Fiscal Governance and Transparency in South African Municipalities - Open Knowledge Blog
ODE helped PARI restructure messy public financial datasets into a clean, consistent format, making them more presentable and ready for reliable analysis
blog.okfn.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
PARI's Local Government Programme Lead Jugal Mahabir has been collaborating with @okfn.bsky.social on Open Data
blog.okfn.org/2025/11/10/o...
blog.okfn.org/2025/11/10/o...
💬 "Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams"
🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/nlOhiMK
#openscience
#openknowledge
🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/nlOhiMK
#openscience
#openknowledge
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
💬 "Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams"
🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/nlOhiMK
#openscience
#openknowledge
🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/nlOhiMK
#openscience
#openknowledge
If you hate Excel formulas and don't really know what ‘metadata’ means, #OpenDataEditor is for you! A handy tool for 👩🏾💻 journalists, 📣 activists, 👨🏼✈️ civil servants, and anyone who isn't an engineer.
Download ODE and start learning now: buff.ly/iyqaNY2
Download ODE and start learning now: buff.ly/iyqaNY2
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you hate Excel formulas and don't really know what ‘metadata’ means, #OpenDataEditor is for you! A handy tool for 👩🏾💻 journalists, 📣 activists, 👨🏼✈️ civil servants, and anyone who isn't an engineer.
Download ODE and start learning now: buff.ly/iyqaNY2
Download ODE and start learning now: buff.ly/iyqaNY2
🌟 #OpenDataEditor in Action: ODE helped @aiofourown.bsky.social to standardise data and create #AI models that are built on respectful, culturally-accurate and ethically sourced data from the Cambodian and South African communities.
👉🏾 Check the use case: buff.ly/KHSiBiv
👉🏾 Check the use case: buff.ly/KHSiBiv
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌟 #OpenDataEditor in Action: ODE helped @aiofourown.bsky.social to standardise data and create #AI models that are built on respectful, culturally-accurate and ethically sourced data from the Cambodian and South African communities.
👉🏾 Check the use case: buff.ly/KHSiBiv
👉🏾 Check the use case: buff.ly/KHSiBiv
🌟 🙌🏾 Actualización emocionante: #OpenDataEditor ha sido reconocido como un #bienpúblicodigital por la Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).
Esto significa que la adopción global ha contribuido a los ODS de la ONU y que ODE cumple con los más altos estándares de #apertura.
👉🏾 Más: buff.ly/yBfykiJ
Esto significa que la adopción global ha contribuido a los ODS de la ONU y que ODE cumple con los más altos estándares de #apertura.
👉🏾 Más: buff.ly/yBfykiJ
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🌟 🙌🏾 Actualización emocionante: #OpenDataEditor ha sido reconocido como un #bienpúblicodigital por la Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).
Esto significa que la adopción global ha contribuido a los ODS de la ONU y que ODE cumple con los más altos estándares de #apertura.
👉🏾 Más: buff.ly/yBfykiJ
Esto significa que la adopción global ha contribuido a los ODS de la ONU y que ODE cumple con los más altos estándares de #apertura.
👉🏾 Más: buff.ly/yBfykiJ
🌟 🙌🏾 Exciting update: #OpenDataEditor has been recognised as a #digitalpublicgood by Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).
This means that the global adoption of the app has been contributing to the UN SDGs, and that ODE meets the highest standards of #openness.
👉🏾 More: buff.ly/ScQJ3wj
This means that the global adoption of the app has been contributing to the UN SDGs, and that ODE meets the highest standards of #openness.
👉🏾 More: buff.ly/ScQJ3wj
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌟 🙌🏾 Exciting update: #OpenDataEditor has been recognised as a #digitalpublicgood by Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA).
This means that the global adoption of the app has been contributing to the UN SDGs, and that ODE meets the highest standards of #openness.
👉🏾 More: buff.ly/ScQJ3wj
This means that the global adoption of the app has been contributing to the UN SDGs, and that ODE meets the highest standards of #openness.
👉🏾 More: buff.ly/ScQJ3wj
🌱 What governance models will best serve #OpenDataEditor and the public good over time? Join the community next week to help shape the future of the tool.
🗓️ 22 Oct
🕒 16:00 CEST
📍 Online
Register: buff.ly/iY3Ayii
🗓️ 22 Oct
🕒 16:00 CEST
📍 Online
Register: buff.ly/iY3Ayii
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌱 What governance models will best serve #OpenDataEditor and the public good over time? Join the community next week to help shape the future of the tool.
🗓️ 22 Oct
🕒 16:00 CEST
📍 Online
Register: buff.ly/iY3Ayii
🗓️ 22 Oct
🕒 16:00 CEST
📍 Online
Register: buff.ly/iY3Ayii
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Public interest tech should be built to last. Our partners at @okfn.bsky.social created The Tech We Want, a field guide that shows how simplicity, openness, and community-driven design lead to digital systems that can endure the test of time. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4rvjuvuf
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Public interest tech should be built to last. Our partners at @okfn.bsky.social created The Tech We Want, a field guide that shows how simplicity, openness, and community-driven design lead to digital systems that can endure the test of time. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4rvjuvuf
🗳️❌ "We are seeing datasets disappear depending on who is in power. Whole open data portals are going offline after certain elections, both at the national and local levels. This disturbing trend threatens the democracy we have today." – @avilarenata.bsky.social #OGPSummit
October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🗳️❌ "We are seeing datasets disappear depending on who is in power. Whole open data portals are going offline after certain elections, both at the national and local levels. This disturbing trend threatens the democracy we have today." – @avilarenata.bsky.social #OGPSummit
✊🏾 "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.bsky.social #OGPSummit
⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance
⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
✊🏾 "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.bsky.social #OGPSummit
⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance
⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance
☁️😵 We at @okfn.bsky.social are not afraid to talk about the elephant in the room: there can be no truly public digital infrastructure as long as the ‘cloud’ belongs to corporations.
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
☁️😵 We at @okfn.bsky.social are not afraid to talk about the elephant in the room: there can be no truly public digital infrastructure as long as the ‘cloud’ belongs to corporations.
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
📸 @avilarenata.bsky.social
at #OGPSummit
"It is neither intelligence nor artificial" 🗯️ #OGPSummit session today trying to pierce the hype.
Public interest #AI indeed can help improve data quality and create knowledge from #opendata (reading, interpreting, referencing it), but critical literacies are needed!
🧵
Public interest #AI indeed can help improve data quality and create knowledge from #opendata (reading, interpreting, referencing it), but critical literacies are needed!
🧵
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"It is neither intelligence nor artificial" 🗯️ #OGPSummit session today trying to pierce the hype.
Public interest #AI indeed can help improve data quality and create knowledge from #opendata (reading, interpreting, referencing it), but critical literacies are needed!
🧵
Public interest #AI indeed can help improve data quality and create knowledge from #opendata (reading, interpreting, referencing it), but critical literacies are needed!
🧵
🤩 If you see any of these faces at #OGPSummit in Spain, come talk to us about openness, digital public infrastructure, data governance, the #LocalStack, tech sovereignty, #TheTechWeWant, and any other topics at the intersections of #openknowledge.
👋 #OpenKnowledgeNetwork
👋 #OpenKnowledgeNetwork
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🤩 If you see any of these faces at #OGPSummit in Spain, come talk to us about openness, digital public infrastructure, data governance, the #LocalStack, tech sovereignty, #TheTechWeWant, and any other topics at the intersections of #openknowledge.
👋 #OpenKnowledgeNetwork
👋 #OpenKnowledgeNetwork
🏛️🗯️ 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.
@DPGAlliance
#TheTechWeWant
We kicked off our participation in #OGPSummit today facilitating this discussion with local government representatives.
@DPGAlliance
#TheTechWeWant
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🏛️🗯️ 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.
@DPGAlliance
#TheTechWeWant
We kicked off our participation in #OGPSummit today facilitating this discussion with local government representatives.
@DPGAlliance
#TheTechWeWant
👋 Starting in 30! If you're attending #OGPSummit #OGPLocal afternoon in Vitoria-Gasteiz, come discuss with @okfn.bsky.social #DPGA in thematic session 𝗧𝗵𝗲 #𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗣𝗜
October 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
👋 Starting in 30! If you're attending #OGPSummit #OGPLocal afternoon in Vitoria-Gasteiz, come discuss with @okfn.bsky.social #DPGA in thematic session 𝗧𝗵𝗲 #𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗣𝗜
✍️✨ Thank you very much Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas for your thoughtful report on how #OpenDataEditor is helping journalists tell better stories with data!
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
Free tool helps journalists clean data faster and with fewer errors
Free tool helps journalists clean data faster and with fewer errors Technology and AI. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
✍️✨ Thank you very much Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas for your thoughtful report on how #OpenDataEditor is helping journalists tell better stories with data!
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
#TheTechWeWant
#DataJournalism
buff.ly/sTFEU0m
🌱 Our focus for the #OGP2025 Global Summit is clear: putting communities, knowledge, data and AI to work for the public good. OKFN team members will be promoted and present at key sessions.
👉🏾 Learn more about our participation: buff.ly/rnm7vqF
👉🏾 Learn more about our participation: buff.ly/rnm7vqF
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🌱 Our focus for the #OGP2025 Global Summit is clear: putting communities, knowledge, data and AI to work for the public good. OKFN team members will be promoted and present at key sessions.
👉🏾 Learn more about our participation: buff.ly/rnm7vqF
👉🏾 Learn more about our participation: buff.ly/rnm7vqF
✨ Tomorrow: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨
Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities.
🗓️ 30 Sep
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/qvhHpa0
Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities.
🗓️ 30 Sep
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/qvhHpa0
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
✨ Tomorrow: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨
Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities.
🗓️ 30 Sep
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/qvhHpa0
Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities.
🗓️ 30 Sep
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/qvhHpa0
🚩 Are you getting ready to build public interest tech?
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build"
🗓️ 30 September 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
👇🏾 Details & Registration:
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build"
🗓️ 30 September 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
👇🏾 Details & Registration:
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Are you getting ready to build public interest tech? Join us to celebrate the launch of the Open Knowledge Foundation's field guide, 'The Tech We Want | Read This Before You Build.' This is an…
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September 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚩 Are you getting ready to build public interest tech?
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build"
🗓️ 30 September 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
👇🏾 Details & Registration:
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build"
🗓️ 30 September 2025
🕒 15:00 CEST
📍 Online
👇🏾 Details & Registration:
✨ Announcing Our New Field Guide: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨
👉🏾 Access it here: buff.ly/4jJfe1A
It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities.
🧵
👉🏾 Access it here: buff.ly/4jJfe1A
It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities.
🧵
September 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
✨ Announcing Our New Field Guide: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨
👉🏾 Access it here: buff.ly/4jJfe1A
It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities.
🧵
👉🏾 Access it here: buff.ly/4jJfe1A
It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities.
🧵
🇬🇷 This week, we are travelling to Athens for #iMEdDIJF25, where we will seek collective answers to the question, 'How can journalists and archivists work together?'
🎙️ This panel builds on our recent collaboration with the International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
🎙️ This panel builds on our recent collaboration with the International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🇬🇷 This week, we are travelling to Athens for #iMEdDIJF25, where we will seek collective answers to the question, 'How can journalists and archivists work together?'
🎙️ This panel builds on our recent collaboration with the International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
🎙️ This panel builds on our recent collaboration with the International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social
🙇🏽♀️ Today, we held the 3rd organised community gathering around #OpenDataEditor to discuss how to build #AI literacy as a collective strategy. Distinguished guest: Marek Tuszynski (Tactical Tech).
🎥 Recording: buff.ly/TktI1MY
Stay tuned for Open Session #4 in a month!
🎥 Recording: buff.ly/TktI1MY
Stay tuned for Open Session #4 in a month!
September 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🙇🏽♀️ Today, we held the 3rd organised community gathering around #OpenDataEditor to discuss how to build #AI literacy as a collective strategy. Distinguished guest: Marek Tuszynski (Tactical Tech).
🎥 Recording: buff.ly/TktI1MY
Stay tuned for Open Session #4 in a month!
🎥 Recording: buff.ly/TktI1MY
Stay tuned for Open Session #4 in a month!
🇧🇯 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers
Check out the highlights of Saliou Abdou's sessions to strengthen #opendata culture in Benin. They are now envisaging an Open Data 'club' to foster sharing, collaboration, and co-creation.
👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2025/09/02/t...
#SchoolOfData
Check out the highlights of Saliou Abdou's sessions to strengthen #opendata culture in Benin. They are now envisaging an Open Data 'club' to foster sharing, collaboration, and co-creation.
👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2025/09/02/t...
#SchoolOfData
September 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🇧🇯 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers
Check out the highlights of Saliou Abdou's sessions to strengthen #opendata culture in Benin. They are now envisaging an Open Data 'club' to foster sharing, collaboration, and co-creation.
👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2025/09/02/t...
#SchoolOfData
Check out the highlights of Saliou Abdou's sessions to strengthen #opendata culture in Benin. They are now envisaging an Open Data 'club' to foster sharing, collaboration, and co-creation.
👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2025/09/02/t...
#SchoolOfData