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 […]
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 […]
Banda Aceh: Where Good Coffee and Open Data Meet
My passion for open data almost rivals that of my passion for coffee. Almost, because nothing beats good, fresh, strong coffee. So naturally, it’s a win-win experience for me when these two could meet – even abstractly – through one of our projects! Banda Aceh’s taking big steps towards becoming an open data champion Banda […]
Our Open Data for Transparency interviews are ready for viewing!
We’re excited to share with everyone our first series of videos featuring our Open Data for Transparency (OD4Transparency) project! In the videos, our project partners – Perkumpulan IDEA, Pattiro Surakarta, INCITEGov, and E-Net Philippines – and the mentors talk about the experiences, learnings, and challenges they faced throughout the project in using open data to […]
From open data to empowerment: 3 lessons from Filipino teachers
This blog was first published in the World Wide Web Foundation website. In the Philippines, teachers who offer religious instruction to school children often rely on donations or even work as unpaid volunteers. But this past October, a group of ustadz – Islamic teachers – in the Southern Philippines excitedly reported that finally their salaries and […]
Jakarta Lab in Numbers
2 national and 10 subnational governments influenced to proactively disclose data; 22 organisations using open data to strengthen their advocacies or help improve service delivery; 182 women and 252 men from different sectors trained on how to use data to advocate for change by understanding the world we live in better; More than 7000 individuals […]
Menteri Pendayagunaan Apratur Negara meresmikan Portal Data
Kementerian Pendayagunaan Apratratur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi Membuka Hasil dari Pelaksanaan Evaluasi Program Reformasi Birokrasi, Akuntabilitas dan Zona Integritas Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Birokrasi (Kementerian PANRB), akan meluncurkan portal online yakni menampilkan Hasil Evaluasi Pelaksanaan Program Reformasi Birokrasi, Akuntabilitas, dan Zona Integritas (bisa buka di http://evalrbkunwas.menpan.go.id/). Acara ini akan berlangsung pada 22 Februari di Kementerian PANRB. […]
Build, facilitate, celebrate: A look back at our 2015 highlights
2015 is almost over, and it’s paved the way for a lot of learning for us. We took on the challenge of listing down five out of the many Lab highlights for 2015. To know what they are, read on! We celebrated our official launch! The Open Data Lab Jakarta officially launched on 5 February. […]
Gaining Momentum: Five Lessons from Open Data Practice in Southeast Asia
Last week saw a packed agenda for the Jakarta Lab team: we engaged with open data activists from Malaysia and Indonesia at an event hosted by SEATTI, explored the potential of open data as a tool to promote financial transparency at the 6th Financial Transparency conference, and hosted our own regional research planning workshop with […]
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 […]