🌱 Our focus for the #OGP2025 Global Summit is clear: putting communities, knowledge, data and AI to work for the public good. OKFN team members will be promoted and present at key sessions. 👉🏾 Learn more about our participation: buff.ly/rnm7vqF

✨ Tomorrow: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨ Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities. 🗓️ 30 Sep 🕒 15:00 CEST 📍 Online 🔗 buff.ly/qvhHpa0

🚩 Are you getting ready to build public interest tech? Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build" 🗓️ 30 September 2025 🕒 15:00 CEST 📍 Online 👇🏾 Details & Registration:

✨ Announcing Our New Field Guide: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build ✨ 👉🏾 Access it here: buff.ly/4jJfe1A It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities. 🧵

🇬🇷 This week, we are travelling to Athens for #iMEdDIJF25, where we will seek collective answers to the question, 'How can journalists and archivists work together?' 🎙️ This panel builds on our recent collaboration with the International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social

🙇🏽‍♀️ Today, we held the 3rd organised community gathering around #OpenDataEditor to discuss how to build #AI literacy as a collective strategy. Distinguished guest: Marek Tuszynski (Tactical Tech). 🎥 Recording: buff.ly/TktI1MY Stay tuned for Open Session #4 in a month!

🇧🇯 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers Check out the highlights of Saliou Abdou's sessions to strengthen #opendata culture in Benin. They are now envisaging an Open Data 'club' to foster sharing, collaboration, and co-creation. 👉🏾 blog.okfn.org/2025/09/02/t... #SchoolOfData

🦙 The @csvconf.bsky.social is getting bigger and better every year. This time there was lots of interest, conversations and exchanges in a magnificent venue in Bologna, Italy. 🧵 #CSVCONF #CommaLlama

Have you booked your trip to Brazil? Join the OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 in Rio, Nov 18–19, for two-days of inspiring keynotes & expert speakers. Limited spots available – register now: symposium.openforumeurope.org#register

📢 Call for Abstracts: Participatory AI Development, Governance and Power at PAIRS26, taking place alongside the India AI Impact Summit in Feb 26! 🚀 www.pairs.site/PAIRS-2026-2... Open for papers, presentations or poster abstracts for online or in-person (Delhi) sessions. Deadline: 31st October.

✨ A must-read for anyone working at the current legal frontiers of #data, #AI, and the #commons, by @melanieddr.bsky.social & Yaniv Benhamou 🔖 buff.ly/OKNam51 Part of the #SustainableDataCommons project, a collaboration between @cis-cnrs.bsky.social and @okfn.bsky.social.

🤨 How to build #AI literacy as a collective strategy? Join the #OpenDataEditor community next week to share your learning strategies. 🗓️ 16 Sep 🕒 15:00 CEST 📍 Online Register: buff.ly/UBqtqB9

🤗 Today, our software developer Andres Vázquez @avdata99.bsky.social took part in the #CKAN community workshop in Bologna, where we discussed use cases, upcoming features, experiments, new connections and collaborations. 🧵

☀️ Great atmosphere at #GlobalGathering2025 in Estoril! Lots of people from different backgrounds sharing challenges and positive experiences. We'll be there again tomorrow – keep an eye out for Romina Colman and Cassandra Woolford to discuss #OpenDataEditor and our various projects.

✊🏾🇵🇹 The @okfn.bsky.social team will be at the #GlobalGathering in Estoril, Portugal, next week. If you're attending too, stop by our booth (Monday, 15:30 CEST) to say hello and find out more about #OpenDataEditor and our recent activities. 📸 Some SWAG getting ready for GG on a sofa.

⚖️ ✨ Join the New Global Community of Lawyers Committed to Advancing Openness The Open Knowledge Legal Lab will experiment, collaborate, and co-create legal frameworks that support a more open and sustainable digital future. Learn more & Apply: buff.ly/k2wchij

At @okfn.bsky.social we are looking for a short-term R Developer. The work is exciting and important, advancing a humanitarian mission! Apply or share with others!

The next meeting in the series is happening next week! Join us to unpack 2 key documents approved by the UN CSTD #DataGovernance Working Group. 🗓️ 9 September 2025 🕑 15.00 CEST 📍 Online 👉🏾 Details & Registration: buff.ly/IUTXqjs w/ Diplo Foundation and GIP

🕵️‍♀️ We are looking for skilled professionals who are committed to advancing open source and open knowledge to work with us on a variety of projects. Know someone? Please share! buff.ly/tJ9UIjC 🏃🏽‍♀️ Deadline: 12 September

🥳 What a joy! The new #SchoolOfData platform is now live at buff.ly/9uwz1PZ. This is a major milestone in our community’s exciting reactivation journey! 🧵

💬 "90% of tech problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades" Andrés Vázques (@avdata99.bsky.social), a senior developer and #CKAN expert, is the 18th conversation of the #OKFN100 project. 👉🏾 Check it out: buff.ly/2FbbIII

🤨 What happens when you upload your data to AI-powered services? Join the #OpenDataEditor community next week to learn and discuss how transparency, accountability, and fairness are maintained (or overlooked). 🗓️ 26 Aug 🕒 15:00 CEST 📍 Online Register: buff.ly/dUE7f14

🌎🌍🌏 All continents represented today at the #AILiteracy discussion we hosted! It was incredible to see the #SchoolOfData community back together again, looking to the present and future. 🎥👇🏾 The recording is now online buff.ly/gEkKe04

🇧🇷 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers Check out the highlights of Anicely Santos' training to 66 professionals across Brazil. Her approach of “uncomplicating the work with data' was approved by 88% of the participants. 👉🏾 buff.ly/b8Ts6QA cc #EscolaDeDados @ok.org.br

🎯 On 19 August, @okfn.bsky.social is bringing together #AI experts and #digitalliteracy practitioners to discuss the challenges of building AI capacity for civil society organisations, activists, and the open movement. 👉🏾 Register here: buff.ly/Y84kWJn #AILiteracy #TheTechWeWant

🇪🇺 Our Network Contribution to Shape the @EU_Commission’s Data Policy, in 5 pillars: 📑 Reuse of public sector information 📑 Improve #opendata portals 📑 Encourage sustainable #reuse of data 📑 Encourage use of #openstandards 📑 Stimulate investment 👇🏾 buff.ly/yxzcIqW

📣✨ [Announcement] #OpenDataEditor 1.6.0 AI-enhanced Version Release ✨ Now, ODE is a key companion tool for the early and critical stages of your AI journey. 👇🏾 Check the new (responsible, offline) AI features to improve the quality of your data. buff.ly/VXILNlc

🌟 #OFASymposium 2025: Programme Announcement 🏞️ The agenda for the Rio event has just been released: buff.ly/04p7U7D 🤗 As proud Content Partners, we are thrilled to be taking part in a key meeting about academic research on openness and its relationship with society.

🇧🇩 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers MRB Rafi led training sessions at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), exploring the first steps to working with #opendata. Spoiler alert: there were many eye-opening moments. 👇🏽 buff.ly/Z5ISOpG

🎗️ Save the date: #AILiteracy Workshop In 2 weeks, @okfn.bsky.social is bringing together AI experts and digital literacy practitioners to discuss the challenges of building AI capacity for civil society organisations, activists, and the open movement. 👉🏾 Register: buff.ly/qhLaTML

💭 The Road to a #PressFreedomAICommons 💭 We are joining forces with @globalfreemedia.bsky.social to make Public Interest AI differently and affect the historical moment we are going through. 👉🏾 Our initial thoughts by @avilarenata.bsky.social & Scott Griffen: buff.ly/MlcZ3Iq

✨ It's tomorrow — join us online at 11:45 Nairobi/10:45 CEST! We're bringing together the orgs from the 1st #OpenDataEditor pilot for a discussion about the app at #Wikimania2025 W/ @sarapetti.bsky.social & Romina Colman + BHKi, @obsarm.bsky.social & The Demography Project 👉🏾 buff.ly/A7sKV1r

Get ready for Wikimania (@wikimediafoundation.org) and don’t miss our online session on how the #OpenDataEditor helps non-tech users detect data errors — faster and easier. 👏🏽 Featuring real use cases from our global pilot: BHKi, The Demography Project, @obsarm.bsky.social. 🔗 buff.ly/6EHyBYd

🇧🇷 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers Juliana Lima led training sessions at the Federal University of Ceará, reaching a diverse audience of students and citizens. The workshops explored key concepts for understanding and working with #OpenData. 👇🏽

Tired of messy spreadsheets? Check out our free and fun course: “Quality and Consistent Data with ODE” — perfect for non-tech users working with Excel, Sheets, or CSV files. ✨ Make your data work for you. buff.ly/YeX0tL7 #OpenData

🌍 From power and participation to AI and digital rights, #TheTechPeopleWant Summit brought hundreds of participants into vibrant discussions. Now, the full documentation is online — revisit the talks, the insights, and more!

🤗 Yesterday we had the 1st organised community gathering around #OpenDataEditor – the community took over the agenda, and the conversation was very rewarding and forward-looking. 🎥 Recording: buff.ly/4HE4RhG Stay tuned for Open Session #2 in a month! #TheTechWeWant

Building AI-Ready Communities — meet the global cohort testing the new #AI feature in the #OpenDataEditor! 🌍 From India to Latin America, these organisations are shaping responsible, offline AI to help clean and transform data. 🔗 buff.ly/YIuEoV3

📬 The next edition of our newsletter is coming this Monday! Get the latest updates from the global #OpenMovement straight to your inbox. 👉 Subscribe here: buff.ly/GJ7pkBb #OpenData #TheTechWeWant

📢 Last chance to register! Tomorrow is Open Sessions #1 — don’t miss the opportunity to connect with the global open knowledge community to discuss the main features of the #OpenDataEditor. 🔗Register now! buff.ly/bhDwHmv #OpenData #TheTechWeWant

🙌🏾 It's time to hear a story of #OpenDataDay‘s grassroots impact directly from the community’s voices: 🌡️ "Enabling Students to Understand the Effects of El Niño and La Niña in #Philippines", by Lanz Sim Bartolome 🇵🇭 buff.ly/x3fbOSt #ODDStories #ODD25

💬“‘Know who runs your infrastructure” Jaya Klara Brekke, CSO at Nym Technologies, is the 17th conversation of the #OKFN100 project. She explores decentralised trust and why diversity in infrastructure matters. 👉🏾Check it out:

🚀 Shaping ODE’s Future with #AI & Open Sessions! #OpenDataEditor is evolving — from spreadsheet validation to AI-assisted workflows and trust-building features. 🗣️ Join our upcoming Open Sessions to reflect on ODE’s next steps! Register now! buff.ly/d5xGrBV

🇧🇴 ¡Mañana en #AbreLatamConDatos2025! #OpenDataEditor llega a Bolivia junto a @ConDatosLATAM con un taller para detectar errores en tus hojas de cálculo en segundos. 🕚11:30 h |📍Sala B – U. Privada Boliviana 🙋🏽Omar Luna (SocialTic + Escuela de Datos)

📊 Learn all about data — no technical background needed! Discover practical tips and tricks to help you clean, organize, and improve the quality of your data — making your everyday work easier! 👉 buff.ly/HLaWRF5 #OpenDataEditor

🌱 In this roundtable at the #TheTechPeopleWant Summit, the authors launched Towards a Sustainable Data Commons Ecosystem — a report that imagines a future where justice is driven by collective care, shared resources, and solidarity, not just data. 🎥 buff.ly/EEhLLSx

💡 Missed the #TheTechPeopleWant Summit — or want to revisit a powerful quote or keynote? 34 speakers from 19 countries came together to rethink how tech supports our work — in open, conversational sessions. Full documentation is now live 👇🏽 buff.ly/FV05EXF #OpenData

🎓 #OpenDataEditor: Training for Trainers Discover five inspiring stories of data trainings held around the world — all based on the online course “Quality and Consistent Data with Open Data Editor.” 📖 Read them here buff.ly/954mGcO #TheTechWeWant

🙌🏾 It's time to hear a story of #OpenDataDay‘s grassroots impact directly from the community’s voices: 🗺️ "GeoSkills Training for Climate Action in #Malawi", by Priscilla Kapolo - Spatial Girls Network. 🇲🇼 buff.ly/vAP8czt #ODDStories #ODD25

📊 Open Data Training in Uyo, Nigeria! A two-part workshop brought together students, civil servants, and educators to explore the basics of cleaning and organising data using the #OpenDataEditor. 🔗 buff.ly/N6JiWjk #TheTechWeWant