Calling team players to join our board – let’s make Open Knowledge great!
Open Knowledge Finland - November 21, 2017 in äänestys, annual meeting, autumn general meeting, Board, Events, Featured, hallitus, Nofications, Official meeting, okfi, syyskokous, visio, vision, vuosikokous
The new board for Open Knowledge Finland is to be elected in the Autumn General Meeting on Dec 13. Will you be a changemaker and on our board!?
There’s no need to make open knowledge or open data great again, because it already IS. However, Open Knowledge Finland is calling out to its members and to-be-members, and asking: Are you willing to help take this association one step further?!

Where are we now – where are we going?
Open Knowledge Finland is turning 5 years old before the end of the year! We’ve grown fast and become an influential player in the Finnish civil society, especially in the domains of digitalization, information society, data economy and open participatory co-creation. Right now our budget is over 500 000 eur annually, we have nearly 500 members, we foster the community of over 5000 open data enthusiasts. We’ve implemented dozens of projects and our events have had visitors from over 30 countries! Most importantly, we have helped make changes in the Finnish society. For further details, have a look at the 2016 annual report. In our current vision for 2020: We are a well-known significant player in the Finnish societal discussion on digitalisation and data economy, bringing forward especially the views of data users, data subjects and advocates of openness – from the grassroots. OKFI brings together and foster the community of open data and open knowledge enthusiasts and stakeholders. We are a laboratory of openness, continuously experimenting with new ideas and ways of working. We implement open data and open knowledge projects that have a significant societal impact. In addition to innovation, we serve the society by providing trainings and services. We work across borders and are an active participant in international discussion.Looking ahead.
We are in the process of planning 2018 and onwards. We hope you can participate:- Join the 24 hours planning session in Nuuksio on Dec 8-9
- Join the Autumn General Meeting on Dec 13