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'''Open Knowledge Foundation''' ('''OKF''') is a global, non-profit network that promotes and shares information at no charge, including both content and data.<ref name="about-okf" /> It was founded by [[Rufus Pollock]] on 20 May 2004<ref>{{cite web |url = https://blog.okfn.org/2004/05/24/open-knowledge-foundation-launched/|title = Open Knowledge Foundation launched|work = Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog|access-date = 25 October 2015|date = 2004-05-24 |first1=Rufus |last1=Pollock }}</ref> in [[Cambridge]], UK. It is incorporated in [[England]] and [[Wales]] as a [[private company limited by guarantee]].<ref name="about-okf" /> Between May 2016 and May 2019 the organisation was named ''Open Knowledge International'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Knowledge International – our new name!|date=23 May 2016|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2016/05/23/open-knowledge-international-our-new-name/ |website=Open Knowledge Foundation }}</ref> but decided in May 2019 to return to ''Open Knowledge Foundation''.<ref>{{cite web|title=For a fair, free and open future: celebrating 15 years of the Open Knowledge Foundation|date=20 May 2019|url=https://blog.okfn.org/2019/05/20/for-a-fair-free-and-open-future-celebrating-15-years-of-the-open-knowledge-foundation/ |first1=Catherine |last1=Stihler |website=Open Knowledge Foundation }}</ref>
== Aims ==
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== People ==
Renata Ávila Pinto joined as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Open Knowledge Foundation in October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/2021/10/12/a-new-ceo-for-open-knowledge-foundation-renata-avila/ | title=A new CEO for Open Knowledge Foundation – Renata Ávila| date=2021-10-12 |first1=Vanessa |last1=Barnett |website=Open Knowledge Foundation }}</ref> From February 2019 to August 2020, [[Catherine Stihler]] served as CEO. She left the Open Knowledge Foundation to become the CEO of [[Creative Commons]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.okfn.org/2020/07/09/catherine-stihler-to-leave-open-knowledge-foundation-to-lead-creative-commons/ | title=Catherine Stihler to leave Open Knowledge Foundation to lead Creative Commons| date=2020-07-09 |website=Open Knowledge Foundation }}</ref> Between 2015–2017 Pavel Richter took on the role of CEO of Open Knowledge Foundation. Pavel was formerly Executive Director of [[Wikimedia Deutschland]].
The Open Knowledge Foundation Advisory Council includes people from the areas of [[open access]], [[open data]], [[open content]], [[open science]], [[data visualization]] and [[digital rights]]. In 2015, it consisted of:<ref>{{Cite web|title =
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== Network ==
As of 2018, Open Knowledge Foundation has 11 official chapters and 38 groups in different countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Open Knowledge: The Global Network|url = https://okfn.org/network/|website =
It also supports 19 working groups.
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== Operations ==
[[File:Entrevista Michael Bauer CCCB.webm|thumb|Interview with Michael Bauer, Open Knowledge Foundation former employee at [[Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/video_michael-bauer-necessitem-periodistes-per-posar-les-dades-en-context/|title=Michael Bauer: "Necessitem periodistes per posar les dades en context" - Vídeo
Many of Open Knowledge Foundation's projects are technical in nature. Its most prominent project, [[CKAN]], is used by many of the world's governments to host open catalogues of data that their countries possess.<ref>{{cite web|last=data.gov.uk|title=Project Info: Who is Involved with the project?|url=http://data.gov.uk/about/|publisher=HM Government|quote=These include the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN): CKAN stores the catalogue behind data.gov.uk and a growing number of open data registries around the world.}}</ref>
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