The two-year Web-COSI project has officially come to a close, but the initiative does not stop there! Now is the time to get involved by updating your initiatives, data and statistics to the Web-COSI data portal. The Web-COSI data portal (hosted…
There is only one week left until the European Union (EU) Web-COSI Final Conference takes place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, on 3rd December 2015. The conference titled: ‘Beyond GDP – Statistics for Everyone’, highlights ground breaking findings of…
Web-COSI travelled to Guadalajara, Mexico as part of its two-year project on data and statistics beyond GDP to attend the 5th OECD World Forum on 13-15 October 2015. The team hosted an exhibition stand for attendees to find out more…
The winners of the data visualisation competition have been announced. The aim of the competition was to encourage participants to use well-being measurement in innovative ways to a) show how data on well-being give a more meaningful picture of the…
Web-COSI is a European Union project designed to improve people’s engagement with data and statistics. The EU project is delivered by Istat, OECD, Lunaria and i-genius, which seeks to improve the way society engages with statistics beyond GDP – ‘statistics…
Relationship between Social Entrepreneurship and Data and Statistics Web-COSI is an EU project delivered by Istat, OECD, Lunaria and i-genius, which seeks to improve the way society engages with statistics beyond GDP – ‘statistics for everyone’. In 2014, the official…
The use of technology to engage citizens with well-being statistics is a relatively new area, and the purpose of this workshop is to explore experiences and best practices from national statistics offices and governments. This is the second of two…
Presentations are now available (see below) in relation to the workshop “Using Technology to Engage Citizens with Well-being Statistics – Perspectives from Civil Society”. The workshop explored in further detail, the role of digital technologies in engaging citizens with ‘beyond…
Following on from the recent online discussions on Wikiprogress: i) Making data more accessible for society at large and ii) Engaging citizens in well-being and progress statistics, we would like to inform you about a workshop that will build upon…
Making data more accessible for society at large: the role of open data, communication and technology From 11 June 09:00 (GMT) until 24 June 2014! CIVICUS, Data-Pop Alliance, Partnership for Open Data, PARIS21, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Ushahidi, Web-COSI…