This blog post is part of our on-going Network series featuring updates from chapters across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the Open Knowledge Japan team.
This blog post is part of our on-going Network series featuring updates from chapters across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the Open Knowledge Japan team.
Recent years have seen exponential growth in the amount of data being generated and stored around the world. There is increasing recognition that this data can play a key role in solving some of the most difficult public problems we face.
Book by Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza: “Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all cities have developed opportunities for citizen involvement in strategic planning. The World Bank has invested $85 billion over the last decade to support community participation worldwide.
Losing a phone has become even more costly after the government's push for a cashless society.
The article by Sanjay Kumar Singh was published in the Business Standard on January 16, 2017. Udbhav Tiwari was quoted. Read the full article on Press Reader. Udbhav Tiwari was quoted.
When it comes to products on sale in global ecommerce vendor sites that seem to violate India’s strict flag code, the government should take a more relaxed and less punitive approach.
The article by Neha Alawadhi was published in the Economic Times on 13 January 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.
Sunil Abraham spoke to Economic Times on the misuse of Aadhaar during demonetisation.
Sunil Abraham said:
"We saw Aadhaar being misused at large-scale during the demonetization, criminals had created a black market in Aadhaar identity cards and photocopies of Aadhaar. Those interested in converting black money were purchasing these photocopies from the black market and giving them to bank officials so that they could maintain fake records that tried to prove that ordinary people came in photos' cash transactions.
My Twitter feed tells me that today is the fifth anniversary of the day the Internet “went dark” in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). For anyone who needs a reminder, SOPA and PIPA were pieces of copyright legislation touted by their proponents as necessary to prevent online piracy and to protect U.S. jobs in the film, television, and music industries.
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Saiu o quarto de uma série de vídeos documentando o II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Globalização, tecnologias e conectividade, que ocorreu nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016 na Faculdade IBMEC em Belo Horizonte. Semanalmente, iremos publicar os vídeos integrais de cada um dos painéis do evento. Continue acompanhando nossas publicações!
Painel: Lei Eleitoral e Liberdade de Expressão na Internet
Participantes: Iara Vianna, Eduardo Magrani, Marcelo Blanco e Thomas Bustamante.
Se trata del Huerto Popular Observatorio al Sur, un programa destinado a establecer lazos entre la universidad y los vecinos a través del trabajo colaborativo con estudiantes, funcionarios y académicos. En sus tres años de funcionamiento, se ha consolidado como un espacio de esparcimiento, aprendizaje y recuperación de las tradiciones agrícolas de la comuna.Frente a la avenida Observatorio está emplazado el huerto popular, en un terreno que pertenece a Campus Sur y que hasta 2013 estaba desocupado.
Con el fin de generar profesionales que impriman el sello de la Universidad de Chile desde la formación básica inicial, en salas cuna y jardines infantiles, desde 2015 la Casa de Bello volvió a impartir la carrera de Educación Parvularia. Así, no sólo ayuda a paliar el actual déficit de educadores para este nivel del desarrollo de las niñas y niños, sino también aporta profesionales con una visión crítica y abierta a ver el trabajo en el aula como un fenómeno social y cultural.
145.184 personas postularon entre el 26 y 30 de diciembre a un total de 84.475 vacantes disponibles en las 36 universidades del Consejo de Rectores y adscritas al Sistema Único de Admisión.A las 13 horas de este viernes 30 de diciembre culminó el período de postulaciones a carreras de las 36 universidades del Consejo de Rectores y adscritas al Sistema Único de Admisión con la cifra histórica de 145.184 postulantes, según informó el Departamento de Evaluación, Medición y Registro Educacional (DEMRE) de la Universidad de Chile.
Zobaczcie, jak myślimy i mówimy o zabytkach współcześnie. Nasze wspólne dziedzictwo kulturowe możemy zachowywać dzięki serwisowi Otwarte Zabytki. Szukamy osób, które chciałyby dodać kilka informacji o zabytkach – swoich ulubionych, mijanych każdego dnia lub odwiedzonych podczas wakacyjnej wycieczki.
Zobaczcie, jak myślimy i mówimy o zabytkach współcześnie. Nasze wspólne dziedzictwo kulturowe możemy zachowywać dzięki serwisowi Otwarte Zabytki. Szukamy osób, które chciałyby dodać kilka informacji o zabytkach – swoich ulubionych, mijanych każdego dnia lub odwiedzonych podczas wakacyjnej wycieczki.
Op 15 december 2016 presenteerde Miriam Rasch haar column over de toekomst van de kunstkritiek bij de uitreiking van de Geert Bekaertprijs. Over activisme in de kunst, opdrogende fondsen, politiek verzet, en de kracht van de anonimiteit. De column is hier na te luisteren:
This week marks the launch of the first-ever UN World Data Forum, aimed at bringing together data experts and sustainable development leaders. Danny Lämmerhirt shares findings from a new research series on citizen-generated data, how it can be used to monitor and drive change for sustainable development, and why this matters for civil society.
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This week marks the launch of the first-ever UN World Data Forum, aimed at bringing together data experts and sustainable development leaders. Danny Lämmerhirt shares findings from a new research series on citizen-generated data, how it can be used to monitor and drive change for sustainable development, and why this matters for civil society.
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The Internet is full of trolls. So it’s no surprise that notice and takedown systems for online speech attract their fair share of them – people insisting that criticism of their scientific research, videos of police brutality, and other legitimate online speech should be removed from Internet platforms.
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