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Apply now for an Open Data Day 2021 mini-grant

We are thrilled to announce that once again Open Knowledge Foundation is giving out mini-grants to support people hosting Open Data Day events across the world.

Apply by midday GMT on Friday 5th February 2021 and you could receive $300 USD towards the running of your Open Data Day event. Learn more about applying in our blog post.

The eleventh Open Data Day will take place on Saturday 6th March 2021.

News from the Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is looking for a new leader to spread the global message of openness and help us in our mission to create a fair, free and open future. Could this be you? Apply before the end of January 2021.
Save the date: csv,conf,v6 will be held online on 4-5 May 2021.  csv,conf is a data conference about what CSV represents: data interoperability, hackability, simplicity. Submit your talk proposals by 28 February 2021.
Updates on our projects
We have partnered with the Open Data Institute to improve our existing documentation and add new features on Frictionless Data to create a better user experience for all.

Are you using our Frictionless Data tools or our Python data library? Then we want to hear from you! Help us review our documentation during a user session and you will be given £50 for your time and feedback.

Read more about our new high-level Python framework, frictionless-py.

Product manager Lilly Winfree will give a talk at 1:30pm CET on 18th February during the online Open Science Conference.

Learn more about Frictionless Data by joining monthly virtual hangouts. Watch December's hangout on YouTube or RSVP now for our next hangout on 28th January at 2pm GMT.
The Open Knowledge Justice Programme is developing learning resources, training programmes and legal strategies to support legal professionals in the fight for algorithmic accountability.

Meg Foulkes, director of the Justice Programme, wrote for The Privacy Collective about why the future of tech should be fair, transparent and accountable.
From our blog:

Do we trust the plane or the pilot? The problem with ‘trustworthy’ AI 

Dryad and Frictionless Data collaboration
From the Open Knowledge Network
Our mission: A fair, free and open future
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