Open Knowledge Finland

We facilitate the development of a fair and open digital society by means of open knowledge and open collaboration.

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What we do

Check our action plan for 2023 or read some highlights of OKFI’s accomplishments.

MyData

MyData has become the de facto standard for activities around personal data and its use. OKFI started the annual MyData conferences and in the fall of 2018, coordinated the creation of MyData Global ry, the first ever global NGO based in Finland and Finnish law.

Online courses for open data

We produced and published courseware for two courses, one for publishers of open data, and one for reusers of open data. We also conducted massive open only courses on one of them.

Freedom of information service: tietopyynto.fi

We created and keep hosting tietopyynto.fi, which anyone can use to send data requests based on the Freedom of Information Act to any public official in Finland.

Finnish standard on open licenses

Finnish public sector institutes are guided by a set of official recommendations. Our representatives were involved in the working group that created JHS 189, The license for using open data in 2014. This recommendation posits Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and Creative Commons Zero as the two licenses to use when Finnish public sector publishes open datasets.

Master classes on open data publication

We created two parallel master classes, one for the GLAM sector and one for the public sector. The materials are published openly and the courses were completed successfully.

Digirights online course

As the GDPR was happening, we produced a massive open online course for citizens to know their new privacy rights. In Finnish at digioikeudet.info and in English at digirights.info.

Hackathons

We’ve organized numerous hackathons such as Hack4FI, Demokratiahack and Perustulohack.

Annual reports

Open Knowledge Finland ry’s annual reports from all fiscal periods:

  • Annual report 2021
  • Annual report 2020
  • Annual report 2019
  • Annual report 2018
  • Annual report 2017
  • Annual report 2016
  • Toimintakertomus 2015
  • Toimintakertomus 2014
  • Toimintakertomus 2013
  • SuomiSuomi

OKFI wants you!

Make use of the services and publications we have made, come to our events, join our community or get involved in our projects! Read more

Recent Posts

  • Best Open Knowledge Thesis award February 10, 2023
  • New Chair of the board December 30, 2022
  • Open Knowledge Summer Meetup May 15, 2022
  • OKFI -DAY 6.11.2021 October 14, 2021
  • Summer 2021 workshop May 24, 2021

About OKFI

We promote opening and usage of open knowledge and advance the development of open society in Finland.

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Get involved

Make use of the services and publications we have made, come to our events, join our community or get involved in our projects! Read more

Our friends

Open Knowledge International

MyData Global

Creative Commons Finland

Our services

tietopyynto.fi

digirights.info / digioikeudet.info

datakoulu.fi

koodiaapinen.fi

Your data

We respect your privacy. Read our privacy policy and also visit MyData.

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