Open Government

The Open Climate Data Challenge kicked off in July and sparked 5 innovative projects in Uruguay — By Open Data Charter and Microsoft To avoid the worst effects of climate change, governments and decision makers need access to reliable climate data. Democratizing access to data is critical, as it has the power to unlock adaptation and resilience projects so that available resources are directed to where they…

Do you need help explaining the concept of beneficial ownership in a way that even a kid can understand? Then, don’t look any further! In this informative and fun post, I will summarise this vital topic so that even a child can grasp it. I’ve got you covered on everything…

How to make collaboration products for digital government — A couple of weeks ago, I listened to IBM President Dave McCann kick off three days of FWD50 talks with his perspective on the future of digital government. Collaboration was at the top of his list and I was happy to hear it. Since April, I’ve been working with an…

Edit Good and effective governance requires interaction between different groups, political accountability, checks and balances in operations, decentralization, and participation at the local level. Effective and successful governance is founded on three principles: Getting more for your money. Making it easy for people to use public services. Allowing the private…

by Marisa Miodosky I had the chance to attend for the first time Abrelatam/ConDatos, the meeting point for the Latin America data community in late September. This is where activists, public officials, researchers and those interested in using quality data converge.

Pink-eyed terminators Rachel mentioned Boris Johnson’s (in)famous digital/AI speech to the UN. That reminded me of the time I quoted it back at Oliver Dowden, then the minister for digital government. She joked I should set it to music. I had an idea. Someone basically made it happen. …

Them’s the breaks Sometimes a picture really can be worth a thousand words: A good stat can go a long way, too. Keep up with the latest from Tim, Philip and team IfG (with the odd bit from me) over on the live blog. …

In the Open Government Week event organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, we offered an in-person workshop where we addressed the detection of green areas in cities through the use of satellite imagery, machine learning and open data with our tools, Satproc and Unetseg. …