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Contracting 5 initiative officially launched at Paris OGP Summit
Colombia, France, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Ukraine officially launched the Contracting 5 (C5) initiative during the OGP Paris Summit in December. Formalised in May 2016 at the Anti Corruption…
NEWSCreated: 30/12/2016Updated Date: 30/12/2016
Bulgaria, France, UK, US support OGP free software policy
The United States of America and three EU Member states - Bulgaria, France and the United Kingdom - have pledged support for the open source policy, making it an official part of the ‘Paris…
NEWSCreated: 09/12/2016Updated Date: 09/12/2016
40 governments commit to open contracting to fight corruption
Forty government organisations have committed to implementing open contracting in an attempt to fight corruption. They did so at the Anti-Corruption Summit 2016, which took place in London last week.…
NEWSCreated: 17/05/2016Updated Date: 17/05/2016
"Panama Papers pushing open government"
The publication of the so-called Panama Papers will only help to further the discussion on open government. Things like hidden company ownership and strict secrecy have fuelled questions on links…
NEWSCreated: 11/05/2016Updated Date: 11/05/2016
21 October: session on public sector modernisation
Five experts plan to challenge some of our traditional assumptions about the role of the public sector at the 'Public Sector Modernisation: Open(ing) Governments, Open(ing) minds' session on Wednesday…
NEWSCreated: 12/10/2015Updated Date: 12/10/2015
Archives to develop data conservation system
A consortium including five national archives and government IT modernisation programs in Spain and Portugal is to develop solutions that will allow Europe's national archives to keep records…
NEWSCreated: 07/02/2014Updated Date: 07/02/2014
'Open standards could protect government from vendor lock-in'
"Using open standards could protect the government from relying too much on a single vendor, and might allow the government to contract home-grown IT firms", according to a report by the United…
NEWSCreated: 22/08/2012Updated Date: 22/08/2012
'UK government should start implementing its open standards policy'
Several organisations in favour of open standards and free and open source software want the government of the United Kingdom to quickly start to practically implement its open standards policy. The…
NEWSCreated: 27/04/2012Updated Date: 27/04/2012
#OpenDataHack @ECMWF - Beyond weather: explore creative uses of open data
Developers, experts, students, data wranglers, data journalists, data enthusiasts, makers, artists – you are invited to join the meteorologists, scientists and engineers of ECMWF at our #OpenDataHack…
EVENTCreated: 29/12/2016Updated Date: 29/12/2016
Open Data and Open Practice for Postgraduate Research Studentsh
Major research funders and the University of Central Lancashire have policies requiring open access to research publications, theses and underlying data. The general expectation is that outputs from…
EVENTCreated: 29/12/2016Updated Date: 29/12/2016
ODI Summit and Awards 2017
The ODI Summit 2017 has not yet been announced - this is a placeholder. Please check the ODI website for the date and conference details. The ODI Summit 2016 took place on 1 November. Expected…
EVENTCreated: 29/12/2016Updated Date: 29/12/2016
Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute (London, UK)
The Friday lunchtime lectures, organised by the Open Data Institute in London (UK) are for everyone and are free to attend. "You bring your lunch, we provide tea and coffee, an interesting talk, and…
EVENTCreated: 29/12/2016Updated Date: 29/12/2016