Every first quarter of the year, we at the Jakarta Lab reflect on the past year’s activities and take stock of what we have done so far in terms of promoting the use of open data in Indonesia and in surrounding countries in Asia to achieve political, economic,and social change. Established in 2015 with the […]
What will it take to improve data literacy of girls in Indonesia?
Almost a year ago, we wrote that in order to for women (and girls) in Indonesia to become digitally-empowered, there is a need to move beyond simply providing women with affordable access to ICTs. Instead, stakeholders must invest in activities to build the technical skills necessary to use digital tools for self-expression, mass mobilisation, and […]
The state of open data in Asia: four years of progress?
This blog post was written by Michael Cañares, Web Foundation Senior Researcher. Follow him on Twitter at @mikorulez. In January 2015, the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab in Jakarta brought together stakeholders from across Asia to explore the state of open data in their countries and consider how progress on open data could lead to better political, […]
Can We Use Open Data To Advance Gender-inclusive Development?
Last year, we worked on an action-research project looking at how open data can help promote gender-inclusive development in two districts in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. You can read more of our lessons learned from this project through our paper, “Can We Use Open Data to Advance Gender-inclusive Development?”. On a regular day, Iin Narniyati from Yogyakarta, […]
‘Open washing’: Flawed Freedom of Information in the Philippines
This post was written by Michael Cañares, regional research manager at our Open Data Labs Jakarta and was originally published by the Web Foundation. Photo © Newspaper Club, CC BY-NC-ND. As a citizen of the Philippines, a country that has been without a right to information law for more than 20 years, I find today — the International Day for […]
That co-creation buzzword: reflections from the open government for public service delivery workshop in Manila
This post originally appears on the Open Government Partnership website, as part of a series on public service delivery for open government. A friend of mine hates development buzzwords. Ever since Andrea Cornwall and her colleagues published “Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords” in 2010, said friend has always been conscious about her work language […]
Women at the Forefront of Open Data in Malaysia
For the last two years, the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta has worked with government and civil society actors in Malaysia to advocate for more openness in the Malaysian government. While Malaysia has initiated several open data initiatives in the past, like the launch of its national government open data portal, the […]
Open data and freedom of information: complements or competitors?
Can open data improve people’s access to information? Michael Cañares, Regional Research Manager at the Open Data Lab Jakarta looks at how citizens in Banda Aceh used Indonesia’s Freedom of Information Act, and how open data worked to bolster citizen participation. If you’re heading to IODC, join him at the Open Data Research Symposium and […]
Exploring Ways to Improve Public Procurement Data Disclosure in Jakarta
The Asian Development Bank’s assessment of public sector management in Indonesia in 2015 reported that the country’s core problem is “insufficient delivery of, and inequitable access to basic public services at the local level”. One of the identified causes for this are the lack of transparency and accountability in public procurement. For a country, whose […]
Jakarta Lab in Numbers
2 national and 10 subnational governments influenced to proactively disclose data; 22 organisations using open data to strengthen their advocacies or help improve service delivery; 182 women and 252 men from different sectors trained on how to use data to advocate for change by understanding the world we live in better; More than 7000 individuals […]