Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ

What Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ does

Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ (OKEE) is an Estonian non-profit association founded in 2016 and affiliated with the international Open Knowledge Foundation network. Its mission is to promote open data, data literacy, and evidence-based civic decision-making in Estonia, working across public-sector, civil-society, and citizen audiences. The organization describes itself as a regional Estonian-Latvian effort and operates largely on Estonian-language open-data infrastructure.

OKEE's product portfolio centers on community programs and civic-data tools. Andmekool (Data School) is a structured training and consulting offering on data skills; Andmeklubi (Data Club) is a recurring practitioner community; and an annual Open Data Forum anchors the convening role. Project-based products have included Koroonakaart (a national COVID-19 dashboard aggregating Estonian public health data, retired in spring 2023), Opener 2.0 (a tool that cross-references Estonian public registries to expose business conflicts of interest, recognized by the IMF as a Top 8 global anti-corruption solution in 2020), Keskkonnamõju mõõdikud (environmental impact metrics), and Linkandmete pesa (a linked-data hosting platform). Underlying work relies on data integration, registry cross-referencing, and data visualization rather than AI/ML.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization is funded through a mix of EU structural funds, project grants, donations, and service fees from training/consulting engagements. Named partners and customers include Estonian government entities (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Justice, TEHIK) and civil-society organizations (KVE, Rohetiiger), with a board governance structure supervising roughly seven contributors across active projects.

Name

Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ

Legal name

OPEN KNOWLEDGE ESTONIA MTÜ

Website

https://okee.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ is an Estonian non-profit founded in 2016 that promotes open data, data literacy, and civic-tech capacity-building through community programs (Andmeklubi, Andmekool) and civic-data projects such as the Koroonakaart COVID dashboard and the Opener 2.0 anti-corruption tool, serving Estonian public-sector and civil-society partners.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: OKEE receives funding from EU structural funds (European Regional Development Fund) through programs such as 'Raising Public Awareness about the Information Society'. Also receives support from KÜSK (Kodanikuühiskonna Sihtkapital) for community activities.
2. Service Fees: Revenue generated from data literacy training and consulting services provided to public sector organizations through the Andmekool program.
3. Donations: Organization accepts donations for specific projects such as the koroonakaart.ee infrastructure maintenance.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

No verifiable description of the company's core offerings could be extracted from the provided source material.

Product overview

Open Knowledge Estonia MTÜ operates as an NGO focused on open data advocacy and data literacy in Estonia, offering a portfolio of community-driven products and services. The core offerings include Andmekool (Data School) for data competency training and consulting, and Andmeklubi (Data Club) for regular community gatherings. Major projects include Koroonakaart (COVID-19 dashboard), Opener 2.0 (anti-corruption procurement analysis), Keskkonnamõju mõõdikud (environmental impact metrics), and Linkandmete pesa (linked data platform). The organization also runs the annual Avaandmete foorum (Open Data Forum) and supports Estonia's national open data portal development. The portfolio functions as an integrated ecosystem of education, community engagement, and practical open data applications rather than a unified software platform.

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Problem solved

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Brands

• Andmekool: Data literacy and digital literacy promoter in Estonia, offering training and consulting services to organizations for improving data competency.
• Andmeklubi

Quantifiable outcome

• Estonia's ranking improved from 27th to 5th place in European Data Portal index during 2018-2020
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Open Knowledge Finland (OKFI)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2023Joint organization of the international open data community gathering in Tallinn, co-hosted with OKFN international network.
• RohetiigerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2020Collaboration on environmental impact metrics project. Rohetiigri initiated the idea to create environmental impact measurement solutions.
• Korruptsioonivaba Eesti (KVE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership on the Opener 2.0 project to use open data for early detection of conflicts of interest in public procurement. Selected by IMF among top 8 globally.
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Three-year partnership (2018-2020) for implementing open data policy in Estonia, including managing the national open data portal and organizing the annual Open Data Forum.
• Open Knowledge Foundation (International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOKEE is the Estonian chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation international network. This partnership provides access to global resources, methodologies (School of Data), cross-border collaboration, and the broader open knowledge movement ecosystem.
• School of Data NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOKEE is a member of the School of Data network, using their open educational materials for data literacy training programs in Estonia.
• Estonian Ministry of JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Opener 2.0 project for developing platform to detect potential conflicts of interest in government procurement.
• Transparency International Latvia (Delna)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border partnership with Latvian organization for Opener 2.0 project, combining Estonian and Latvian business registries, party funding, and procurement databases.
• Data School Latvia (Läti Andmekool)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLatvian partner in Opener 2.0 anti-corruption project combining open data from both countries.
• Accelerate EstoniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram that accelerated the environmental impact metrics project during March-May 2020, providing mentorship and resources for development.
• OKFN International NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network co-organizing parallel event to Global Open Government Partnership Summit in Tallinn on 'The Tech We Want to Open Governments'.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• MyData Global: Non-profit advocating personal data rights and data portability; partially overlaps with OKEE's citizen-focused 'Personal data rights, data portability' segment and Sille Sepp's involvement in MyData activities.
• e-Governance Academy (eGA): Estonia-based non-profit focused on digital governance and capacity building for governments; comparable in mission (digital skills for public sector) and geography, with a broader e-governance remit than OKEE's open-data focus.
• Accelerate Estonia: Estonian government-backed innovation program that incubated OKEE's environmental impact metrics project; comparable focus on data-driven innovation in the Estonian public-sector ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Open Government Partnership: Multilateral initiative promoting open government reforms globally; OKEE co-organized a parallel event to its Tallinn Summit. Operates at much larger scale and broader remit but shares the open-government advocacy mission.

Direct peers

• Civio: Spain-based civic-tech non-profit using open public data for investigative journalism and accountability dashboards; directly comparable to OKEE's Koroonakaart and Opener 2.0 use cases.
• Code for Germany (Code for All network): Network of civic-tech meetups and open-data projects across German cities; comparable community-led, civic-tech open-data mission and grassroots operating model.
• Sunlight Foundation: US-based civic-tech non-profit promoting open government data and transparency tooling; highly comparable mission, training programs, and open-data infrastructure focus to OKEE.
• Transparency International Estonia (Korruptsioonivaba Eesti): Direct partner of OKEE on the Opener 2.0 anti-corruption project; operates in the same Estonian civic-tech space using open data for accountability.
• Open Knowledge Finland: Finland's OKFN chapter, run as a non-profit; collaborates with OKEE on international open-data events (Sept 2023 Tallinn gathering) and shares the same chapter-network structure and open-data advocacy mission.
• Open Knowledge Foundation: Global parent network of which OKEE is the Estonian chapter; comparable open-data advocacy, publishing of open datasets, and civic-tech tooling. Directly comparable mission and operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/okestonia
• GitHubgithub.com/okestonia
• Facebookfacebook.com/okestonia

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