It is still hazy to see the desperation of the union government to imposing the Aadhaar Card mandatory when matters related to Aadhaar Card are already sub judice.
This was blog post by Gaurav Raj was published by India Saga on May 25, 2017.
I'm in San Diego at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2017 conference. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.
Open Knowledge Brazil and Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) – a higher education institution in Brazil worked together to develop the Brazilian edition of the Open Data Index, which is being used by governments as a tool to enhance public management, and bring it even closer to Brazil’s reality.
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The GovLab: “To identify and implement innovative approaches for fighting corruption, we at The Governance Lab (GovLab) are partnering with Mexico’s Secretaría de la Fun
El director del Centro de Microdatos y académico de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Jaime Ruiz-Tagle, es uno de los nueve miembros -tres designados por el Gobierno, tres por los trabajadores y tres en representación de los empleadores- para componer esta entidad que se reunirá mensualmente para elaborar, analizar y discutir propuestas y recomendaciones de políticas públicas en materia de relaciones laborales y mercado del trabajo.“El Consejo Superior Laboral es una tremenda herramienta para el país. Hemos querido vigorizar la representatividad, independ
El decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Patricio Aceituno, reflexiona sobre el rol que estos profesionales han tenido en la historia de nuestro país, así como los desafíos que deberán enfrentar de cara al futuro, en esta columna escrita en el marco de la celebración del Día Nacional de la Ingeniería. En el contexto de la celebración del día Nacional de la Ingeniería el 14 de mayo, parece pertinente reflexionar sobre su significado en nuestro país.
El académico e investigador de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad de Chile y miembro del Senado Universitario, fue escogido para incorporarse a dicho organismo en base a sus aportes en materias relacionadas con las ciencias y las artes del idioma.
I'm in San Diego at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2017 conference. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.
I'm in San Diego at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2017 conference. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.
Ricard Espelt and Monica Garriga at Open Democracy: “The impact of digital platforms in recent years affects all areas and all sorts of organizations: from production to consumption, from political parties to social movements, from business to public administration, trade unions, universities or the mass media. The disruption they generate is cross-section and intergenerational.
I'm in San Diego at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2017 conference. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.
A Field Book for World Food Program Staff: “The field book outlines the main risks for staff engaged in mobile data collection and helps promote responsible data collection/storage/sharing in the very complex environment in which WFP operates…(Conducting Mobile Surveys Responsibly: A Field Book for WFP Staff, May 2017)
I'm in San Diego at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) 2017 conference. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.
Dia 20 de março de 2017 aconteceu o Café & Chat: Capitalismo de Dados e Big Data. Ocorreu um debate abordando as características e implicações do big data; as perspectivas futuras sobre a evolução dessa técnica; os impactos das novas técnicas de tratamentos de dados, possibilitadas pelas tecnologias digitais, na organização capitalista dos mercados; os desafios e perspectivas regulatórias do big data.
Os participantes dessa edição foram: Daniela Muradas Reis, Gustavo de Britto Rocha e Luiz Enrique Zárate.
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Wasim Ahmed at Data Driven Journalism: “Journalists may wish to use data from social media platforms in order to provide greater insight and context to a news story. For example, journalists may wish to examine the contagion of hashtags and whether they are capable of achieving political or social change.
Timothy Revell at New Scientist: “The use of data analytics by political parties has piqued the interest of the Information Commissioner’s Office, a UK public body that protects data rights.
A Latin American Guide to the International Court of Justice Case Law - lançamento dos livros em parceria com as editoras inglesas Cambridge Scholars Publishing e Routlege11h00 até 13h00O Evento:
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Local: Sede FGV - Praia de Botafogo, 190 - Hall do 8° andar
Last month Open Knowledge Germany hosted the first Datensummit, a two-day festival for those who shape development within the fields of open data, transparency, data literacy and civic tech.
David Byrne: I have a theory that much recent tech development and innovation over the last decade or so has had an unspoken overarching agenda—it has been about facilitating the need for LESS human interaction. It’s not a bug—it’s a feature. We might think Amazon was about selling us books we couldn’t find locally—and it was and what a brilliant idea—but maybe it was also just as much about eliminating human interaction.
Open Data Kosovo is a civic-tech organization that uses technology to contribute towards social good.