Final evaluation of the Open Data for Development (Phase III) Initiative of the International Development Research Centre
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2023
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The twenty-first century has seen the rise of new kinds of global challenges such as the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial, gender, sexual and economic injustices. These challenges connect us all and they require trust, cooperation and mutual respect between countries and people groups, but they also require timely, accurate and actionable evidence. Transparency and accountability in public and private institutions is essential to address and overcome these kinds of interconnected, complex challenges, and open data is a key tool to achieving this. The Open Data for Development (OD4D) program is a global partnership to advance the availability, use and impact of open data in government, civil society, and private sectors. “Open data is digital data that is made available with the technical and legal characteristics necessary for it to be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone, anytime, anywhere.” OD4D is an initiative that aims to increase the availability of quality Open Data (OD) and its use by actors in government, civil society, and the private sector for greater social good. The OD4D program began in 2015 and is currently coming to the end of its third phase (2020 – 2022) and is supported the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Hewlett Foundation and Global Affairs Canada.
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GLOBAL CHALLENGES, OPEN DATA, OPEN DATA FOR DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL