Open Your Data

We can help you make your organisation's data available that may be of value to third parties or to meet your transparency obligations, including strategy, community and best practice.

Why Open Data?

Open data, especially open government data, is a huge resource that remains largely untapped. There are three common reasons for opening your data: transparency, unlocking social and commercial value, and increasing participation and engagement. It's about availability and access, reuse and redistribution, and universal participation. Open data are the building blocks of open knowledge. Open knowledge is what open data becomes when it's useful, usable and used.

Learn more about all advantages of going open ↗

Step by Step

Typically, the process of opening up an institution's data, taking into account all aspects, is a 3-phase project that we will follow closely:

1. Openness assessment - Analyse your available data and the potential audiences interested in it.
2. Strategy - Define roadmap and prioritise datasets to be released.
3. Technical implementation - Repository, data cleansing and storage pipeline.Interview for an initial assessment of your organisation's current state or baseline.

Examples of Past Works

Every case is different and we will make sure that we take into account all your specific data handling needs. But in general terms, if you choose this service, you will have a system similar to those hosted by these previous clients.

Bundle Options

One of the principles of Open Knowledge is sustainability, so we will never make you dependent on us. We want to make sure that your project is sustainable over the years, i.e. that you understand what you have at hand at the moment and what the next steps are for adopting an open infrastructure. For this reason, we recommend that you combine this service with the following offerings.

Why Us?

Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is the world’s ultimate reference in open digital infrastructures and the hub of the open movement. As a global not-for-profit, we have been establishing and advocating for open standards for the last 20 years. We provide services, tools and training for institutions to adopt openness as a design principle.

OKFN is the technology arm of a wide range of institutions creating, managing and publishing open data. Our most popular product, CKAN, is the tool behind open data portals such as those of the US, Brazilian and Indian governments, and the UN refugee agency.

Our tools follow our vision of simple, sustainable and open-by-design technology. We intentionally design processes, policies, standards and protocols so that anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose.

This is a standardised and simplified example of the services we provide. The final scope of the project will be customised to varying degrees to suit your needs. Get in touch with our team and we'll be happy to offer you a personalised quote. Latest update:
May 2024.