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OGP's assessment and challenges ahead of the forthcoming Global Summit in Spain
The international open government community is preparing for the 9th Global Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), which will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz next October.. For three days, government representatives, civil society leaders and policy makers from around the world will exchange…
The Interoperable Europe Act
One of the main requirements of the digital transformation of the public sector concerns the existence of optimal interoperability conditions for data sharing. This is an essential premise from a number of points of view, in particular as regards multi-entity actions and procedures. In particular, i…
Common European public sector data spaces
The strong commitment to common data spaces at European level is one of the main axes of the European Data Strategy adopted in 2020. This approach was already announced in that document as a basis, on the one hand, to support public policy momentum and, on the other hand, to facilitate the developme…
Safe rooms in Spain: What kind of data can researchers access?
There are a number of data that are very valuable, but which by their nature cannot be opened to the public at large. These are confidential data which are subject to third party rights that prevent them from being made available through open platforms, but which may be essential for research that p…
Towards an Open Government: A Guide to Transforming Public Administrations
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". Specifically, the document seeks for the admin…
The European data space for public procurement: possibilities, difficulties and challenges
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 approach is being expanded from at least two p…
Fostering a flexible and capillary data economy: the importance of effective public-private partnerships
The European Union aims to boost the Data Economy by promoting the free flow of data between member states and between strategic sectors, for the benefit of businesses, researchers, public administrations and citizens. Undoubtedly, data is a critical factor in the industrial and technological r…
Open science and information systems for research
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is a European Union initiative that aims to promote open science through the creation of an open, collaborative and sustainabledigital research infrastructure. EOSC's main objective is to provide European researchers with easier access to the data, tools and re…
The dataspace of tourism
Europe is developing a common data space for tourism, aiming to integrate various stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, the private sector, and multiple member states. Spain is among them, where several workshops have already been conducted as part of the process to energize…
The relevance of open data for medical research: The Case of FISABIO Foundation
In the digital age, technological advancements have transformed the field of medical research. One of the factors contributing to technological development in this area is data, particularly open data. The openness and availability of information obtained from health research provide multiple benefi…
