This December 10th marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its signing in 1948 marked a historic moment for the international community to recognize a set of standards that defined explicitly the idea that all people are entitled to live a life of dignity regardless of gender, race, nationality, religion, age, ability, as a “foundation for … [Read more...] about Open Knowledge on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Open Knowledge
Open Knowledge is the omnipresent topic on Abierto al Público, and although all the articles on the blog relate to it, we created this tag for those entries that have the term “Open Knowledge” in their title, as we believe that they might enhance the understanding that our audience has on this matter.
This tag also includes the articles that describe the five thematic pillars around which we generate content for the blog:
- Open Learning
- Open Source
- Open Data
- Knowledge Management
- Open Systems
How to transform implicit knowledge into open knowledge
Español Open knowledge isn’t all about access to statistics and data. It also about what drives day-to-day operations everywhere: experience and insight. In this post I will explain how to transform the know-how of your organization or community of peers into open knowledge, so it can be shared, adapted and applied by others. Know-how is a tricky thing. Everyone has it, … [Read more...] about How to transform implicit knowledge into open knowledge
Welcome to the Open Knowledge blog: We’re open to the public
Español | Français | Português Today marks the start of a new IDB project: a blog for discussing and learning about open knowledge and its impact on development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This topic is somewhat confusing for many people because it's new and multi-faceted. That's why we thought this open space would be useful for increasing understanding of the concept … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Open Knowledge blog: We’re open to the public