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The importance of data training for public sector workers
There is no doubt that digital skills training is necessary today. Basic digital skills are essential to be able to interact in a society where technology already plays a cross-cutting role. In particular, it is important to know the basics of the technology for working with data.
In this context, p…
Data Sandboxes: Exploring the potential of open data in a secure environment
Data sandboxes are tools that provide us with environments to test new data-related practices and technologies, making them powerful instruments for managing and using data securely and effectively. These spaces are very useful in determining whether and under what conditions it is feasibl…
Peeling the onion of open data governance
One of the key actions that we recently highlighted as necessary to build the future of open data in our country is the implementation of processes to improve data management and governance. It is no coincidence that proper data management in our organisations is becoming an increasingly complex and…
The UK data strategy and its reform
Just over a year ago - and after an extensive process of analysis, research and public consultation - the UK government announced its new national data strategy created in response to the increasingly important role of data in all aspects of our society. The strategy builds on other related initiati…
How are we addressing the shortage in professional competencies for working with data?
Over the last decade we have seen how national and international institutions, as well as national governments and business associations themselves have been warning about the shortage of technological profiles and the threat this poses to innovation and growth. This is not an exclusively European p…
Laboratories for innovation in data management
Current approaches to public policy-making that respond quickly to changing trends in technology are too often unsuccessful. Policy makers are often pressured to develop and adopt laws or guidelines without the evidence needed to do so safely and without the opportunity to consult affected experts a…
Education through MooCs
During the second quarter of 2020, humanity was forced to improvise a large-scale experiment in distance education due to the need to close schools at all levels to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other sectors and activities, whose face-to-face formula has been abruptly…
