This post is originally published by the Web Foundation. Mark your calendar! On September 20 the Web Foundation will launch the next version of our Open Data Barometer. Now in its fifth year, the Barometer is a measure of how governments publish and use open data for accountability, innovation and social impact. 2018 marks a decade of open data — […]
Digital Literacy and Young Girls in Indonesia: Bridging the Gap
In July, we held a workshop, “Starting them Young”, for girls to help build their digital literacy skills and use these to tackle social issues. Understanding the problem of the digital divide Indonesia is one of the largest and most populous countries in the world; it is also the fastest growing country in terms of […]
How we can build up digital ICT literacy in Indonesia by empowering women (and men)
This post was written by the Open Data Lab Jakarta’s Research Assistant, Debora Irene Christine, together with our Regional Research Manager for Asia, Michael Cañares. You can follow Debora @debby_bora and Michael @mikorulez on Twitter for more updates on their research. Recognising the importance of improved access to broadband network and services for increased economic […]
Advancing Data Literacy for Girls in Indonesia
World Wide Web Foundation, Open Data Lab Jakarta dan Goethe-Institut Indonesia menyelenggarakan lokakarya literasi digital untuk perempuan muda pada tanggal 10-12 Juli. Laporan utama World Wide Web Foundation berjudul “Women’s Rights Online” menunjukkan kesenjangan gender di bidang digital cukup signifikan di Indonesia. Rata-rata hanya 20 persen perempuan Indonesia memiliki akses internet; di antara mereka hanya […]
Firefighting app featured in the Atlas of Innovation for Economic Stability
Photo by Freestocks.org DARU, an app designed to improve firefighting efforts in Jakarta, has been featured in the Atlas of Innovation for Economic Stability. Developed by Radya Labs with the support of the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta, DARU is designed to deliver crucial information and visualise rescue plans in real-time using data from the Jakarta open data portal. This gives the […]
From extraction to empowerment: a better future for data for development
This post was written by Andreas Pawelke (@pa_wela), Director of the Open Data Lab Jakarta, and Michael Cañares (@mikorulez), Web Foundation Senior Research Manager. Photo © Irendra Radjawali. During Open Government Week we’ve been thinking about what needs to be done to put citizens at the center of data initiatives in a way that gives them meaningful influence in […]
Where we were and where to catch us next
Cover photo from the Re:publica 2018 website. All credits belong to them. 2018 is passing by quickly, and at the Jakarta Lab, we’ve been busy bees organising workshops, attending and presenting at various events, and actively advocating for better open data practices in the region (as we’ve been doing the last years). So where can […]
Jakarta Lab in Numbers: 2017
“We are happy that you still continue supporting us and our work”. This was what Ashkalani, Coordinator of GeRAK Aceh told our Regional Research Manager, Michael Cañares, when they last met. GeRAK Aceh, an anti-corruption organisation based in Banda Aceh, Indonesia is one of our very first local partners when we started our work in […]
Join our team
Our Open Data Lab Jakarta has two open positions available for an immediate start. We are looking for a Data Scientist to help us with data trainings, analysis and mapping of datasets, with the aim of building up open data technical capacities in the region. We are also looking for a Project Manager to take […]
Data for Development: What’s next? [New Research]
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Digital data offers a great many opportunities for development by enabling actors to strengthen decision-making processes, improve service delivery, elicit meaningful citizen participation, and increase responsiveness in humanitarian services. At the same time, it can generate new forms of exclusion, new methods of surveillance and threatens individual privacy. In a new report, Data for Development: What’s […]