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 […]
Before the year ends, here’s where you can catch us!
2017 is fast coming to an end—but before it does, we still have a couple of events and workshops to organise, speak at or simply attend. Come say hi to us if you find yourself in any of the following happenings! This November is full of events we’re looking forward to: Open Data Conference, Shanghai, […]
Open data is about people, not just innovation
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 […]
Youth in Action: How Jakarta can say “No” to disaster
Original photo from the Diary of a Hotel Addict, CC BY 2.0. Colour and add-on modifications by the Open Data Lab Jakarta. This is the third installment in our Innovating for Open Cities blog series, featuring our interview with Perkumpulan SKALA. You can also read our project wrap-up and our interview with Radya Labs on […]
DARU: Firefighting at your fingertips
Original photo from the Diary of a Hotel Addict, CC BY 2.0. Colour and add-on modifications by the Open Data Lab Jakarta. The hype around “Smart Cities” has influenced discussions on urbanism worldwide. Locally in Indonesia, the concept of smart cities is becoming more popular and cities across the country are starting to integrate and […]
How are open data and public service innovation connected?
On March 22, we’re hosting an event at the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucracy Reform in Jakarta: “Innovation in Public Services through Open Data: Learning from Indonesian Cross-Sectoral Champions”. The event will have two components – a forum and an exhibition – and aims to introduce the different actors implementing innovative, open data-driven solutions to […]
Engage, Incubate, and Collaborate: How We Innovate and Help Make Indonesian Cities More Open
Original photo from the Diary of a Hotel Addict, CC BY 2.0. Colour and add-on modifications by the Open Data Lab Jakarta. When we first started our Innovating for Open Cities project last year with the support of Making All Voices Count, we embarked on a mission to demonstrate the value of open data in […]
Open is the New Smart: Making Cities Work for Citizens
A celebration of Open Data Day in Jakarta What: “Open is the New Smart: Making Cities Work for Citizens” Event Where: Goethehaus Jakarta When: 7th of March, 16:00 to 19:00 Register: Through our Eventbrite page, or contact Antya Widita (antya@webfoundation.org) On March 7, we’re organising the “Open is the New Smart: Making Cities Work for […]
The year that was: looking back at 2016
Though a rocky year globally, 2016 was a year of growth at the Jakarta Lab. We kickstarted new partnerships that took us out of our comfort zones, helped launch open data portals, took on the challenge of blending data with culture and with smart cities, and much more. Though we faced challenges along the way, […]
Take-aways from the Southeast Asia Open Data Innovation Week
This post was originally posted on Medium.com, written by Ivy Ong from @ivyong_ph DVa, Pitch Perfect, OpenCeption, Go Map Go – just some of the witty names these fun peeps came up w/ for their #opendata #InnoWeek tools! pic.twitter.com/G4cnCE5GYW — Open Data Lab JKT (@ODLabJkt) November 24, 2016 Last week, around 22 innovators met at […]