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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…
Progress on the state of open data globally
It is now almost five years since the publication of the study on the first decade of open data by the Open Data for Development (OD4D) network and more than 60 expert authors from around the world. This first edition of the study highlighted the importance of open data in socio-economic development…
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…
Especificaciones UNE – Guía de Evaluación del Gobierno, Gestión y Gestión de la Calidad del Dato
Motivación
Hoy en día, en un entorno en constante cambio y en el que la generación de datos está creciendo de forma exponencial, es necesario establecer procesos comunes a lo largo del ciclo de vida de los activos de datos de toda organización. Disponer de datos bien gobernados, gestionados y con ni…
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…
Open data as a digital public good
The Web emerged more than 30 years ago as an open, participatory and inclusive network that encouraged access to and reuse of knowledge through a spirit of collaboration and constant experimentation. This is precisely the same concept and philosophy that the government open data community adopted a…
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…
Open data and the reuse of public sector information in the IV Open Government Plan
The IV Open Government Plan 2020-2024 represents a new step in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations within the framework of the 2030 Agenda adopted by its General Assembly. Specifically, for the achievement of number 16, related to Peace, Justice and S…