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The European Health Data Space and Open Data: Synergy for Health Innovation
Open health data is one of the most valuable assets of our society. Well managed and shared responsibly, they can save lives, drive medical discoveries, or even optimize hospital resources. However, for decades, this data has remained fragmented in institutional silos, with incompati…
How to measure carbon footprint using open data
The carbon footprint is a key indicator for understanding the environmental impact of our actions. It measures the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere as a result of human activities, most notably the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. These gases,…
The implementation of the EU Data Governance Regulation in Public Administrations
Since 24 September last year, the Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022, on European Data Governance (Data Governance Regulation) has been applicable throughout the European Union. Since it is a Regulation, its provisions are directly effective without…
Accelerating the energy transition with open data
Aspects as relevant to our society as environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation or energy security have led to the energy transition taking on a very important role in the daily lives of nations, private and public organisations, and even in our daily lives as citizens of the world. Th…
AI to improve public tenders and sculptures using open data: we spoke with the Spanish semi-finalists of the EU Datathon 2022
After several months competing, on 20 October the open data contest organised by the EU came to an end. The EU Datathon is a contest that gives data developers and scientists the chance to demonstrate, through their creativity, the potential of open data.
Although in this post you can…
The benefits of open data in the agriculture and forestry sector: the case of Fruktia and Arbaria
As in other industries, digital transformation is helping to change the way the agriculture and forestry sector operates. Combining technologies such as geolocation or artificial intelligence and using open datasets to develop new precision tools is transforming agriculture into an increasingly tech…
Augmented reality for data visualisation
Digital life has arrived to become part of our daily lives and with it new communication and information consumption habits. Concepts such as augmented reality are actively participating in this process of change in which an increasing number of companies and organisations are involved.
Differences…
Hackathons, a new way of attracting talent
Technology is now an essential component of our daily lives. It is no secret that a large number of companies worldwide have been making significant investments in order to digitize their processes, products or services and thus offer greater innovation in them.
All this has led to an increase in th…
What are the advantages of participating in a hackathon or data-related competition like the Aporta Challenge?
Hackathons, contests or challenges related to data are a different way to test your ideas and/or knowledge, while acquiring new skills. Through this type of competition, solutions to real problems are sought, often in multidisciplinary teams that share diverse knowledge and points of view. In additi…
Validation of the Royal Decree-Law on reuse of public sector information and open data
Why a Royal Decree-Law?
In the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies held on December 2, 2021, Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, of November 2, on the transposition of several European Union directives, including Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of June 20, 2019,…
