On 21 March, the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta, together with Transparency International Indonesia and Open Government Indonesia, and with the support of Ford Foundation is holding a roundtable discussion on “Open Data and the Fight Against Corruption in Indonesia”. The event will be held at the Office of the President in Jakarta, Indonesia, […]
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 […]
Here’s where we’ll be in the next weeks!
Just like busy bees, the Jakarta Lab is packed with projects to wrap-up, activities to organise, and events to attend in the next weeks. From now until June, come say hi to us if you find yourself in any of the below number of events. For the month of April: From April 27 to 28, […]
Celebrating International Open Data Day 2016 in Jakarta
Last March 4, Friday, we celebrated the International Open Data Day through a one-day sharing and gathering event, which was a collaborative effort of 10 organisations and data experts. Teeming with over 50 participants, there were students and academics, civil society activists, journalists, programmers and tech enthusiasts, international NGO representatives, and government officials in attendance. […]
Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucracy Reform launches data portal
The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucracy Reform unveils the Evaluation Results from the Bureaucratic Reform, Accountability, and Integrity Zones The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucracy Reform of the Republic of Indonesia (Kementerian PANRB), will launch an online portal showcasing the results of the evaluations of the bureaucratic reform, integrity, and accountability zone program (Available at […]
8 Pelajaran penting dari Konferensi TICTeC2015
Bulan lalu, dengan dukungan dari Ford Foundation, perwakilan dari Open Data Lab Jakarta dan Perkumpulan IDEA berkesempatan untuk berpartisipasi dalam The Impact of Civic Technology Conference 2015 (TICTeC2015) di London, Inggris. TICTeC2015 diselenggarakan oleh MySociety sebagai wadah bagi peneliti, akademisi, dan praktisi untuk berkumpul, berdiskusi serta berbagi pengalaman mengenai implementasi dan evaluasi dari program civic […]
We had a blast at Rightscon 2015!
The conference area of Crowne Plaza Hotel Manila was buzzing with people attending Rightscon 2015. Representatives across various sectors—from journalists and activists, to major tech players such as Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, and more – were present for the two-day event. The Web Foundation was also present, with members of the Open Data Labs, Web We […]
Data for Africa, by Africa: Rebooting open data and the High Level Conference on the Data Revolution
The original post by Savita Bailur, Open Data Research Lead of the Web Foundation, could be found here. In this extended blog post, Savita Bailur, the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Research Lead, reflects on last week’s ‘Data Revolution in Africa’, held in Addis Ababa. The World Wide Web Foundation was delighted to be […]
How to ‘open’ data and more
Have you ever wondered how to properly ‘open’ data? What skills, background knowledge and software are needed and could be used for it? The Lab’s resident Data Analyst took to the challenge of explaining, training and showcasing his data expertise in mentoring workshops with our Open Data for Transparency partners, E-Net Philippines and INCITEGov. Last […]
See you at Rightscon!
The Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta will be attending Rightscon from 24-25 March 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Metro Manila, Philippines. Our highlight session will take place from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM on the 24th of February entitled “A Right to Data? Challenges at the Intersection of Freedom of Information and Open […]