Public transparency and the provision of information in an open format aim to allow citizens to monitor and interact with governments, developing new solutions to problems faced by communities. But how exactly can citizens use data to impact their community and change the reality? What can we learn from civic innovations in Brazil and Germany? 

This is the topic Data Talks Episode #6: “Civil Society Initiatives using public data” , with Prof. Dr. Gisele Craveiro (EACH - USP) and Sonja Fischbauer (Open Knowledge Foundation - Deutschland.

Watch it live on 01.12.2021, 10:00 (BRT) / 14:00 (CET) at https://youtu.be/6BwyX_RrWHI

We also invite you to watch the previous episodes of the Data Talks or listen to them in podcast format and learn more about the Data Talks project at our project’s website: https://data-talks.uni-muenster.de/ 

 What is Data Talks?

Data Talks is a series of talks between experts from Brazil and Germany who will discuss the use of public data in today’s society. Data Talks is an initiative from Jessica Voigt, German Chancellor Fellow by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, supported by the Brazil Centre from the University of Münster(Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) in the framework of the strategic partnership project wwu.usp, funded by the DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.