‘ICT´s have to be a tool for all the people’

November 3, 2015 by Open Knowledge Hub
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By BRIDGE As soon as Kemly Camacho starts talking about her work, it’s clear to see how passionate she is. Now the General Coordinator, she was one of the founding members of workers’ cooperative and social enterprise Sulá Batsú in 2005. Sulá Batsú is based in Costa Rica and works to strengthen Central American social enterprises, community networks and social movements. Continue reading →

SERP-P team participates in an open knowledge event at IDS

October 30, 2015 by Open Knowledge Hub
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By the SocioEconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) Two representatives of the Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P), together with 24 other participants from regional and international knowledge organizations, partook in the partnership meeting of the Global Open Knowledge Hub (GOKH)—an open knowledge initiative of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS)—on October 21–23, in Brighton, United Kingdom. The event, which centered on the theme “Engaging in Open Knowledge through Partnerships”, brought together delegates from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. To kick off the three-day seminar-workshop, Kelly Shephard, head of the Open Knowledge and Digital Services of IDS, stressed the importance of evidence-based research and the will and capacity to share evidence and knowledge. In this line, Continue reading →