AIMS

National AGORA Workshop in the Republic of Moldova: Access to Online Information in Agricultural Research

06/12/2017

OBJECTIVE:Knowledge sharing & experience capitalization on how to use the AGORA platform to access an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences.WHEN : 27-28 November 2017WHERE : Chisinau, Republic of MoldovaIn November 2017 the AGORA team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

Data Refuge on support of Climate and Environmental research & advocacy

06/12/2017

Data Refuge (powered by CKAN) helps to build refuge for federal data and supports climate and environmental research and advocacy. Data Refuge is committed to fact-based arguments, and preserves the facts we need at a time of ongoing climate change. Data Refuge was launched November 2016 in Philadelphia to draw attention ...

Code for Africa : towards people-driven Open Data & Open Government

05/12/2017

 Open Data & Open Government promise to change the power dynamics that govern our societies, giving ordinary citizens more and deeper information in real time, along with digital tools for engaging with fellow citizens and with those in positions of power.So, why are so few citizens using either the data ...

Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories Working Group

04/12/2017

On 28 November, 2017, the COAR published the report "Behaviours and Technical Recommendations of the COAR Next Generation Repositories".The report presents the results of the work of this group, including recommendations for the adoption of new technologies, standards, and protocols that will help repositories become more integrated into the web environment ...

OPEN DATA : Looking Back, Looking Ahead

01/12/2017

For over a decade, OD has been a focus for policymakers, and is considered to be a tremendous resource for Open Government, although is as yet largely untapped (see: Mapping open data governance models: Who makes decisions about government data and how?) ... Only by fostering and applying the evidence about ...