It seems we still live in the infancy of open government data, which is all about availability and quality. In this post we submit 5 more suggestions to usher in the mature age: open data as a prized participation tool. 1. Answer data demand An excellent way to create databases...
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CitizenLab has been named Belgium’s ‘Student Startup of the Year’ in the presence of the Belgian King. Our team, of which the founders are young graduates, get honored for their impact on digital democracy. For the second year in a row Startups.be awarded four distinct startups during the Tech Startup Day conference...
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It seems we still live in the infancy of open government data, which is all about availability and quality. In this post we submit 4 suggestions to usher in the mature age: open data as a prized citizen participation tool for open democracy. 1. Open Data: ease of use and...
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Open Belgium 2017 –the Belgian conference on open knowledge– is now only a few weeks away. One of its core themes is the leveraging of open data to increase citizen participation in public life and policy-making. Before the discussion kicks off CitizenLab presents its take on what connects data and...
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