Al Kags Joins GPSDD Technical Advisory Group
We at the Open Institute, are proud to announce that our Founder, Al Kags, has been invited to join the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of
Tag: Transparency
Setting up Data Desks in Counties: Why we care about this.
Since 2013, we have been working together with counties and the World Bank in Kenya to develop systems to be transparent and engage citizens. The
Completion of the Data Desk Training to Elgeyo Marakwet County’s Data Desk Fellows
We have just completed week’s training (6th – 10th May 2019) with Data Fellows who have been identified by Elgeyo Marakwet County to lead the
The Government should take a stronger leadership role in OGP
Recently, we participated in a national Open Government Partnership forum was held in Nairobi. This forum, organised by the Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO),
Focus on people to achieve the global goals – thats what we will do
At the Open Institute, we have grown to believe that the power to fight inequality in all its forms lies in people. It is in
The final link in the chain: Citizen participation through data
When we started the Global Goals for Local Impact programme, we had a simple hypothesis: that when citizens are involved in the collection of the
Data for data’s sake… is good.
Today was a public holiday in Kenya as muslims celebrate Idd-ul-Adha, the festival that commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to please Almighty God.
The long road to citizen power
Very frequently, and more so lately, our team gets up very early in the morning and prepares to set off to Lanet Umoja location in
Making Transparency Matter: What Citizens Care About
At the Open Institute, we have centered much of our work around transparency – making government and corporate data available to everyone. The argument is
Global Goals for Local Impact: Lanet Umoja Community Leaders’ Meeting
We are coming to the end of our pilot exercise for the Global Goals for Local Impact project in Lanet Umoja location. Data was collected