Verified · Jan 20261 min read
projectActive · national · 2015

Datasketch

Colombian data and social technology organization (founded 2015, Bogotá) that democratizes access to data science for journalists, activists, civil society and the public sector.

White satellite dish in a desert landscape under blue skyillustrative atlas image · Ray Strassburger / Pexels

01 The context

It covers the entire data cycle: it builds data where none exists, requests access to public information, and creates visualizations without needing to code. Projects: analysis of 6.2 million public contracts, 'Stalker de la contratación', and data governance with Fundación Karisma.

02 How it works

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
3 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 3
EvidenceGovTech y el futuro del gobierno: el caso de Datasketch en ColombiaCAF - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina · 2020
EvidenceReflexiones para una gobernanza de datos democrática en ColombiaDatasketch / Fundación Karisma / ILDA · 2021

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site datasketch.co