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Advocating for a fair and open Latin America: A Q&A with ILDA

  • on November 8, 2020

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...

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A warm welcome to our regional hubs

  • on October 26, 2020

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...

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How granular local studies enrich GDB

  • on October 8, 2020

We have an ambitious objective here at the Global Data Barometer: To map the landscape of data for public good. To do so, we’ll be gathering information about data governance, capability, availability, and use and impact in 100+ countries....

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Learning from Open Data Barometer

  • on September 30, 2020

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...

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A Global Data Barometer Progress Update

  • on September 7, 2020

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...

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Why become a regional hub with the Global Data Barometer?

  • on August 25, 2020

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...

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Introducing the Global Data Barometer Team

  • on July 13, 2020

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...

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Reporting back on our first design workshop

  • on January 22, 2020

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,...

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Tracking responsible re-use of data

  • on October 22, 2019

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...

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Designing a renewed Data Barometer

  • on October 11, 2019

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...

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Anchor funding for the Global Data Barometer is provided by Canada’s International Development Research Centre under Grant No. 109517-001. The Global Data Barometer is a project of D4D.net and ILDA.

        

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