The 31st of December 2015 marks the deadline that donors set themselves to make their aid fully transparent. The Road to 2015 campaign was launched over a year ago to push donors to meet their commitment and we are now entering the home …

Road to 2015: The Home Straight Read more »

This post was originally published on the Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab blog. In July 2015 we held our first open data surgery. We met a lot of groups and were able to talk to them about the sorts of …

Open Data Surgeries – Like ‘Embarrassing Bodies’, but with data Read more »

Today, the US Government announces major new funding at the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa to achieve food security by 2030, as part of its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These goals will be finalised in …

Major funding from US Government for open data to tackle hunger and global poverty Read more »

Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund today launched a new joint project aimed at improving the way that data can be shared and used. The Joined-Up Data Standards project, supported by Omidyar Network, seeks to change the way in …

Development Initiatives and Publish What You Fund launch new project to make data easier to compare and use Read more »

Share A photo is uploaded to Instagram. Millions of gallons of water course through pipes deep below the street. A plane meanders across the early morning sky. Data can be found everywhere in the world, this isn’t the challenge. The …

Enigma Raises $28.2 Million in Series B Funding Read more »

Culture Everywhere, a new platform that helps organisations develop fundable arts projects for social good, has scooped a £50,000 cash prize. The project has won the Heritage & Culture award in the Open Data Challenge Series, a national competition run …

Culture Everywhere wins UK open data startup challenge Read more »