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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · 7d

📢 NEW PROJECT | JOB VACANCIES—If you're passionate about #transparency, #data access, and making knowledge publicly available, we’d love to hear from you! Read more👇https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/join-our-team-upcoming-open-data-project-opendatacharter-8hhaf/?trackingId=ZsXZv20UvhuYgVlwwulz9g%3D%3D

🚨 Join our team for an Upcoming AI and Open Data Project! 🚨

We're excited to launch a new project that will showcase the public value of AI, open data, and privacy, and we're looking for 6 talented consultants to join us! If you're passionate about transparenc...

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · 22d

📆 Next week, Our ED, Nati Carfi will be in Antigua, Guatemala, participating at the EU-LAC Digital Alliance Week event representing Open Data Charter. Say hello, if you plan to be there! Thanks to AECID for the invite!

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · 23d

🥳 Join us next week on Tues, September 23 at our usual time. We're thrilled to be joined by an amazing line-up of speakers:
🔹 Annie-May Gibb of Transparency International
🔹 Carter Draper of @hotosm.org
🔹 Christine Charles, of Ottawa Public Health - Santé publique Ottawa

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Aug 8

📺 Our last meeting focused around Non-governmental Data Re-use is now available for you to re-watch in either
Eng: youtube.com/watch?v=_Ewp...
Or in SPA: youtube.com/watch?v=xHxm...

IWG | Data created by non-governmental actors: challenges & opportunities in Data re-use (July 2025)

YouTube video by Open Data Charter

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Aug 8

⏰Reminders that every August (when many of our colleagues in Europe are on leave), we take a break from our monthly IWG meetings. We'll be introducing a new way in which we are organising them in the next few weeks, whilst preparing for our 10th Anniversary. Stay tuned!

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Diogo Pereira Henriques 鬼佬 🐯 📚 @diogo-ph22.bsky.social · Jul 15

1/ 🌍♻️📶Excited to share that I'll be speaking alongside Barbara McGillivray (KCL and ATI) and Macarena Zappe (Global Data Barometer) in the next IWG Meeting @opendatacharter.org, on data created by non-governmental actors: challenges and opportunities!
Join us next Tuesday, 22 July '25, 7pm (UTC +1)

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jul 10

📣 New to #opendata and work in #climateaction? Check out our Open Up Guide and blogs to learn how we work with governments towards actionable steps towards improving #climate related data: medium.com/opendatachar...

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Open Ownership @openownership.bsky.social · Jul 7

News: The first members of the Global Open Data Integration Network (GODIN) are here!

These organisations are pushing #OpenData forward:
@globalenergymon.bsky.social, SC-DEX, @acdatacollective.bsky.social, Global Media Registry

More: www.gleif.org/en/newsroom/...

Building a Transparent Future with Open Data, AI, and the Legal Entity Identifier - GLEIF Blog - News & Media – GLEIF

Money laundering poses a systemic and seemingly intractable threat to the global economy. Despite public demand for greater corporate transparency and…

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jul 2

😊 Reply or DM us to nominate someone or volunteer yourself. #opendata #opengov #ai #openness #opendatacharter

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jul 2

📣Do you know any interesting #opendata enthusiasts and professionals/ not working in government, who would like to join us and speak at our next Implementation Working Group meeting to discuss our theme/topic: "Data created by non-governmental actors: challenges and opportunities in Data re-use"?

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Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) @fiti-global.bsky.social · Jul 1

#FiTI participated in the #ICIC2025 in Berlin/Germany last week, sharing its expertise on “Expanding Access to Environmental Data through Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations”
www.bfdi.bund.de/ICIC/EN/ICIC...

@opengovpartnership.org‬
@opendatacharter.org
@shkenned.bsky.social

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jul 1

In case you missed it! New on our blog by our Research Director, Renato Berrino Malaccorto: medium.com/p/947aaf3b767d

An anthology of AI and Open Data resources

A roundup of reports and papers that explore the link between artificial intelligence and data openness

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OpenAQ @openaq.org · Jun 27

How many different countries do we mention in our latest quarterly newsletter? Read what's happening around the world at: link.openaq.org/Q2ENEWS

And scroll to the bottom of our website to subscribe: openaq.org

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jun 4

🥰 We were also excited to learn that while #opendata policies are widespread, implementation and sustained support need reinforcement to maintain momentum.

...🤔 Perhaps, we can help with this? Congrats again to all who worked on making the 2nd edition of the GDB happen! 🥳

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jun 4

🤖 Countries are beginning to address #AI, but there's more to do. The Barometer shows growing awareness of the need for ethical, inclusive, and accountable data use for AI.

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jun 4

🟢 #Transparency frameworks are developing, though gaps remain in areas such as political finance, beneficial ownership, and lobbying registers. Improved interoperability is needed to connect data across these domains.

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jun 4

🔑 Some key learnings:

🟢 Data governance frameworks are expanding, but implementation remains uneven, especially where institutional capacity is still developing. The Barometer confirms a correlation between stronger governance and improved data availability.

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Jun 4

🥳 We are extremely proud of our colleagues at the Global Data Barometer for all their efforts into making the second edition happen!

💙 Amazing work @databarometer.bsky.social and team!

🔎 Explore where & why a gap persists → globaldatabarometer.org/ #GDB2025 #TheGDB

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · May 13

📣 We are looking for 2 enthusiastic volunteers to co-chair our #opendata Implementation Working Group.

🗓️ We meet once a month to discuss topics that have been chosen by our members and invite experts (or fellow members themselves) to share on the topic.

Read more here: medium.com/opendatachar...

Passing the Torch of Openness

A call for 2 Volunteer Co-chairs for the Open Data Charter’s Implementation Working Group

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · May 10

📣 Join us for our IWG meeting turned #OpenGovWeek event: www.linkedin.com/events/digit...

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPIs): the role of Open Data and AI in a pub | LinkedIn

We’ve moved things around for #OpenGovWeek! We’re moving our IWG meeting earlier and inviting some special guests to talk DPI! 📅 Save the date: Wednesday, May 21, 9am Argentina time 👉 How to join? Se...

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · May 10

📣 Join us for our IWG meeting turned #OpenGovWeek event: www.linkedin.com/events/digit...

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPIs): the role of Open Data and AI in a pub | LinkedIn

We’ve moved things around for #OpenGovWeek! We’re moving our IWG meeting earlier and inviting some special guests to talk DPI! 📅 Save the date: Wednesday, May 21, 9am Argentina time 👉 How to join? Se...

www.linkedin.com

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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social · Apr 22

#EarthDay ➡️ Corrupt practices within land administration and management are known simply as #LandCorruption and affect 1 in every 5 citizens worldwide. We explain it in this video.

What is Land Corruption? | Transparency International

YouTube video by Transparency International

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Apr 22

⏰ Later, we're talking #AI, Privacy and governance training with speakers who will share their respective work in Brazil, Kenya and Azerbaijan.

📅 When? Tuesday, April 22nd, 3pm Argentina time / 7pm London time.
👉 How to join? Message or e-mail us.
😎 Live interpretation ESP/ENG available

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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · Apr 21

Last chance to book our FREE webinar 23 April! Join Dr Saiph Savage and @esimperl.bsky.social as they discuss how AI can be used to make working conditions better for workers.
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Join Dr Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, as she discusses how AI can be used to make working conditions better for workers.

Join Dr Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, as she discusses how AI can be used to make working conditions better for workers.…

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Open Data Charter @opendatacharter.org · Apr 17

👩🏾‍💻 Learn more about #Data and #AI Development in the Global South: Ethical Practices, Regulations, and Challenges in India, Sri Lanka, and Latin America.

✍️ Co-written with the speakers from our event at
@RightsCon: Civic Compass, LIRNEasia and Aapti Institute medium.com/opendatachar...

Data and AI Development in the Global South:

Ethical Practices, Regulations, and Challenges in India, Sri Lanka, and Latin America

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