The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which supervises the fulfillment of the judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, discussed the case of "D.H. and Others versus the Czech Republic" at its…
A week ago, the winners of the third annual Open Data Challenge “Together We Open Data” were announced with very encouraging results. This year the competition received 27 submitted applications based on open data, which used data from a variety…
.It is late spring of 2015 and we are sitting in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, talking about a grave violation of women’s human rights: violence against women. It has been a long time since I have…
Once I had a unique opportunity to talk with Andrew Stott, the former UK Government Director of Transparency & Digital Engagement. I asked him ‘what is the best way to convince the public institutions to open up their data and to…
In the middle of April, the pilot version of the Czech National Open Data Catalogue was launched. After two years of waiting, Czech state institutions and local municipalities now have their own space where they can put their own open…
Across Europe, one in three voters chose protest parties and anti-establishment candidates in last month’s European Parliament elections. Populists did well in both creditor and debtor countries, showing that protest parties are thriving even where economic conditions are not so…
Roma represent more than 20% of new entrants into the labour force in the European Union's newest member states but their living conditions have actually deteriorated since many of them became EU citizens A girl in a Roma camp in…
How can the Czech Republic’s Roma—a minority people whom political leaders have repeatedly demonized in order to win votes by appealing to popular prejudices—ever assume their rightful place in Czech society without acquiring and wielding a modicum of political leverage?…
The public sector data disclosure as open data is a reality all over the world (e.g. in the UK or in the U.S.A.). The Czech Republic’s public sector also discloses certain data; however, numerous requirements for open data, such as…
Call me a starry-eyed idealist, but I believe schools are the primary institution in society where we should learn to live together. As a parent, I’ve never seen the point of teaching kids how to divide numbers or how not…
