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‘Open washing’: Flawed Freedom of Information in the Philippines

September 28, 2017 by Michael Canares Leave a Comment

‘Open washing’: Flawed Freedom of Information in the Philippines

This post was written by Michael Cañares, regional research manager at our Open Data Labs Jakarta and was originally published by the Web Foundation. Photo © Newspaper Club, CC BY-NC-ND.   As a citizen of the Philippines, a country that has been without a right to information law for more than 20 years, I find today — the International Day for […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Jakarta Lab, Web Foundation Tagged With: FOI, government, open washing, Philippines, surveillance, transparency

Women at the Forefront of Open Data in Malaysia

March 28, 2017 by Michael Canares Leave a Comment

Women at the Forefront of Open Data in Malaysia

For the last two years, the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta has worked with government and civil society actors in Malaysia to advocate for more openness in the Malaysian government.  While Malaysia has initiated several open data initiatives in the past, like the launch of its national government open data portal, the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Jakarta Lab Tagged With: FOI, freedom of information, Malaysia, open data

Open Data & the OGP Founding 8: Where Are They Now?

December 7, 2016 by Open Data Labs Leave a Comment

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? […]

Filed Under: Blog, Open Data Barometer, Web Foundation Tagged With: FOI, implementation, odb, OGP

Open data and freedom of information: complements or competitors?

September 28, 2016 by Michael Canares Leave a Comment

Open data and freedom of information: complements or competitors?

Can open data improve people’s access to information? Michael Cañares, Regional Research Manager at the Open Data Lab Jakarta looks at how citizens in Banda Aceh used Indonesia’s Freedom of Information Act, and how open data worked to bolster citizen participation. If you’re heading to IODC, join him at the Open Data Research Symposium and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Jakarta Lab, Projects Tagged With: Banda Aceh, education, FOI, GeRAK, health, open data

Banda Aceh: Where Good Coffee and Open Data Meet

June 3, 2016 by Adhitya Randy Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Jakarta Lab, Projects, Workshops and Trainings Tagged With: Banda Aceh, data processing trainings, FOI, lessons learned, open data

We had a blast at Rightscon 2015!

April 7, 2015 by Open Data Labs Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Jakarta Lab, Open Data Barometer, Open Data for Transparency, Presentations on Open Data, Web Foundation Tagged With: affordable Internet, digital rights, FOI, freedom of information, Magna Carta for the Web, open data, rightscon, transparency, web foundation

Looking back at 2014

February 24, 2015 by Open Data Labs Leave a Comment

Looking back at 2014

Time flies fast: we’ve entered the second month of 2015 and already our Jakarta Lab’s been active with our on-going initiatives. Additionally, we worked together as a well-oiled team to organise and bring about the Regional Open Data Agenda-Setting Workshop 2015 and the official Launch of the Open Data Lab Jakarta, both held over a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Jakarta Lab, Jakarta Open Data Initiative, Open Data Barometer, Open Data for Transparency, Presentations on Open Data, Workshops and Trainings Tagged With: aceh open data, binus university, data4policy, ESQ Stimik, FOI, freedom of information, hackjak, jakarta open data initiative, od4t, open data, open data barometer

Financial transparency and information regimes: Initial lessons from OD4T project

January 28, 2015 by Michael Canares Leave a Comment

Financial transparency and information regimes: Initial lessons from OD4T project

With funding support from the Southeast Asia Technology and Transparency Initiative (SEATTI), the Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta is implementing the ‘Promoting the Use of Open Data to Strengthen Fiscal Transparency in Indonesia and the Philippines’ (OD4T) project. The goal of the project is to improve local fiscal government transparency in the aforementioned countries. To […]

Filed Under: Blog, Jakarta Lab, Projects Tagged With: FDP, fiscal transparency, FOI, full disclosure policy, indonesia, open data, Philippines, transparency

Wrapping up the Freedom of Information and Open Data project in Banda Aceh

December 14, 2014 by Open Data Labs Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Freedom of Information, Projects Tagged With: Banda Aceh, education, FOI, freedom of information, Kinerja, open data, social development

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