We have two new how-to guides based on our open data project in Banyuwangi In June this year, we concluded the implementation of the “Strengthening Local Bureaucracy Reform through Open Data” project, which focused on how open data can be used to strengthen relationships between government and civil society in order to achieve governance reforms […]
Archives for October 2016
A timeline of the Jakarta Lab at work
In action: Participants of the Data2Life. Life2Data. project learning to capture data’s impact through photography. Since our soft launch in 2014, it’s been at the core of the Jakarta Lab to do our part in realising the potential of open data in order to reap its benefits for social change. Fast-forward to now, here’s a […]
Open Data + Innovation: Making cities work for citizens
How can open data improve citizens’ lives in Indonesian cities? This is the question we keep asking as we embark on our “Innovating for Open Cities” project, supported by Making All Voices Count. We’re developing and testing open data-driven, citizen-centric solutions at the local level, working with selected like-minded innovators who share our belief in […]
The organisations open data can’t live without: Intermediaries
As part of the Open Data Research Symposium, our Open Data Lab Jakarta’s Research Manager Glenn Maail will be presenting a draft paper looking at the value and role of ‘intermediaries’ in open data initiatives on 5 October at 11:15 CET. So, what’s an ‘open data intermediary’? Do they really help projects to succeed? And how […]
Capturing the impact of data on everyday lives
October 5 and 6 exhibit openings will showcase the photography and creative narrative results capturing data as reality in Yogyakarta We will be unveiling our “Data2Life. Life2Data” exhibit to a global audience this month. The exhibit will open on 5th October in Yogyakarta, Indonesia at the Institute of Art. The exhibit will also be shown […]