21 interviews found
Podcast: data governance
Public sector
This episode focuses on data governance and why it is important to have standards, policies and processes in place to ensure that data is correct, reliable, secure and useful. For this purpose, we analyze the Model Ordinance on Data Governance of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, known as the FEMP, and its application in a public body such as the City Council of Zaragoza. Thi…
Podcast: High value data with geospatial component
Public sector
In this episode we will delve into the importance of three related categories of high-value datasets. These are Earth observation and environmental data, geospatial data and mobility data. To tell us about them, we have interviewed two experts in the field:
Paloma Abad Power, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Geographic Information (CNIG).
Rafael Martínez Cebolla, geographer of the…
Podcast: Data contests to drive reuse
Public sector
Data has great power to transform society. Its capacity to generate knowledge, drive innovation and empower citizens is undeniable. In particular, open government data is a resource with which to address major environmental, social and economic challenges from an innovative perspective.
In this sense, public administrations, including the autonomous communities, are organising competitions to prom…
Interview with Roberto Magro, coordinator of the FEMP's open data working group
Public sector
The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP, in Spanish acronyms) brings together various local councils, provincial councils, councils and island councils. In total, it represents more than 7,000 bodies, defending the general interests of Local Bodies and promoting cooperation.
We spoke to Roberto Magro, coordinator of the FEMP's open data working group and Head of Interactive Se…
Interview with Adolfo Antón, data journalist
Society and welfare
Data journalism is one of the disciplines that has grown the most in the media in recent years, both within and outside our borders. This form of journalism consists of collecting accurate data, analysing it and making it available to the public through articles and/or graphic and interactive resources, facilitating the understanding of complex issues.
In datos.gob.es we have interviewed Ad…
Interview with Ainara Zubillaga, COTEC Foundation
Education
Public sector
During 2020 the education sector has been exposed to great changes due to the global pandemic. Homes were transformed into classrooms, which was a challenge for everyone involved in the educational ecosystem.
The COTEC Foundation, a private non-profit organization charged with promoting innovation for economic and social development, closely followed this situation. Already in April, they publish…
Interview with Olga Quirós, ASEDIE
Public sector
The Multi-sector Information Association, better known as ASEDIE, brings together infomediary companies, whose objective is the use, reuse and distribution of information, creating added value products that boost the economy. Its objectives include achieving greater openness of data, fostering public-private collaboration and promoting legislation in favour of access to and reuse of information, a…
Interview with Julián Moyano, Aragón Open Data
Public sector
The open data portal of Aragon emerged in 2012 and has not stopped growing since then. It currently has more than 2,100 datasets and a large number of applications. During these years it has incorporated new features to adapt to the real needs of citizens, such as its information structure that improves interoperability and homogenises the available data, or the incorporation of applications such…
Interview with Nuria Valcárcel: The Copernicus program in Spain
Public sector
Copernicus is the Earth observation program of the European Union. Through 6 thematic services, and the images provided by its satellites, Copernicus provides complete, free and up-to-date geospatial data that helps the monitoring and management of the territory and the planet both at European and worldwide level.
In datos.gob.es, we have interviewed Nuria Valcárcel, Deputy Assistant Director (Obs…
Interview to the of the Plataforma PLAN creator, second prize of Desafío aporta 2017
Public sector
Plataforma PLAN, which won the second prize of Desafío Aporta 2017, is a platform that facilitates public procurement. It provides market information to contracting entities, facilitating the design of open procedures, and allows operators to configure a highly personalized alarm system. The platform include the possibility of generating catalogs of available products and offers to contracting ent…
