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How local councils drive open data in municipalities
Although local governments are the closest actors to citizens, they often face limitations in terms of resources and capacities to implement open data effectively. The diputations, as intermediate institutions between central government and municipalities, play a key role in coordinating, supporting…
High value statistical datasets foreseen in the National Statistical Plan 2021-2024
The year 2023 was undoubtedly the year of artificial intelligence. This has brought data, and therefore open data, back to the forefront, as it is the raw material that fuels this technology, which is key to value creation in our increasingly digital economy.
Perhaps that is why 2023 has also l…
Data visualization: the best charts for representing comparisons
Data is a valuable source of knowledge for society. Public commitment to achieving data openness, public-private collaboration on data, and the development of applications with open data are actions that are part of the data economy, which seeks the innovative, ethical, and practical use of data to…
The role of blockchain in security and data privacy
The imminent application of the recent GDPR (May 25th) modifies the European panorama in terms of security and privacy of personal data. Overall, the GDPR could be considered a "Digital Declaration of Rights". As we saw earlier, this Regulation lists the detailed requirements that any institution or…
The transforming potential of blockchain in the use of data
Most likely, most of us will know, or at least have heard of blockchain technology, because of its relationship with the most popular cryptocurrency nowadays - Bitcoin. However, blockchain is not a technology born solely to sustain this new digital economy, but like many other blockchain technologie…
