ILDA is a Latin American research organization based in Uruguay that promotes ethical uses of data to address public policy issues. Current projects include Empatia, a partnership with Latam Digital Center that investigates the use of AI to solve public...

A hub, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, is “the central and most important part of an area, system, activity, etc. which all the other parts are connected to.” For the Global Data Barometer, regional hubs constitute a...

As we prepare to bring the Global Data Barometer into the field for the first time, we’ve been thinking a lot about impact. It’s important to us that the evidence we gather is useful: we want to inform global...

Now that the full Global Data Barometer project has been up and running for two months, I wanted to share some thoughts about where we have come from, where we have got to, and where we’re headed in the...

The Global Data Barometer is seeking expressions of interest for regional hubs to join our global research network, coordinating country research next year in Central Asia, Eastern Partnership, European Union member countries, the Western Balkans & Turkey, and Australia, New...

On 1st July Phase 1 of the Global Data Barometer formally began, as our anchor grant from Canada’s IDRC was agreed, and the core project team were able to get started. After almost a year of scoping and development, we’re...

Discussions about open data, big data, data protection and data for development have been a growing theme in both civil society and public sector dialogue over the last decade. Yet, for all the arguments about the value of data,...

The Global Data Barometer was included among a set of projects discussed as part of a Rockefeller Foundation conference on ‘Designing a Responsible Future for Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ hosted at the Bellagio Center in Italy earlier this month. Many of the...

The first edition of the Open Data Barometer (ODB) was first launched in 2013, providing a global snapshot of how countries around the world were engaging with open data. The ODB was based around three areas: Readiness Implementation; and Impact and it was...