Bangladesh
Open Innovation
Lab

Our Core Competencies

Information Technology

Expertise and capacity-packed resources in survey, data collection and participatory mapping blended with updated technological tools, leveraging customization and service together.

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A rich pool of GIS experts with extensive background in GIS-related projects that help us successfully plan, design, execute GIS related assignments. We have a few exceptional resources who are specialized in both GIS and IT.

Research and Innovation

Coming up with innovative, easy-to-use mobile based solution approach and fueling up people to ensure the sustainable flow of information for data-driven decision-making in a competitive marketplace.

Community Driven Resilience Modeling

Fostering a transformative approach of professional development involving community members through a circular involvement of shared understanding, knowledge sharing and openness.

Our Strengths

Diversified community

A vibrant community, continuously evolving, comprised of a group of passionate youths contributing to each other for building a sustainable ecosystem through a win-win mechanism.

Individual expertise

Embracing new challenges to be prepared for the future - we are unafraid to break through new problems, creating a continuum of professional dynamics while encouraging human development.

Passionate people

We have sprawling aspirations to stand out in the crowd, while breaking the barriers of traditional working methods - we thrive to move further while adapting to continuous changes and challenges.

About Us

Our aim is to build a community that supports the Open Data and uptake of the Living Lab paradigm. Empowering everyone to innovate BOIL focuses on collecting information and achieved experienced on community issues all over Bangladesh and bring the information on the open platform in spatial and non-spatial manner to enhance the coordination among the concerned agencies as well as the cross boundary. To organize trainings on OpenStreetMap, QGIS, GeoNode, Open Layers, Carto in an integrated approach for addressing and solving community issues such as (a) Tagging and mapping the vulnerable communities through OpenStreetMap; (b) Pre-disaster mapping in pro poor communities; (c) Disaster response initiative by open data; (d) Strengthening the community through ICT knowledge;(e) Training on object-oriented data analysis and visualization and (f) Hands on training on bridging data portals. It provides consultancy and support in the field of education, training, data mining data management, digital innovation and Information technology-based solution, research, etc. & assist the smooth implementation of different kinds of development projects.

Total
projects

4

Ongoing
projects

4

Completed
projects

Our Flagships

Our Collaborations...

“ BOIL is capable of both high and low tech collection, depending on the environment. The more we learned about the BOIL team, the more excited we became - it’s not often we meet someone as experienced and passionate about data collection, and the partnership was a natural fit. We’re excited to work with such wonderful partners as the BOIL team towards the outcome. ”

Trigg Hutchinson

Digital Anthropologist, One Concern USA

“ Based in Dhaka, BOIL can provide detailed insights regarding data challenges at the country level. They have worked with several humanitarian organisations in previous projects and worked as partners in our ongoing NIHR Global Health Unit on Improving Health in Slums spearheaded by University of Warwick. BOIL can leverage on their past projects to provide insights into the challenges from the perspective of grassroots NGOs in low and middle-income countries. ”

Professor João Porto de Albuquerque

Director, Institute for Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick

“ BOIL is capable of both high and low tech collection, depending on the environment. The more we learned about the BOIL team, the more excited we became - it’s not often we meet someone as experienced and passionate about data collection, and the partnership was a natural fit. We’re excited to work with such wonderful partners as the BOIL team towards the outcome. ”

Trigg Hutchinson

Digital Anthropologist, One Concern USA

“ Based in Dhaka, BOIL can provide detailed insights regarding data challenges at the country level. They have worked with several humanitarian organisations in previous projects and worked as partners in our ongoing NIHR Global Health Unit on Improving Health in Slums spearheaded by University of Warwick. BOIL can leverage on their past projects to provide insights into the challenges from the perspective of grassroots NGOs in low and middle-income countries. ”

Professor João Porto de Albuquerque

Director, Institute for Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick

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