Blerta Thaci is the Executive Director of Open Data Kosova. Open Data Kosovo designs, develops and creates digital solutions for a wide portfolio of partners, including Kosovo's public institutions. This expertise in data collection and analysis provides partners with the tools and knowledge to support decision-making and policy-making based on data. With a new and passionate team to bring about change, ODK also includes thousands of young people in Kosovo in building their capacity in the technology industry. She studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Prishtina. Founder of Girls Coding Kosova. Worked as a software developer at Zombie Soup. Among awards such as FIDES for philanthropy, Women in ICT from the ICT Awards, she was also listed in 2018 in Forbes 30 Under 30 for her work in the ODK as the most successful initiatives to contribute to improving the Law and Policy Making in Europe.
