OKF DE is an independent not-for-profit organisation registered in Berlin, Germany in 2011 under VR 30468 B. OKF DE is a pioneering and award-winning Civil Society Organisation engaging in different aspects of the digital age.
Their work is independent, non-partisan, interdisciplinary and non-commercial.
The Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland (OKF DE) is the German branch of the international Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN), a world-wide network of internationally active members that campaign for the advancement of open knowledge and open data. Only together with our friends and our supporters can they reach their goals.
In order to meet their own standards in terms of transparency, they have signed the Initiative Transparente Zivilgesellschaft (ITZ) of Transparency International Deutschland e.V..
The Open Knowledge Foundation Germany considers itself an active part of German and European civil society. They promote and support civil rights as they are formulated in the German constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights. They campaign in particular for the protection of these rights online.
Open knowledge helps citizens to obtain information and enables informed opinion-making. It generates societal and economic value and is, in their view, indispensable for a functioning democracy. They are striving to make open knowledge an integral component of the modern world, online as well as offline. Open knowledge delivers far-reaching societal change. This includes:
Better government: Openness improves governance through increased transparency, efficiency, and participation. They support international efforts such as the Open Government Partnership to engage in this domain.
Better access to culture: Openness in the cultural domain means granting citizens access to cultural information and giving them the opportunity to actively engage with it. They support international efforts such as the Open Glam Initiative (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) in this area.
Better research and science: In order to make research more efficient and to ensure its relevance for society, research results and activities need to be open and transparent. They acknowledge the Budapest Open Access Initiative and the Berlin Declaration and aim to further the Internet’s role as a fundamental, global instrument for scientific discovery.
Better economy: Openness allows for a simplified and accelerated reutilization of open material, data, and content as the basis for the development of innovation, tools, and services.
Based on their conviction, they pursue the following goals:
