Open Data Armenia's events.

**Project mission ** form and develop an understanding of the value of open data among data publishers and the user community associated with Armenia, the Armenian language and culture **Project goals ** create a sustainable ecosystem of publishing and working with open data in the Republic of Armenia, together with authorities, scientific and educational institutions, non-profit organizations, cultural institutions and all interested parties **What we do ** We study, organize and maintain catalogs of public data related to Armenia, the Armenian language and culture We create projects based on open data related to Armenia, the Armenian language and culture We support specialists of various profiles related to Armenia, the Armenian language and culture, in mastering new skills in working with data **Why are we doing this ** There are many databases in and about Armenia that are publicly available to users, but they are not always complete or open. Some of the challenges faced by users in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora around the world in the development of open data is the lack of resources and technical skills to collect and disseminate open data. **The main barriers to open data development are: ** Lack of a unified platform for publishing and accessing open data lack of civil society involvement low awareness and demand for data lack of staff and technical skills to work with data To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to develop our own resources and the emergence of open data specialists. **We are helping ** Learn how to work with data. For example, civil servants, researchers, media faculty and journalists Develop the Open Data Community of Armenia and the Diaspora Organize hackathons, conferences or open data workshops Provide services related to the development of data-tools, as well as the collection, analysis and visualization of data