Team

Project Director · Silvana Fumega

Silvana is the GDB Project Director as well as the Research and Policy Director of ILDA. She holds a PhD from University of Tasmania, Australia. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). She has served as a consultant for several international organizations, governments and civil society groups. In the past few years she has focused her work on the intersection of data and inclusion.

Research and Data · Nicolás Grossman

Nicolás is a sociologist and journalist specializing in Open Data and GIS. For more than 6 years he has led the Open Data and Data Journalism strategy of Properati, one of the most well-recognized private-sector platforms using open data in Latin America. In addition to writing widely, including for the OGP, he has participated as a speaker at numerous open data events in Argentina and Latin America and has run data journalism workshops for prominent journalists from some of the most important newsrooms in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. In 2018 he founded Socios.red, a web tool that supports government transparency in Argentina by connecting information about companies, political parties, and governments. Dozens of journalists and researchers use the platform every week; when launched, the platform garnered media headlines through a joint investigation into private interests’ influence on government. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and is concluding his Master’s studies in International Political Sociology at the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), studying the challenges and risks of big data and AI from the perspective of less developed countries.

Research and Capacity Building · David Zamora

David is a digital technology consultant and indexes expert, with focus on digital transformation, transparency, open government, and open data. His working experience involves numerous countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. In his years in the government, he led key e-government initiatives related to public contracting and local governments. He worked on open data for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; worked on open government, transparency in infrastructure, and digital transformation for the Inter-American Development Bank; and worked on open contracting for Hivos. He also supported the strategic planning of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. David leads the Public Sector Transparency Index and the Public Sector Digital Experience Index of Costa Rica. He coordinates the Infrastructure Transparency Index of CoST and coordinated the Latin America and the Caribbean Open Data Barometer edition. He is a proprietary member of the National Open Data Commission of Costa Rica and a member of the Open Government Fellowship of the Organization of American States. David holds a MA in information technology management from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor degree in international trade from the University of Costa Rica.

Communications · Fiona Chawana

Fiona is a communications researcher and consultant. She completed a Masters in Media Studies and Bachelor of Arts Honours in Media Studies investigating social movement ideology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. While at the University she worked as a tutor and part time public relations consultant for Insync Political Communications. She has worked as a researcher for the UNESCO-ICFJ study on online harassment of women journalists. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Media and Society Studies from Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Her work at the GDB has triggered interest in data policy in Southern Africa and the world, particularly exploring ways to use of data for the public good.

Senior Advisor · Tim Davies

As open data research coordinator with the World Wide Web Foundation, Tim pioneered the creation of the Open Data Barometer, and led formation of the Open Data Research network, publishing widely on the emerging impacts of open data in developing countries and on open data and democracy. He recently co-edited The State of Open Data, working with over 60 collaborators to review a decade of open data practice. He was a co-founder of Open Data Services Co-operative and has developed and supported adoption of technical data standards in use across the world. Tim has also worked on issues of Internet governance and studied at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Southampton Web Science Institute, and Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.

Researchers

The Barometer would not be possible without the valuable work and feedback from our researchers:

Access Info Europe

Michal Škop
Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen
Open Knowledge Estonia
TIEKE Information Society Development Centre
Caroline Murgue
Elsa Perreau
Denis Parfenov
Openpolis
Liene Gatere
Rugile Trumpyte
Open State Foundation
Gustavo Magalhaes
Asedie
Elenor Weijmar
Javier Ruiz
Stephan Anguelov
Gong
Erasmia Tsipou & Sophocles P. Geroules
Christoph Schwaiger
Transparency International Romania
Lucia Cizmaziova
Rebecca Williams
Suk Kyoung Kim
Guy Zomer
Elsa Foucraut

The Caribbean Open Institute (COI)

Michael Yee Shui
Fitzgerald Yaw
Victor Gonzalez
Laurajan Obermuller
Michelle McLeod
Louise Mathurin-Serieux
Shurland George

Center for Continuing Education-Birzeit University

Hatem Ben Yacoub
Fatma Mosaad
Issa Al Mahasni
Raed Al Sahrif
Ahmad Qadi

D4D Asia Hub

Nikesh Balami
Vino Lucero
Ramathi Bandaranayake
Advocacy and Policy Institute
Chi-Ming Peng
Dr. Yusminar binti Yunus
Dataful
Antya Widita
Thitima Urapeepathanapong
Munmum Biswas
Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS)
Nguyen Quang Dong
Tong Khanh Linh
Tran Dang Quang
Nguyen Lan Phuong

IDFI Georgia

Arpine Mazhinyan
Igbal Safarov
Mikhail Doroshevich
David Eristavi
Sholpan Aitenova
Gulnura Toralieva
Elberel Tumenjargal
Livia Turcanu
Sandro Rochikashvili
Rustam Muhamedov
Nadiia Babynska
Hurriyat Khudoykulova

ILDA

Pablo Secchi
Virginia Brussa
Milenka Villegas Taguasi
Larissa Galdino de Magalhães Santos
Carlos David Carrasco Muro
Juan Pablo Marín Díaz
Jorge Umaña Cubillo
Eduardo Bejar
Iris Bertila Palma Recinos
Julio Roberto Herrera Toledo
Daniel Emilio Rodriguez Rivera
Aura Eréndira Martínez Oriol
David Riveros García
Aída Martínez Mórtola
Ana Isabel Fiafilio Rodriguez
Eliana Álvarez

InfoCulture Russia

Olga Parkhimovich

ISOC Chapter Hong Kong

Benjamin Zhou

Local Development Research Institute (LDRI)

Tsandzana Dércio
Kossi Amessinou
Oarabile Mudongo
Abzeta Koulsoum Ouedraogo
Poncelet O. Ileleji
Donatien Abel Gbessi Gbala
Mobile Web Ghana
Local Development Research Institute
Lamii Kpargoi
Logos Open Culture
Hatem Ben Yacoub
Tsandzana Dércio
Nashilongo Gervasius
Yusuf Suleiman
Richard Ndicunguye
Open Data pour Elles (Open Data for Her Network)
Abdulai Kallon
Mbongeni Hlabano
Emmanuel Vitus
Asma Cherifi

Open Data China

Feng Gao

Open Data Kosovo

Dafina Olluri

SPC

Ida Carapelle

Research Advisory Committee

The GDB has developed a broad advisory group for the project, to provide expertise in the evolution of this study and the knowledge products arising from it.