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In the midst of corruption scandals, Sweden stands without key data
March 19, 2020 – Sweden has no open datasets in key anti-corruption areas shows a study carried out by Open Knowledge Sweden. Sweden also ranks the lowest on open data release compared to other Nordic and Baltic countries, according to a report by the partner organisation Transparency International Latvia. Sweden is perceived as one of […]
Read moreSweden needs better coordination, skills and concrete incentives to drive the work on open data forward
Sweden needs better coordination, skills and concrete incentives to drive the work on open data forward The assessment of Sweden’s commitments in the framework of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)* has just been published. The assessment shows that Sweden’s third OGP action plan led to greater access to public service information. However, Alina Östling, the […]
Read moreOpen Knowledge Awards 2018
Nominations for Open Knowledge Awards for 2018 is Open! This year, in order to have better judgement of year 2019, Open Knowledge Awards for 2018 will be held on February 27th, 2019. You are welcome to nominate an individual, group, or organization for each category from now on. The schedule of the nomination process as […]
Read moreOpen data and the fight against corruption in Latvia, Sweden and Finland
December 7, 2018 This blog has been crossposted from the Open Knowledge Foundation blog. Transparency International Latvia, in collaboration with Open Knowledge Sweden and Open Knowledge Finland, has published a new study on open data and anti-corruption policies in Latvia, Sweden and Finland, showing that governments in the three countries could do more to leverage […]
Read moreOpen data and the fight against corruption in Latvia, Sweden and Finland
Transparency International Latvia, in collaboration with Alina Ostlng, Serdar Temiz and Antoni Mickiewicz from Open Knowledge Sweden as well as Aleksi Knuutila and Teemu Ropponen from Open Knowledge Finland, has published a new study on open data and anti-corruption policies in Latvia, Sweden and Finland, showing that governments in the three countries could do more to leverage the […]
Read moreWelcome to Open Knowledge Awards 2017
Stockholm, 2017/10/17 – Open Knowledge Sweden is pleased to announce the Open Knowledge Awards 2017. Open knowledge is knowledge, often in the form of data, available for everyone to freely use, reuse and redistribute without any sorts of restrictions. Open Knowledge Sweden envisions enlightened societies where everyone has access to key information in order to […]
Read moreSome basic information on Freedom of Information in Sweden
1. Transparent governmental structure: at the demand of the King! Sweden with its current population of 9.8 Million used to be a relative poor country, its wealth hasn’t been growing until 1870s. The King had to collect tax from very limited population to finance the consumption of his Government as well as his family—the reason […]
Read moreGästforskare från Kina studerar svensk offentlighetsprincip
Den kinesiska gästforskaren Xiaowei Chen är i Sverige för att forska om den svenska offentlighetsprincipen och jämföra den med den tyska och den kinesiska motsvarigheten. Både den tyska och den kinesiska är relativt nya i förhållande till Sveriges 250-åriga offentlighetsprincip. Syftet med studierna är att kunna ta med lärdomar hem till Tyskland men främst till […]
Read morePressmeddelande Internetfonden
Undervaka.se är stolta över att vara ett av de sex projekt som Internetfonden tror på och har valt att finiansiera för år 2017. Internetfonden har släppt ett pressmeddelande på sin hemsida och så här skrev de om projektet Undervaka.se av Julia Navrén och Malin Isaksson: “Undervaka.se – ett digitalt kvalitetsindex för tryckfrihetsförordningen och offentlighetsprincipen Journalistiken […]
Read moreÖppna Data Meetup #3 – Let’s innovate about “Bosättningslagen” with Open Data!
The new Swedish law, “Bosättningslagen”, obligates Swedish municipalities to arrange a living for those refugees who now may stay in Sweden. Many solutions that have been presented are quite expensive and drastic for many municipalities, but some may be cost efficient options. The two topics (that I suggest) for this meetup are: What relation does […]
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