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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 OfficerCEO 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 aswas CEO., Sheand 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 washaving formerlybeen Executiveexecutive Directordirector 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 = Advisory Council|url = https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223530/https://okfn.org/about/advisory-council/|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2014|website = Open Knowledge |access-date = 31 October 2015}}</ref>

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Rufus Pollock, one of Open Knowledge Foundation's founders, and current board secretary sits on the [[UK government]]'s [[Public Sector Transparency Board]].<ref>{{cite web|last = data.govt.uk|title = New Public Sector Transparency Board and Public Data Transparency Principles|url = http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles|publisher = HM Government|access-date = 1 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925185118/http://data.gov.uk/blog/new-public-sector-transparency-board-and-public-data-transparency-principles|archive-date = 25 September 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref>

[https://prototypefund.de/en/ The Prototype Fund] is a project of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, funded by the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research]] (BMBF). It is a low-threshold funding program for Germany software developers who develop innovative [[open source software]].

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