With access to more data about their communities, teenagers can use it to shape decisions and plan their futures. Supported by the ODI’s mini-grants programme, the Argentine Government set out to empower young people with tools to find and compare…
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‘Bring Open Data to Your School’: connecting teens with open data in Argentina
Posted in Benefits of open data, Education, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Marisol Parnofiello, ODI, open data, young people
Data Pitch: a new Europe-wide data accelerator launches today
Up to 50 startups and SMEs to receive equity-free funding of up to €100k European Commission commits €7.1m into data driven innovation, and €4.8M to directly fund startups and SMEs over the next 3 years Startups will work with data…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Data Pitch, funding, ODI, open data, startups
When an international partnership works: growing open data startups in Mexico
Emma Truswell reports from Mexico City on how a partnership between the ODI, the Mexican government and an NGO has strengthened an international relationship, a government policy programme and a talented group of startups Representatives from Labora startups and the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Innovation, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Emma Truswell, Mexico, ODI, open data, startups
ODI Podcast: Open data stories from Argentina and Kenya
From public sector reform to building an initiative from the ground up, open data leaders from Argentina and Kenya share what’s worked for their programmes, what hasn’t and how we can improve equality of opportunity in data and tech Ahead…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds Tagged with: Argentina, Kenya, Linet Kwamboka, ODI, open data, Sandra Elena
ODI Queensland wins AU$400k funding to maximise open access to government data
Pioneer Node ODI Queensland has secured $400k from the government to help enable open access to government data. Alex Leon shares how this new partnership could help bridge the gap between open data commitment and action in Australia Story Bridge…
What is the vital data infrastructure for agriculture?
Announcing a public consultation on an Agriculture Sector Package for the Open Data Charter Open data can play an integral role in achieving global food security. Photo credit: flöschen / CC BY 2.0. As populations continue to grow and climate…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Environment, Food, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Public Health, Quality of life, Smart communities Tagged with: Agriculture, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (Godan), GODAN, GODAN 2016 Summit, nutrition, ODI, open data
ODI-Cardiff at Digital Tuesday in Penarth
The latest Digital Tuesday event focused on The Open Data Challenges for Wales. ODI-Cardiff was ably represented by Esko Reinikainen. During the talk he covered the mission of both the ODI and ODI Cardiff, data as infrastructure, the data spectrum,…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Cardiff, Digital Tuesday, Esko Reinikainen, ODI, ODI Cardiff, open data, Wales
The Cambrian News helps readers understand the attendance of their councillors
We’d like to highlight a nice piece of data journalism from Ceredigion. Cambrian News reporter Caleb Spencer wanted to make the information on councillors’ attendance at meetings more accessible to his readers. He created a visualisation in CartoDB which breaks the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, democracy, Informing Decision-making, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Caleb Spencer, Cardiff, Ceredigion, Data Journalism, ODI, ODI Cardiff, Wales
Open Data in Government
datasciencecentral.com – Open data has several definitions but our preferred one at Data To Value is from the Open Data Institute – ‘Open data is data that anyone can access, use and share.’ Simple really but there is a fo……
Help us find valuable data for agriculture
Contribute to our list of different types, sources and examples of data related to agriculture, and help us develop a better understanding of data in the sector We are exploring how open data can be used to improve agriculture and…