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Environmental data spaces: key to the success of the European Green Pact
The European Green Deal (Green Deal) is the European Union's (EU) sustainable growth strategy, designed to drive a green transition that transforms Europe into a just and prosperous society with a modern and competitive economy. Within this strategy, initiatives such as Target 55 (Fit for 55), which…
Different approaches to identifying high-value data
Since the publication of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and re-use of public sector information, the European Commission is undertaking a number of actions to develop the concept of high-value data that this directive introduced as an important novelty in June 2019.
We recall that high-value…
Open data in the Spanish mobility strategy
Open mobility data plays a key role in transforming current transport networks and systems, promoting their digitization and improving their sustainability and efficiency. The European Union is aware of this situation, and for this reason it has not only included mobility data among the categories c…
Open data in the era of sustainable and smart mobility, according to European strategy
More than two years ago we started 2019 very hopeful about the progress that was being made in Spain regarding the openness of data related to transport and mobility, after a few years in which there had not been much progress. Although there is still room for improvement, especially in the availabi…
How open data can contribute to the circular economy
More than 2.5 billion tonnes. That is the amount of waste that, according to the European Union, is produced every year in the EU - although the specific figure is from 2016 -, with the consequent danger to the environment and our own future. This worrying situation is leading the European instituti…
The role of open data and artificial intelligence in the European Green Deal
Just a few months ago, in November 2019, Ursula von der Leyen, still as a candidate for the new European Commission 2019-2024, presented the development of a European Green Deal as the first of the six guidelines that would shape the ambitions of her mandate.
The global situation has changed radical…
The search engine Linknovate and the virtual library Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes, Aporta Awards 2017
The innovative search engine Linknovate and the virtual library Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes have been the two winning projects of the first edition of the Aporta Awards 2017. An initiative promoted by the Secretary of State for the Information Society, Red.es and the General Secretariat o…
Is innovation in the provision of services and public procurement an opportunity to boost of open data?
The public procurement reform that has taken place in Europe has incorporated innovation as a new public policy that must be promoted through contractual tools. Although innovation can be understood as a concept that is difficult to pinpoint, the Directive 2014/24 / EU has incorporated a legal defin…
The deadline for submitting innovative projects developed with public data to the Aporta Awards, in the final stretch
On 12 September, the deadline ends for companies and entities that have developed projects with public data to submit their projects in the first Aporta Awards in 2017. These awards are focused on divulging and recognising professionals who have opted for reusing open data and innovation as a drivin…
