Open Data Day 2019: it’s a wrap!
Lieke Ploeger - May 17, 2019 in Open Data Day, open data day 2019



Open Data Day survey
To prepare well for next year’s edition, we want to learn more about the people behind these events. We know open data looks different from place to place and the needs to make Open Data Day happen are different as well. That is why we created a brief survey to learn a bit more about this needs and be able to foster and support all of you better – many thanks in advance for your contributions!
Mini-grant scheme
This year, 40 events received funding through the Open Data Day mini-grants scheme funded by the Open Contracting Program of Hivos, Mapbox, Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, the Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA) and the Open Contracting Partnership. This year, the focus was on four key areas that we think open data can help solve: Follow public money flows (particularly focusing on Open Contracting), Open Mapping, Open Science and Equal Development. Following on the success of the 2018 edition, we set up a blogging schedule that connected the different events. Mini-grantees were linked to each other based on a similarity in topic, location or type of event. This resulted in a series of Open Data Day blogs that reported on activities from different angles, and also in more contact between the different organisers – something we hope will extend also beyond the actual event itself. Below is the list of all blogs of this edition per topic, for easy future reference:Follow Public Money Flows
- Citizen repository of open data and exploration of the contracting system in Bolivia
- A joint report by Open Knowledge Colombia and Datasketch
- Experience in Costa Rica & Elections, Public Contracts and Open Science: the mix at #ODD19 Guatemala
- Mexico City: communities sharing DataLove & Data to fight violence against women
- International Open Data Day celebrated in Nigeria
- A growing data community in Paraguay
Open Mapping
- 5 Things We Learned from Hosting an Open Data Day Event
- Strengthening Citizen Participation & Women in Power
- Open Mapping in Brazil for Open Data Day 2019
- 2019 Open Data Day celebrations in Kenya
- Mexico City: communities sharing DataLove & Data to fight violence against women
- The Big Easy Budget Game and Open for open data
- Open Data Day in Taiwan and Zimbabwe
Open Science
- Citizen repository of open data and exploration of the contracting system in Bolivia
- Open science events in Benin and Cameroon
- Naturalist Datathon: Bogotá (Datatón Naturalista)
- Open Science events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Costa Rica
- Open Data Day in Taiwan and Zimbabwe
- Open Data Day in Venezuela
- 13th Data Week and Open Data Day 2019
Equal Development
- Argentina: MenstruAction and Open Data for equality and citizen empowerment
- Leveraging open data for healthier communities in Africa
- A joint report by iWatch Africa and Lesotho Open Data Initiative
- Strengthening Citizen Participation & Women in Power
- A joint report by Open Knowledge Colombia and Datasketch
- 2019 Open Data Day celebrations in Kenya
- The Big Easy Budget Game and Open for open data