Open Knowledge Brasil

Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR), also called Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre, is the chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation in Brazil. It is a non-profit, non-partisan civil society organization (OSC) governed by a statute decided at an assembly held on 4 September 2013 and recognized in a notary office on 3 October 2013. It states that it has represented Open Knowledge in Brazil since 2013, following an agreement with the Open Knowledge Foundation, which was already present in more than 40 countries. Its mission is to use and develop civic tools, projects, public policy analysis and data journalism, and to promote free knowledge across society; in the political sphere it seeks to make the relationship between government and society closer and more transparent. Its stated vision is a world of free knowledge, online and offline, and its values include respect and tolerance as preconditions for its work and responsible and ethical use of data.

Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR), also called Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre, is the chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation in Brazil. It is a non-profit, non-partisan civil society organization (OSC) governed by a statute decided at an assembly held on 4 September 2013 and recognized in a notary office on 3 October 2013. It states that it has represented Open Knowledge in Brazil since 2013, following an agreement with the Open Knowledge Foundation, which was already present in more than 40 countries. Its mission is to use and develop civic tools, projects, public policy analysis and data journalism, and to promote free knowledge in the various fields of society; in the political sphere it seeks to make the relationship between government and society closer and more transparent. Its vision is a world of free knowledge, online and offline, and its values include respect and tolerance as preconditions for all its work and responsible and ethical use of data.

A non-profit, non-partisan Brazilian civil society organization and the country chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation, working on open data, transparency and free knowledge.

• Escola de Dados

  A global network that helps social organizations, journalists, public agents and citizens use data to solve real problems.

• Inovação Cidadã

  A program working with public information and popular participation, using process automation and technologies such as artificial intelligence.

• EuVoto

  A tool that allows São Paulo residents to give opinions on bills in progress at the São Paulo City Council, using the free software DemocraciaOS.

• Open Data Day

  An initiative of the global open data community to stimulate debate on the opening and use of government data, with OKBR offering logistical and communication support.

• Querido Diário

  A transparency tool that allows monitoring of topics in Brazilian cities; an initiative uses it to monitor climate decisions.

1. 1Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR) | Dados abertos, transparência e conhecimento livre - Open Knowledge Brasilok.org.br
2. 2A OKBR - Open Knowledge Brasilok.org.br
3. 3EuVoto - Open Knowledge Brasilok.org.br
4. 4Open Data Day - Open Knowledge Brasilok.org.br