Sophie Walker, Project Manager at Open Data Manchester and Co-Founder of Dsposal, will be taking part in the All Points North cycling event. Here she explains why she is taking on the challenge and what she hopes to get out of it. Those of you who know me probably know I can be a little reckless.
The Co-Operative movement has come a long way since the modern co-operative movement was established in Rochdale, Greater Manchester in 1844. Now over three million co-operatives employ 280 million workers globally. These co-operatives have one billion people as members and account for nearly 5% of global economic output. The most common types
Started in 2021, The Data Cooperative Working Group is an informal, international forum for practitioners, researchers and those interested in the development of data cooperatives as a democratic and accountable mechanism to manage the data we all create. Since it has been established the group have explored the mechanics of data cooperative creation, examples of
Today, April 16th, we learned that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has been accepted as an Open Government Partnership (OGP) Local jurisdiction. The GMCA is among a cohort of 54 others from across the globe. Selected from 138 applicants, the GMCA is joining fellow OGP Local jurisdictions such as Buenos Aires, Nairobi, New York City,
Sophie Walker writes about her upcoming trip with Tom Passmore to attend SPC Impact 2024 in New Orleans… April sees Tom and I heading to New Orleans for one of the packaging sector’s annual highlights – SPC Impact. This year’s theme is Less Carbon Better Packaging and the agenda is absolutely jam-packed with high-quality
Increasingly algorithms are being used to automate decision-making in the public sector. Sometimes they are used to support humans to make final decisions, sometimes decision-making is entirely automated. These systems can bring benefits, but they also come with risks so it’s important that these systems are used in an appropriate way. We believe that public
Over the last 18 months Open Data Manchester has been conducting user needs research as part of the development of the Digital Solutions Hub for the Natural Environment Research Council. The project led by University of Manchester, aimed to understand the needs, challenges and barriers to the use of environmental data and the insights gained
Are you passionate about the role of standardised, sharable packaging data in unlocking the circular economy? Then Open 3P needs you… Our vision is for a more circular economy in the packaging sector through the development of standardised data that enables resource and process efficiencies, benefiting people, planet and our future prosperity. The free-to-use Open
Data, and the systems that underpin it, are transforming our world. Our ability to create, collect, transmit, analyse and store data has opened up incredible new possibilities. But it has also bought significant challenges and risks. It’s vital that we recognise these changes and work together to realise the benefits, while countering the risks. It
Since October last year, we’ve been working to understand more about how women and girls in Trafford experience where they live. With Trafford Council and GreaterSport, Right to the Streets aims to help make this group feel more safe and get active. You can check out our events page for the latest RTTS events happening