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Upcoming multi-country conference on Open Data | Developing the Caribbean, April 11-12, 2013
Developing the Caribbean is a regional technology conference and code sprint, focused on Open Data and software innovation taking place on April 11-12, 2013 in: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Cuba, St. Kitts, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname. The 2013 edition of the event will feature a new Data Journalism track as one of … Continue reading
12 Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data | The Atlantic
Article originally appeared in theatlanticcities.org MAR 25, 2013 This year, the Knight News Challenge has been soliciting project proposals that would open up and leverage government data anywhere at the national, state and local levels (in the U.S. and … Continue reading
Caribbean Countries meet in Kingston to Discuss Freedom of Information and Open Government Data
Between March 20th and 21st, 2013 the “Regional Conference on Freedom of Information in the Caribbean: Improving Management for the Environment” was held in Kingston, Jamaica, where Caribbean governments and civil society came together to discuss access to information, … Continue reading
“Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries” launched by World Wide Web Foundation and IDRC
‘Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries‘ (ODDC), a two-year research programme co-ordinated by the World Wide Web Foundation and established with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) was launched on February 19, 2013. The core research objectives … Continue reading
Practical cases
Developing Latin America 2012
The second edition of Developing Latin America 2012, a regional hackathon lasting 36 hours in which 8 countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay - participated , was held yesterday. The participating countries remained in constant connection via websites and … Continue reading
Open 311
3-1-1 is a number well known in some cities of the United States and Canada, where citizens can notify the authorities about situations that are not urgent like non working traffic lights, illegal burning, roadway problems, etc. The goal is … Continue reading
