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Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy - Open Knowledge Blog Drawing on two decades of experience in building and supporting open digital infrastructure, we provide observations and recommendations to advance the EU’s strategic approach to open source,…

Joint response submitted yesterday by @okfn.bsky.social with #OKSweden #OKEstonia #OKFinland 👇🏾

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🇪🇺 Top 3 recommendations from the #OpenKnowledgeNetwork to shape the @EU_Commission's Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy:

📑 Dedicated EU funding for open digital infrastructure
📑 Open-source as mandatory in EU-funded projects
📑 EU-wide platforms for code, tools and expertise

💫 Now officially launched: #OpenTechnologyResearch will connect research, community, and policy, to ensure that diverse voices guide inquiry and impact. By @openforumeurope.org @okfn.bsky.social @opensource.org

👩🏾‍💻 New website: buff.ly/7pFhZ0R
👉🏾 Announcement: buff.ly/DcRgtVe

internet infrastructure of London walking tour: sunday, 8 march 2026, 10:30am - 12:30pm

As a part of #OpenDataDay organized by @okfn.bsky.social, I'll be running another internet infrastructure tour... this time, with an open data twist!

​🗓️ Sunday, 8 March
​⏰ 10:30 - 12:30
​📍London, United Kingdom

I have capacity for 25 or so folks, please sign up using luma: luma.com/zy0hjdkx

The topic of the moment is #governance ⚖️

For those who missed the launch in December, here's the latest field guide from @okfn.bsky.social to help you sustain your public interest tech projects and communities.

Tip: here's no one-size-fit-all 📐

👉🏾 Learn more: buff.ly/2Styp87

#TheTechWeWant

Dear @okfn.bsky.social community, our discussion infrastructure is back discuss.okfn.org. It was down while we moved to a self-hosted option to keep our conversations truly ours. Please check all is working fine, and, why not? Start the year discussing new topics or responding to old ones!

🏅 We are proud to announce the inclusion of #OpenDataEditor in the #InfraFinder catalogue, an open infrastructure discovery and assessment tool by @investinopen.bsky.social.

👉🏾 ODE listing: buff.ly/KttXthe
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#TheTechWeWant
#OpenData

The UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance is entering a critical phase.

Join our online discussion on 27 January, 13:00 UTC/14:00 CET to explore its progress, ongoing consultations, and how to engage in 2026.

Save your spot! ⤵️
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#DataGovernance #GlobalDigitalCompact #UNCSTD

🎗️ Save the date and start preparing your #OpenDataDay2026 event: it will take place during the second week of March (7-13).

Event registration is now open! → opendataday.org

🙌🏾 It's time to hear a story of #OpenDataDay‘s grassroots impact directly from the community’s voices:

🇧🇩 🌊 "Harnessing Open Data for Flood Preparedness", by Zobaer Rahman → buff.ly/esNUwsq

#ODDStories
#ODD25

🗞️ Our End-of-Year Newsletter is out today – including @okfn.bsky.social's Annual Report 2025, new partnerships and announcements, many project updates, and the latest news of the #OpenMovement around the world.

👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/BD8NmcF

Announcement of strategic funding to enhance multilingual, sector-specific AI literacy and develop trustworthy AI for open data - Open Knowledge Blog At the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), we are excited and grateful to announce an important initiative for the next year, with the generous support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF).…

Interested? Let's work together!
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AI belongs to the people it serves. @okfn.bsky.social proves this daily in partnership with @pjmfdn.bsky.social. Together, we will build 4 hands-on pilots and multilingual AI literacy curricula, while advancing trustworthy AI in the global open data ecosystem.

Learn more → buff.ly/FPsAagm

⭐️ Opportunity alert: part-time Project Manager role at @okfn.bsky.social ⭐️

The successful candidate will support the development for an #opendata infrastructure portal being prepared for the challenges of AI.

Could this be you? Know anyone?

Please share! 👉🏾 okfn.org/en/jobs/proj...

Open Knowledge Foundation and datHere Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Open, FAIR, AI-Ready Data Infrastructure Powered by CKAN - Open Knowledge Blog The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) and datHere have established a new partnership to advance open standards and AI-ready data infrastructure tooling, standards and practices. The collaboration aims…

🚀 Today, we are excited to announce a new strategic partnership with #datHere to strengthen open, FAIR and AI-ready data infrastructure powered by #CKAN.

Towards more open-source solutions to tackle the most pressing issues of our time!

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🤗 Drawing on our experience of working directly with communities over the past 20 years, we have created a practical guide containing exercises and self-assessment tools.

Read it and send us your feedback!

🔖 Have you read our latest field guide? '#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build' is particularly useful if you are developing, or intend to develop, technology for the public interest.

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😵 We've all been there: opening a spreadsheet only to find a mess of missing values, weird formats, and inconsistent entries.

🤩 There is a better way. → Meet the #OpenDataEditor

💻⤓ okfn.org/opendataedit...

#TheTechWeWant

📰 #OpenDataEditor in Action: ODE helped @datacritica.bsky.social to quickly identify reliable variables for their data journalism investigations in Mexico and ensure their stories are built on solid foundation.

👉🏾 Check the use case: buff.ly/psyHnmo

CKAN: Powering Open Data Portals Everywhere ⛵️ If there is one reason why most of the open data in the world is available, that reason is CKAN. CKAN is a sustainable, 20-year-old open-source data management system that turns disorganised data…

We created #CKAN over 20 years ago, and it's become the industry standard for #opendata portals.

It's used in over 50 countries – UK, US, India, Brazil, EU, as well as by many UN agencies, universities and research institutions worldwide.

Learn why 🎥 👇🏾 buff.ly/CBTVdXx

Today, we are showcasing the full potential of #CKAN at the #DPGProductFair, during the Digital Public Goods Alliance Annual Members' Meeting in #Brasília 🇧🇷

📸 @hsvab.bsky.social (@ok.org.br), @avilarenata.bsky.social and Otavio Neves (CGU/Government of Brazil)

✨Today, we are announcing the launch of the Open Technology Research Network (OTRN), developed in partnership with @opensource.org and @openforumeurope.org.

Find out more about what we will be doing in 2026: blog.okfn.org/2025/11/20/o...

📣 We are thrilled to join @opensource.org - @openforumeurope.org in the Open Technology Research Network (OTRN).

2026 will be an exciting year bringing back the spirit of our early festivals and finding the answers to embrace the power of open technologies.

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Today, OpenForum Europe (OFE), the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) announced a new strategic partnership: the Open Technology Research Network (OTRN).

Read the full announcement here: openforumeurope.org/openforum-eu...

At @okfn.bsky.social we congratulate Wayne Wei Wang!

Dedicated to Basil Cousins' legacy, the award is meant to encourage future generations committed to rigorous thought and research in the field of open innovation and open technology.

#OFASymposium

We're having a lot of fun here in Brazil! Here's some of our many attendees who turned out in Rio de Janeiro to talk about open technology impact at the #OFASymposium2025.

Now we're moving into our fourth and final track: Sustainability & Security!

#OpenSource #OpenTechnology #Research #Symposium

We are kicking off Day 2 of the OFA Symposium 2025 with a keynote by Fernanda Campagnucci on Openness at a Crossroads!

Stay tuned for updates on today's two tracks: Economic Impact of Open and Sustainability and Security.

#OpenSource #OpenTechnology #Research #Symposium

The presenters from our first track -- Open Technologies and Geopolitics -- are tackling the big questions around #OpenTechnologies that influence #geopolitical strategies, #trade policies, and #technological #sovereignty.

Building on the policy brief presented by @okfn.bsky.social and @cis-cnrs.bsky.social to the #G20, researcher Ramya Chandresekhar explores how to govern DPI as a commons.

#OFASymposium in #Rio
@openforumeurope.org

We are coming to you live from Rio de Janeiro, the site of the 2025 edition of the #OFASymposium2025. We have a full day ahead of us, with two full tracks of exciting presentations and keynotes. Thank you to @fgvoficial.bsky.social for hosting us!

#OpenSource #OpenTechnology #Research #Symposium