This article originally appeared on SciDev.net. Photo above: School Children at Bislig Elementary School, on the island of Leyte, Philippines. © Asian Development Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 True change will come if we stop treating data as a techie bolt-on and reach marginalised groups, says Ana Brandusescu, Web Foundation digital citizenship research officer. In the Philippines, ustadz […]
Open Data Barometer: As citizens demand accountability, governments keep data locked away
With early open data leaders stalling, and 9 out of 10 datasets still not open, governments are missing an opportunity to win trust and engage with citizens through open data Today we launched the fourth edition of the Open Data Barometer, a global snapshot of how governments are using open data for accountability, innovation and […]
Delivering Digital Equality: The Web Foundation’s 2017 – 2022 Strategy
This article was originally posted on the Web Foundation’s website. You can view it here. Our Focus “This is for everyone.” This simple message is what Sir Tim Berners-Lee — the inventor of the web, and founding director of the Web Foundation — shared with 900 million people during the opening ceremony of the London […]
From Placard to Policy: Why capacity building matters
How Indonesian civil society used open data to shift mining policy At the Jakarta Lab, we’re lucky to find many reasons to celebrate – from what we do, to where it takes us and what we learn along the way. Just recently, we had another reason to be proud of our work: our partner GeRAK […]
Open Data & the OGP Founding 8: Where Are They Now?
This post is originally published by the Web Foundation, in “Open Data & the OGP Founding 8: Where Are They Now?”, dated 6 December 2016. Image © Descrier descrier.co.uk, CC BY 2.0 Five years on from the founding of the Open Government Partnership, how are the original OGP members faring on the implementation of open data? […]
Who participates? Who benefits? Forum on Women’s Rights Online in Indonesia
This is a guest post from the Web Foundation’s Ingrid Brudvig, Lead Researcher of the Women’s Rights Online report. In October 2015, the Web Foundation’s Women’s Rights Online network launched a global report based on a year-long household survey research project in ten cities, including Jakarta, focused on poor urban communities. The global findings show […]
Masih Banyak Perempuan di Indonesia Belum Melek Internet
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 […]
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 research creating new advocates across Global South
Image above © Nicolas Raymond, CC BY 2.0. This blog was first published in the World Wide Web Foundation website. We’re excited to share the feedback from the latest evaluation of our ‘Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries (ODDC) research project. It’s clear that over time, our investment in research, building understanding and […]