The Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab in Jakarta, in collaboration with the World Bank, is working on a project that will demonstrate different ways in increasing citizen engagement with open contracting data. This is part of the World Bank programme implemented in the city of Bandung in Indonesia, that starts off with the disclosure of […]
Join us at the International Open Data Conference
This week we’re in Buenos Aires, Argentina for IODC18 — the International Open Data Conference. Taking place September 27-28, IODC brings the global open data community together to share, plan, and collaborate to make sure the future is open. We’ll be joining innovators, activists, researchers and policymakers to learn and to share our experiences working with […]
How we failed and what we learned: 3 lessons from the Jakarta Lab’s work on open data
This piece was written by Michael Cañares, Web Foundation Senior Research Manager. I was invited by Reboot, a civic innovation organisation, to speak at a Fail Fare session on civic technologies at the civil society day during the Open Government Summit held last July in Tbilisi, Georgia. A Fail Fare session is the opposite […]
Digital Literacy and Young Girls in Indonesia: Bridging the Gap
In July, we held a workshop, “Starting them Young”, for girls to help build their digital literacy skills and use these to tackle social issues. Understanding the problem of the digital divide Indonesia is one of the largest and most populous countries in the world; it is also the fastest growing country in terms of […]
How we can build up digital ICT literacy in Indonesia by empowering women (and men)
This post was written by the Open Data Lab Jakarta’s Research Assistant, Debora Irene Christine, together with our Regional Research Manager for Asia, Michael Cañares. You can follow Debora @debby_bora and Michael @mikorulez on Twitter for more updates on their research. Recognising the importance of improved access to broadband network and services for increased economic […]
Advancing Data Literacy for Girls in Indonesia
World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta and Goethe-Institut Indonesien to hold workshop on digital literacy for girls from July 10-12. Only 20 percent of Indonesian women have access to the internet; of those, only 26% express their views online and only 5% find information in the Web about their rights. This are findings […]
Where we were and where to catch us next
Cover photo from the Re:publica 2018 website. All credits belong to them. 2018 is passing by quickly, and at the Jakarta Lab, we’ve been busy bees organising workshops, attending and presenting at various events, and actively advocating for better open data practices in the region (as we’ve been doing the last years). So where can […]
Using Open Data to Make Development More Inclusive for Women
This post was written by the Open Data Labs’ Strategic Partnerships and Outreach Manager, Louis Susanty, together with our Regional Research Manager for Asia, Michael Cañares. In 2017, we wanted to find out if providing women better access to government data can help them to proactively advocate for a more gender-inclusive development planning, budgeting, […]
Gender must be central to the data protection conversation, not a side note
This post was written by Ana Brandusescu, Web Foundation Research & Policy Officer and originally appears on the Web Foundation news. Follow her on Twitter at @anabmap. Photo © Daniel Friedman, CC BY-NC 2.0. Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels. Discussions at the conference covered a wide range of important digital […]
“ForEveryone”: A Movie Screening & Discussion on the History and Future of the World Wide Web
On December 13, we are hosting a film screening and discussion on the past, present and future of the World Wide Web. The event, free and open to the public, will take place at Ruang Serbaguna of the Ministry of Communications & Informatics in Jakarta and is hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications […]
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