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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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 participation tool. 1. Ease of use “Dataset” is too often a synonymous for...
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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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The Economist has just released the ninth edition of its annual Democracy Index, and it features a somber view of Belgium. Our federal monarchy comes 35th globally, behind Italy, India, Botswana, and… Trump’s United States. In Western Europe it comes 18th, only ahead of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. Unlike most...
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