This is a guest post from ICT Watch’s Widuri, Lead Researcher of the Women’s Rights Online country-specific report for Indonesia. To get a copy of it in English, please get in touch with us at info@labs.webfoundation.org. Menjamurnya perangkat mobile dan semakin terjangkaunya harga akses internet di Indonesia ternyata belum cukup mendorong para perempuan untuk memanfaatkan potensi teknologi dan internet […]
Southeast Asia Open Data Innovation Week: Why we’re doing it, what it’s about, and who’s going to be there
You’ve hopefully come across our announcements, but we’ll still say it once again: next week, from the 22nd to the 24th of November, the Southeast Asia Open Data Innovation Week will take place! The event is a collaboration between the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta and Goethe-Institut Indonesien, with the support of Making All […]
A week to remember: Exhibit opening, Toolkit building, Women’s Rights, UX design
Data has been hailed as the greatest resource of the 21st century. In just a single week in November, we’ll be showing just how fundamental data is to modern society, and how many elements of our life it touches through a series of events celebrating innovation, learning and creativity. From a travelling photo exhibition, to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Open Data Innovation Week – Final Call
Do you have what it takes to create innovative tools? Are you interested in solving social challenges using open data? Then join us! There are only a few days left to go to apply for the Open Data Innovation Week, a joint project of the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta and Goethe-Institut […]
Meet, greet, and join us in these events
Front image: Madrid skyline. It’s that time of the year again—although ‘that time’ is more of a year-round happening: the Jakarta Lab will be organising, attending, and participating in a number of events from now until November. Come say hi to us if you find yourself in any of the following happenings or venues! In […]
Expanding Open Data Culture
Image generated by the ‘Mapping Wikipedia’ project, Oxford Internet Institute We’re exploring new ways to strengthen a culture of open data in Southeast Asia Today, we’re excited to announce that the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta is partnering with the Jakarta-based Goethe-Institut Indonesien, the German cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany. We […]
Improving Community Health in Banyuwangi with Open Data
June 1 event in Banyuwangi will share results from projects looking at how open data can be used to tackle HIV/AIDS On 1 June, government officials, civil society organisations and selected citizens will gather in Banyuwangi to discuss how open government data can best be used to tackle the growing issue of HIV and AIDS […]
We’re partnering with Making All Voices Count to Spark Innovation for Open Cities in Indonesia
New project will provide practical support to increase impact of open data for open cities initiatives. “Our success or failure in building sustainable cities will be a major factor in the success of the post-2015 UN development agenda.” – John Wilmoth, Director, UN’s Population Division Rapid urbanisation poses numerous challenges to city leaders. They must […]