Original post from the World Wide Web Foundation: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the Web Foundation, has called for the Internet to be recognised as a basic human right. At the release of the 2014-15 Web Index — the world’s first measure of the Web’s contribution to social, economic […]
Archives for December 2014
Wrapping up the Freedom of Information and Open Data project in Banda Aceh
The last of the workshops for the ‘Opening Data for Better Education in Aceh’ project is done – at least for the moment. With a big part of the Open Data Lab’s Jakarta team flying over to Banda Aceh, the 3-day final workshop was held from 09 -12 December 2014 in the Bappeda office of […]
From open data to a right to data: A response to the UN Data Revolution report
Original post from the World Wide Web Foundation: “Data are the lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability,” says a new UN report. We couldn’t agree more. At a recent workshop with the Independent Expert Advisory Group’s lead author, Claire Melamed, participants (including Publish What You Fund, ONE Campaign, Open Data Watch and […]
We’re learning to facilitate like rockstars!
Last Friday, right in the home of the Open Data Lab Jakarta, we got treated to a crash-course on becoming facilitators of the rockstar caliber. We underwent the fun and rigorous training in preparation for the final workshop in our Banda Aceh project, and mostly to harness our communications and presentation skills. The 2-day event […]
Enabling the Data Revolution: Announcing the 3rd International Open Data Conference 2015
Original post from the World Wide Web Foundation: The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the World Bank and the Government of Canada have just announced the 3rd International Open Data Conference, to be held in May 27-29, 2015, in Ottawa, Canada. The Web Foundation is delighted to join the hosts and a distinguished group of […]