Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal

AI integration is now live on Open Data Nepal! 🚀 Ask questions about Nepal's public datasets in plain English and get instant answers. No technical background needed. 🔍 Discover. 📖 Understand. 📊 Visualize. 👉 Try it: opendatanepal.com #OpenData #Nepal #AI #CivicTech

"Do you have proof?" 🔍 Platforms can't moderate what they can't detect. MuLCAM is an open corpus of Nepali harassment language across 12 harm categories, free for researchers, developers, and safety teams. Contribute or collaborate: oknp.org/blogs/introduc… #TFGBV #OpenData

Two new upgrades are now live on Open Data Nepal! 📤 Seamless Publishing: sign in and publish datasets in minutes 📊 Data Explorer: explore and visualize any dataset without downloading a file Easier to contribute. Easier to explore. 💡 👉 oknp.org/blogs/publishi…

As a Social Innovation ICT Award 2025 semi-finalist, we showcased the Integrated Data Management System (IDMS) at Startup & Idea Fest, engaging with a large number of visitors. We also presented IDMS at the Grand Jury Session to share our vision with clarity & purpose.

📊 New Data Story Alert! Check out "How Nepal’s Energy Sector Shapes Growth and Development", highlighting Nepal’s clean energy progress, rising hydropower capacity, and growing electricity exports. Read here: opendatanepal.com/data-stories/h… #hydropower #data #sustainabledevelopment

📢 Our October IWG meeting is now on 21 Nov, 4pm SG/MNL! 🌏 Focus: Asia/Oceania views on regulation and privacy in practice. 🎙 With GDI's Marco Zaplan and speakers from Open Ownership, Open Net Korea, and SafeNet. ✨ See you there! Our 25 Nov session (LATAM/Europe/NA) remains.

If you hate Excel formulas and don't really know what ‘metadata’ means, #OpenDataEditor is for you! A handy tool for 👩🏾‍💻 journalists, 📣 activists, 👨🏼‍✈️ civil servants, and anyone who isn't an engineer. Download ODE and start learning now: okfn.org/en/projects/op…

📊 New Data Story Alert! Explore “A Decade of Growth: Nepal’s GDP Trajectory (2011–2022)” - uncovering how Nepal’s economy evolved through challenges like the 2015 earthquake and the pandemic, and what shaped its path to recovery. 🔗 Read here: opendatanepal.com/data-stories/a…

The remapped @opendatanp is here – faster, smarter & built for the next generation of data users. Access consolidated datasets from health to governance, contribute your own data stories & shape Nepal's data future. Discover what's new: oknp.org/blogs/making-n… @CKANproject

Breaking down digital barriers with accessible data tools 💡 Our APrIGF 2025 session showcased how the Open Data Editor empowers anyone to work with data - no coding skills needed, no internet required & privacy built in. Read how: oknp.org/blogs/reflecti… #OpenData #APrIGF2025

Learn to validate and clean datasets without coding! Join our workshop on Open Data Editor – an offline-first tool for civil society, journalists, and activists working with public data. 🔗 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: oknp.org/blogs/empoweri… #APrIGF2025 #OpenData #CivicTech

Open Knowledge Nepal strongly condemns the violent suppression of the youth-led protest on 8 September 2025 by the Government of Nepal. We demand justice. We demand change. We demand peace. We stand in solidarity with the youth of Nepal.

Open Knowledge Nepal strongly condemns the Government of Nepal’s decision to ban social media platforms. We urge the Government of Nepal to immediately withdraw this decision and instead work towards policies that promote digital rights, transparency, and inclusive governance.

We are bringing together #AI experts and digital literacy practitioners to discuss the challenges of building the capacity of civil society organisations, activists and the open movement. Depending on your location and field of work, there are many different barriers to overcome/

📲Check out the Catalogue of the Top 15 Finalists of the Civic Tech Innovation Challenge! Inside, you’ll find civic tech solutions and how young innovators are reimagining governance for more transparent, inclusive, and accountable societies here: tinyurl.com/ctic-catalogue Learn more about civic tech here: undp.org/asia-pacific/c…

We’re thrilled to announce that @openknowledgenp has been selected as one of the Top 15 Finalists of the Civic Tech Innovation Challenge 2025! 🎉 This milestone reinforces our mission to use open data and civic tech for stronger citizen participation and better governance.

🕵️‍♀️ We are looking for skilled professionals who are committed to advancing #opensource and #openknowledge to work with us on a variety of projects. Know someone? Please share! okfn.org/en/jobs/ 🏃🏽‍♀️ Deadline: 12 September

🎯 On 19 August, @OKFN is bringing together #AI experts and #digitalliteracy practitioners to discuss the challenges of building AI capacity for civil society organisations, activists, and the open movement. 👉🏾 Register here: blog.okfn.org/register-for-a… #AILiteracy #TheTechWeWant

📣✨ [Announcement] #OpenDataEditor 1.6.0 AI-enhanced Version Release ✨ Now, ODE is a key companion tool for the early and critical stages of your AI journey. 👇🏾 Check the new (responsible, offline) AI features to improve the quality of your data. blog.okfn.org/2025/08/12/ann…

Nepal lost 7,221 souls in 2023/24 - 20 lives every single day. Men, women, children - all silenced by stigma, isolation, and system failure Read why this crisis can’t be ignored anymore: oknp.org/blogs/ignored-… #MentalHealthNow