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Visualising IATI data for technical newbies 13 Aug 2013 | 05:46 pm
In the ‘Aid Development Sector’, there is a little buzz going around about the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard, which sets guidelines for publishing aid data. So data is stor...
Inspiring and Sunny Open Drinks 9 Jul 2013 | 01:07 pm
Last Friday we did it a little different: due to summer holidays’ we took a side track of our ‘once every two months’ Open tea schedule’, and had Open Drinks on the 5th of July, just before everyone l...
Showing IATI progress in The Netherlands 11 Jun 2013 | 04:45 pm
On the 6th of June we had an Open Tea at Oxfam Novib in The Hague. This Open tea is the first of a more regular series Open Teas, scheduled to be every two months. This was the first time we used Me...
Van Open Data naar Open Ontwikkeling 7 Mar 2013 | 05:59 pm
Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking is een kans om Nederland internationaal op de kaart te zetten als innovatieland op gebied van Open Development, stelt AmLab (Akvo, Text to Change en 1%...
Open Tea last Friday 14 Nov 2012 | 05:18 pm
We've organised another Open Tea, last Friday at the Vrije Universiteit, with updates, two presentations, and networking drinks, kindly hosted by CIS-VU, the Centre for International Cooperation at th...
Open Knowledge Festival 10 Oct 2012 | 07:22 pm
A few weeks ago, in September, the Open Knowledge Festival brought together a world-wide community of people working on all sorts of "open": open cities, open design, open government, open science, op...
Open Development Explained 21 Sep 2012 | 04:13 pm
We're proud to show you our short video defining “Open Development” and explaining its potential, with a focus on Open Data. Open Development Explained from Open for Change on Vimeo. There are many ...
New publication: business intelligence in the aid sector 12 Sep 2012 | 04:59 pm
Announing a new publication: "An Information Platform for Business Intelligence in the Aid Sector based on Open Data and Documents; Integrated Access to structured and unstructured data using the docu...
A protocol for IATI implementation by CSOs: your comments, please! 28 Aug 2012 | 09:22 pm
The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) provides a standard to publish information on aid activities, and is intended to be used by (and useful for) all actors in development aid. Intere...
Open Data for Development Camp Nairobi 19 Jul 2012 | 08:08 pm
It’s been over two weeks since the Open Data for Development Camp (ODDC) 2012 took place in Nairobi and Amsterdam. With over 250 participants in Nairobi and 125 in Amsterdam, it exceeded our expectati...
