Open Knowledge Foundation
Our Activities
2 Total Activities
Development and maintenance of CKAN DPG
CKAN was created by the OKFN and its assets are held in trust by it. The activities for the year ahead are related to maintaining and advancing the platform to serve its users. Trusted by hundreds of portals across the world and supported by an active community, it focuses on extensibility and integration with other tools. CKAN is used by many multilateral organisations like UNHCR, OCHA, WFP and FAO, as well as philanthropic organisations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Several hundreds of CKAN instances exist around the world, including National Governments e.g. Canada (<https://open.canada.ca/en/open-data>), USA (<https://catalog.data.gov>), Finland (<https://www.avoindata.fi/>), Argentina (<https://www.datos.gob.ar/>), Japan (<https://data.go.jp/>), Germany (<https://www.govdata.de/>) etc. and Sub-national and Local governments e.g. Montreal (<https://donnees.montreal.ca/>), Barcelona (<https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/>), Buenos Aires (<https://data.buenosaire
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All governments and international organisations using CKAN or willing to adopt CKAN.
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DPG curriculum in School of Data
School of Data is the Open Knowledge Foundation project to advance data literacy in civil society, helping make effective use of information that directly impacts people’s lives. Through its global network of data literacy practitioners and trainers, School of Data seeks to address data skills gaps in order to amplify the messages of all sectors through the use of data by ensuring that governments, organisations and newsrooms have the knowledge, resources and tools they need to participate fully in the information age. DPIs and DPGs will be included in the updated curriculum.
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Connected members:
Interamerican Development Bank, Creative Commons, Public Code Foundation, the Touring Way
Connected DPGs:
African Drone and Data Academy
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DPGA members are championing activities that contribute to the discovery, development, use, and investment in digital public goods to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Learn how they are making this vision a reality.