Posts tagged "open-data"
Field lessons, tool releases, research findings, and reflections on making knowledge open in practice.
Introducing Urban Atlas Nepal: Ward-Level Flood Hazard for Kathmandu Valley
Today we’re releasing the first version of Urban Atlas Nepal, an open data and methodology layer for understanding urban risk in Nepal’s cities, along with its first application, SmartHousing Nepal. SmartHousing starts with a simple question that many people in Kathmandu Valley face with very little information: how safe is the neighbourhood I’m about to […]
Read moreIntroducing Nagarik Niti: Making Nepal’s Laws Easier to Follow, and Easier to Shape
Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal (OKF Nepal) has begun work on Nagarik Niti, a bilingual platform that makes Nepal’s federal legislative process understandable and open to participation for everyday citizens. OKF Nepal is a non-profit civic tech organization that advances open knowledge as a design principle beyond data. We believe open information enables participatory governance, and […]
Read moreWhen Algorithm Decides: What Nepal’s Digital Creators Are Up Against
Every day, algorithms make decisions about what Nepali voices can say online. Most of these decisions happen in milliseconds, inside systems built far from Nepal, trained mostly in English, and accountable to no one here. The people affected rarely find out why. They often cannot appeal. And there is no one to call. This is […]
Read moreIntroducing MuLCAM: Building the Language Foundation for Nepal’s Digital Safety Needs
Imagine reporting harassment to your supervisor, only to hear: “Do you have proof?” The messages are deleted. The screenshots you never took. The weeks of escalation, now reduced to your word against someone else’s. You go to the Cyber Crime Bureau. They ask for evidence again. They acknowledge the challenges of cross-border coordination with social […]
Read morePublishing and Exploring Data Just Got Easier on Open Data Nepal
With the launch of AI integration on Open Data Nepal, we also shipped two other significant upgrades to the platform: Seamless Publishing and the Comprehensive Data Explorer. This post covers both. Whether you want to contribute data or explore what is already there, these features were built with you in mind. Seamless Publishing Contributing a […]
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