e-Society: Youth and Media Conference" in Skopje, Macedonia on February 7th and 8th 2014. It is a two-day conference organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Youth Educational Forum, exploring media from a youth perspective, youth led media, media literacy, information quality, digital media activism, music and movements. I represented Open Knowledge Foundation as Ambassador of Sweden and his topic was " Open Data for Digital Activism and Civic Engagement".

1. Open Data: Digital Activism and Civic Engagement
Serdar Temiz
OKFN Ambassador-Sweden

2. We need Freedom
To Distribute Information

3. How Much Information
is Dump On
You Every Day?

4. http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-overload_b47316

5. http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-overload_b47316

6. To view all content you need to spend
12 HOURS
A DAY!

7. How can you tell compelling, convincing
stories?
How can you differentiate?
How can you create new knowledge?

8. We need Freedom To
Discover Answers
(even Questions!)

9. Data
Data
Data
Data
Data
Data

10. Information vs Data
Serdar Temiz is OKFN
Ambassador of Sweden, his twitter
Is @serdar_temiz

11. Now it is Data
Name
Last Name
Twitter
Organisation
Country
Serdar
Temiz
Serdar_temiz
OKFN
Sweden
Elena
Ignatova
ieli
Metamorphosi
s
Macedonia
SREĆKO
ŠEKELJIĆ
skeljic
Balkanist
Serbia

12. Problem
Friction
Friction
Friction

13. Empowering through
Open Knowledge

14. What is open data/ open knowledge?
Open Data is information which can be freely used,
reused, and redistributed, in machine readable format,
by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose
Open Knowledge is what Open Data
becomes when it is made
useful - accessible, understandable, meaningful
and able to help someone solve a real problem

15. How we work
• We are a global network which believes in the power of open to empower
individuals through creating and sharing open knowledge and insight.
• We connect diverse communities, individuals and projects, around specific
domains of openness and also in local groups, all with community governance
• We bring people together at events, including major international conferences,
workshops, and local meetups - and online
• Campaigns focus the energy of the network around specific goals and activities
to achieve positive change

16. How we work
• The network combines talking (advocacy) and making (creating software,
handbooks, and working with data)
• We support community projects around open knowledge, amplifying their
impact and providing admin and IT infrastructure to non-profit activities
• We also commission fixed term, high impact projects to fill key gaps in the
open knowledge ecosystem (these may be open source software, data, training
and handbooks, policy or other work - whatever is needed to best move the space
forward)

17. Opening Data to was not enough
We need to do more to show how Open Data can be used
by activists.
We need to distill data into facts that are
simple,
precise
and easy to understand

18. Evidence is Power

19. Mission
School of Data works to empower civil society
organizations, journalists and citizens with the skills they
need to use data effectively – in their effort to create
better societies.

20. School of Data is a critical component of the open data
ecosystem:
• provides tools and training to empower people to use
open data for good - especially to people new to open
data;
• supports outreach and engagement by creating a
supportive community of learners and mentors - working
with Open Knowledge Foundation Local Groups;
• creates opportunities for people and communities to use
open data to make an impact;
• works both with governments to open up data and data
users such as journalists and NGOs.

21. Target
We work mostly with change makers: NGOs and
journalists.
We empower them to use data effectively to advance their
cause and mission through a combination of training and
long terms support.

22. Method
Data expeditions - online and offline short gatherings
where a group of people with different backgrounds
tackle a data related problem
Data clinics - hands on support working directly with
people’s data
Mentoring - local mentors working with local
communities
Online content - tutorial and walkthroughs
Offline resources e.g. Data Journalism Handbook

23. Where we work
• We work globally, with a focus on the following regions:
• Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East, Europe
• School of Data is translated in Spanish and Portuguese
• Future: French, Greek and Italian
• Over 10 mentors working in countries like: Egypt, Lebanon,
Uganda, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, etc.

25. President’s food budget was 1 billion Naira ($6.2
million) per annum and yet he was calling for fuel
subsidies to be cut.

26. Ali Rebaie #RIPNelsonMandela
250,000 tweets

27. Why Spain and Indonesia?
Nelson Mandela wore batik shirts on formal
occasions; the South Africans call it a Madiba
shirt.
In 2010, Nelson Mandela was present in the
stadium when Spain's international football team
won their first ever World Cup Football trophy

28. Open Spending

29. Our Impact
1 million open datasets
published with our tools
400 datasets, 15 million
transactions in our open
database of public finances
40 Countries
with Open Knowledge
Foundation groups actively
working for openness
45,000 downloads of our open
source CKAN data portal
software
70+ countries being tracked on
their open data status by our
Open Data Index
More than 1000 people trained
in data skills by School of Data
in 2013
20+ countries where “Where
Does My Money Go” sites are
making Government finances
understandable and visible
2 million people introduced to
the importance and beauty of
the Public Domain via the
Public Domain Review
Dozens of innovative technical
tools developed and supported
by our Open Knowledge
Foundation Labs

30. As OKFN Ambassador of Sweden I am
proud of to be this community,
to be one of you.

32. @serdar_temiz