Open Data Day 2020 Time: Saturday 7.3.2020 at 10.00 – 13.00 Place: Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, Helsinki Saturday 7th March is the official International Open Data Day! For us, it will be a combination of informal discussions and workshops. Topics include Open Data and Wikidata. The day is organised in an unconference way, where the methods and content are decided among the people who are present.  Program (more to be announced later)   International Women’s Day edit-a-thon together with Wikimedia  Group Working Space 3 – from 10.30 – 13.00 For 2020 Open Data Day Wikimedia together with partners invites you to attend the largest International Women’s Day edit-a-thon at Helsinki Central Library Oodi. The event is intended to raise awareness of the unequal coverage of women in Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most important sources of information worldwide and gets millions of visitors and reviews each day, however only one in five biographies are written about a female figure. This means that an uncountable number of women scientists, artists and activists are missing from most popular website. We want to change that. The event is intended to introduce as well as narrow the gap between reading and editing Wikipedia content.   The post Open Data Day 2020 with OKFI appeared first on Open Knowledge Finland.

Save the date! Our xmas party and general autumn assembly are held on Tuesday the 10th of December at Maria01   The post Autumn general assembly and Xmas party appeared first on Open Knowledge Finland.

We cordially invite you to attend the annual OKFI 24H retreat on 8.-9.11.2019 at 16-16 o’clock to Suomenlinna / Sea Fortress island. The program includes planning strategic directions for OKFI and networking over sauna. For further information about the event and registration please visit: https://forms.gle/qZ8mexyBvogfvF2y7 The post OKFI 24h retreat appeared first on Open Knowledge Finland.

Come celebrate the first decade of open data in Finland with Open Knowledge Finland and Helsinki Region Infoshare, 8th to 10th October 2019! Participate in three days of workshops and events culminating in a celebration at the Helsinki City Hall. Tuesday 8.10.2019 Location: Maria 01 startup center, Helsinki 12-13 Lunch at Starter (own cost) 13-21: Presentations and workshops Please sign up to the workshops beforehand, as attendance is limited. https://forms.gle/qgn9FH243DzrF4Ss7   Wednesday 9.10.2019 Location: Kuntatalo, Helsinki   Thursday 10.10.2019 Location: Helsinki City Hall Time: 12-16 + drinks Highlights from the 10 years of Finland’s journey into open data. Meet the makers, the deciders, the inventors, the creators, and the experts! Programme and speakers will be published here shortly. Be part of mapping out the next 10 years of Finland’s open data adventure, and stay for drinks and networking after 4pm.   Please sign up for the gala event. https://forms.gle/uZ2sKYUnhNjHweZh7 The post First decade of Open Data in Finland -events 8.-10.10. appeared first on Open Knowledge Finland.

Do you want to be involved in launching and developing a short-stay rental platform that really complies with the principles of a fair, non-extractive and collaborative economy? WELCOME TO MARIA01 (CORNER ROOM) TUESDAY 4.6 AT 19:00 TO THE KICK-OFF EVENT OF The Fairbnb.coop journey started in 2016 as a movement seeking to create an alternative to existing home-sharing platforms with a focus on commons and 100% respectful with legality. The first hotspots were Venice and Amsterdam but soon other groups from all over Europe joined the debate and helped us shaping the final model that we are seeking to implement. In late 2018 we created a co-op to be the legal entity behind a fair, collectively-owned and transparent booking platform. A platfrom that will allow travelers to find lawful accommodations while facilitating meaningful travel and community participation and which will reinvest 50% of its revenue to support local communities.

Why Fair?

+We’re transparent. We share our data with local governments so cities can know the real impact of tourism.
+ We’re compliant with local regulation and complement them with suggestions of additional policies by local communities.
+ 1 host – 1 home policy. We avoid multi-host in the platform, to ease the effect of over-tourism over the residential accommodation.

Why a Co-op?

+We are independent. Our platform is owned not by faceless investors but by those who use it and are impacted by its use
+Co-ownership + Co-Governance. Decisions are made collaboratively under a distributed governance.
+We are community centered. In order to rebuild communities, 50% of profits are reinvested in social projects that counter the negative effects of tourism.

Why Community Centered?

• We foster local economies: Half of the commission charged by Fairbnb is returned to the local community, sustaining projects selected by local residents.
  
• Local nodes are at the center of our organization and represent the engine that connect the people in the territories making human interaction the real “technology” of Fairbnb.coop

We are bringing bringing the fairbnb cooperative to Finland and setting up a local node. We are looking for people who can help build the network, the platform, find hosts to join the platform and projects to be funded through the commission charged by fairbnb and help with the crowdfunding campaign. Please join us on this journey – This is collective action that can really change things in our cities! Sign up at: FB event  Meetup For more information check out these links:
https://fairbnb.coop/get-involved/
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