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Tech Services
We are the technology arm of institutions, organisations and communities, so you can create, manage and publish open data with our tools.

The Open Knowledge Foundation has experts worldwide providing services related to our pipeline of tools for open knowledge. In other words, our tech services are vehicles to sustain our work, test our innovations and escalate the impact of our technical tools, models, and policies across different organisations and institutions.

We have extensive experience and expertise related to legal, technological and community aspects of open data and have provided consultancy, research, community management and technology solutions for a wide range of international clients. 

What kind of tech services do we provide?

General Needs Assessment We help you discover what your organisation needs to improve how you store, publish and share data and other information.
Adoption Services We provide the tools, standards and methodologies to fulfil your institutions' needs regarding adopting open knowledge.
Tailored-made Solutions We can provide any specific services to reduce friction and activate the power of sharing data for your institutions’ efforts.

List of Tech Services

We will help you discover to what extent your infrastructure is truly open. This assessment is the first step for organisations that compile data, and want to make it openly available.
Openness Assessment We will help you discover to what extent your infrastructure is truly open. This assessment is the first step for organisations that compile data, and want to make it openly available.
We solve the technical, social and legal challenges of opening up data. We can work with you to understand your needs, develop open data strategies, and establish best practices.
Open Your Data We solve the technical, social and legal challenges of opening up data. We can work with you to understand your needs, develop open data strategies, and establish best practices.
We will install and deploy a basic (out of the box) CKAN instance on your own infrastructure, including 3 plugins you select.
Your Own CKAN We will install and deploy a basic (out of the box) CKAN instance on your own infrastructure, including 3 plugins you select.
We can assist your organisation with a wide range of civic tech solutions beyond CKAN. We can adapt to your systems and past decisions to deliver a consistent new solution.
Civic Tech Solutions We can assist your organisation with a wide range of civic tech solutions beyond CKAN. We can adapt to your systems and past decisions to deliver a consistent new solution.

Training Services

School of Data is our training arm. Along with our community, we offer a range of general and customised courses such as Data Collection, Telling a Story with Data, Geodata, Data for Journalists etc.
School of Data School of Data is our training arm. Along with our community, we offer a range of general and customised courses such as Data Collection, Telling a Story with Data, Geodata, Data for Journalists etc.

Examples of Our Work

Some of the organisations we have worked with:

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