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Destination Earth: a digital Earth twin for a sustainable future
12-11-2024
Today's climate crisis and environmental challenges demand innovative and effective responses. In this context, the European Commission's Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative is a pioneering project that aims to develop a highly accurate digital...
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Using Pandas for quality error reduction in data repositories
06-11-2024
There is no doubt that data has become the strategic asset for organisations. Today, it is essential to ensure that decisions are based on quality data, regardless of the alignment they follow: data analytics, artificial intelligence or reporting....
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Open data for navigating cities
28-10-2024
Open data can transform how we interact with our cities, offering opportunities to improve quality of life. When made publicly available, they enable the development of innovative applications and tools that address urban challenges, from accessibility...
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Citizen science projects that encourage public knowledge
18-09-2024
Citizen science is consolidating itself as one of the most relevant sources of most relevant sources of reference in contemporary research contemporary research. This is recognised by the Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), which...
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The importance of data literacy in the context of digital rights and the rise of artificial intelligence
13-09-2024
Data literacy has become a crucial issue in the digital age. This concept refers to the ability of people to understand how data is used, how it is accessed, created, analysed, used or reused, and communicated. We live in a world where data and...
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Open geographic data applications of the National Centre for Geographic Information (NICHD)
31-05-2024
The National Centre for Geographic Information publishes open geospatial data from the National Cartographic System, the National Geographic Institute and other organisations through web applications and mobile applications to facilitate access to and...
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How Artificial Intelligence and Open Data can re-imagine the way we design our cities
18-03-2024
After months of new developments, the pace of advances in artificial intelligence does not seem to be slowing down - quite the contrary. A few weeks ago, when reviewing the latest developments in this field on the occasion of the 2023 deadline,...
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This is the new FEMP Model Ordinance on Data Governance
15-01-2024
The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) approved at the end of 2023 two model ordinances that address progress in two key areas: transparency and data governance. Both documents will not only improve the quality of...
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Towards an Open Government: A Guide to Transforming Public Administrations
05-01-2024
The Open Government Guide for Public Employees is a manual to guide the staff of public administrations at all levels (local, regional and state) on the concept and conditions necessary to achieve an "inclusive open government in a digital environment"....
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The European data space for public procurement: possibilities, difficulties and challenges
26-12-2023
The regulatory approach in the European Union has taken a major turn since the first regulation on the reuse of public sector information was promoted in 2003. Specifically, as a consequence of the European Data Strategy approved in 2020, the regulatory...