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📣 Video documentation now live: 'The Future of Open Data'

Relive the online conference that brought the #opendata community together to celebrate two decades of #CKAN and discuss the current role of open data and data infrastructures.

👉🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2026/03/17/the-future-of-open-data-video-documentation/

Sean Boots Mar 10

New work blog post! 📊 Happy open data day: https://yukon.ca/en/digital-blog/happy-open-data-day #opendata #CKAN #OpenDataDay #ODD26

Open Knowledge Foundation Feb 25

🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: an online conference by @okfn to celebrate #OpenDataDay and the 20th anniversary of #CKAN 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 the community.

🗓️ Wednesday, March 11
🕙 10:00 - 15:00 UTC
✍️ Register now at https://okfn.org/thefutureofopendata

Alexander Güntert Feb 25

How awesome is this? @[email protected] (@[email protected]) have quietly developed a #MCP Server that is able to query (almost) all #CKAN Data Portals. That, of course, includes our @[email protected] Portal. They have a testing instance that you can include in your ChatGPT/Claude..

Open Knowledge Foundation Dec 9

🚀 Today, we are excited to announce a new strategic partnership with #datHere to strengthen open, FAIR and AI-ready data infrastructure powered by #CKAN.

Towards more open-source solutions to tackle the most pressing issues of our time!

Learn more 👇🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2025/12/09/open-knowledge-foundation-and-dathere-announce-new-partnership-to-strengthen-open-fair-ai-ready-data-infrastructure-powered-by-ckan/

Open Knowledge Foundation and datHere Announce New Partnership to Strengthen Open, FAIR, AI-Ready Data Infrastructure Powered by CKAN - Open Knowledge Blog

The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) and datHere have established a new partnership to advance open standards and AI-ready data infrastructure tooling, standards and practices. The collaboration aims to help develop shared services, co-design project proposals, better understand the challenges for the communities we serve and strengthen the landscape of open, interoperable data across public and

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Open Knowledge Foundation Nov 25

We created #CKAN over 20 years ago, and it's become the industry standard for #opendata portals.

It's used in over 50 countries – UK, US, India, Brazil, EU, as well as by many UN agencies, universities and research institutions worldwide.

Learn why 🎥 👇🏾 https://buff.ly/CBTVdXx

Open Knowledge Foundation Nov 25

Today, we are showcasing the full potential of #CKAN at the #DPGProductFair, during the @dpgalliance Annual Members' Meeting in #Brasília 🇧🇷

📸 @hsvab (@okbr), @avilarenata and Otavio Neves (CGU/Government of Brazil)

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o lаvrоvsky Nov 25

Not to be confused with the awesome ckanext-embeddings by @amercader

https://catalog.civicdataecosystem.org/extension/ckanext-embeddings #CKAN

ckanext-embeddings - CKAN Ecosystem Catalog Beta

The Embeddings extension enhances CKAN's search and discovery capabilities by leveraging machin

o lаvrоvsky Nov 25

#CKAN Embed is a handy widget for embedding opendata.swiss and other CKAN searches on your website https://opendata-swiss.github.io/ckan-embed/examples/

Open Knowledge Foundation Oct 8

✊🏾 "The most fundamental pillar of #opengovernment is software made by activists. If you have ever used official #opendata from Brazil, Canada, USA, UK, India, etc., you have used CKAN." – @avilarenata #OGPSummit

⛵️ #CKAN is a DPG recognised by the Digital Public Good Alliance