Leer artículo en español By Annette Hester, Project Coordinator, Energy Innovation Center Open knowledge is what open data becomes when it’s useful, usable and used.” (Open Knowledge Foundation) A few months ago, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Energy Innovation Center published a new online energy database that provides an entirely new way of understanding … [Read more...] about IDB opens data on energy matrix in Latin America and the Caribbean
The IDB will launch its Open Data Portal on development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Versión en español By Norma Palomino, Chief of Library Services at the Inter-American Development Bank As we mentioned in an earlier blogpost, 84% of the population of Latin America lives in municipalities that have open government data policies. As well as this, four nations in the region—Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico and Costa Rica—were among the 70 nations ranked for the … [Read more...] about The IDB will launch its Open Data Portal on development in Latin America and the Caribbean
11 Free Resources to Promote Sustainable Energy
Español The United Nations Initiative Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) aims to reach three main objectives by 2030 providing universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. To achieve these goals in Latin America and the … [Read more...] about 11 Free Resources to Promote Sustainable Energy
5 ideas about and beyond Open Access Week
Versión en español This week is Open Access week and we find the opportunity to re-think and revisit the idea of making scholar knowledge available freely to all. Great advances have been made in the last decade around this movement. In this posting, I’d like to take the opportunity to share five advances as well as some loose ends we’ll need to deal with in the … [Read more...] about 5 ideas about and beyond Open Access Week
Why the Caribbean embraces open data
Versión en español Discussions about open data and open government are advancing rapidly in the Caribbean and we are already witnessing some good examples of the benefits of open data in the region. In this post, I would like to briefly review progress being made of the creation of an Open Data ecosystem in the Caribbean and look at a few examples that have been useful to … [Read more...] about Why the Caribbean embraces open data