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Digital transformation has become a fundamental pillar for the economic and social development of countries in the 21st century. In Spain, this process has become particularly relevant in recent years, driven by the need to adapt to an increasingly...

The European Parliament's tenth parliamentary term started on July, a new institutional cycle that will run from 2024-2029. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was elected for a second term, after presenting to the...

The concept of High-Value data (High-Value datasets) was introduced by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union 4 years ago, in Directive (EU) 2019/1024. In it, they were defined as a series of datasets with a high potential to...

El Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía (IECA), in collaboration with the Andalusian Agency for International Development Cooperation (AACID), has incorporated new indicators at the municipal level into its Sustainable Development...

In recent years, we have been witnessing a technological revolution that increasingly pushes us to broaden our training to adapt to the new digital devices, tools and services that are already part of our daily lives. In this context, training in digital...

The current Directive 2019/1024 on open data and re-use of public sector information, adopted in June 2019, was established to replace and improve the former Directive 2003/98/EC. Among its objectives was to boost the availability of public sector data...

Open Data Day was the date chosen for the launch of the EU Datathon 2021, an event that is now in its fifth edition. Organized by the Publications Office of the European Union within the framework of the EU Open Data Days, seeks to highlight the value...

Starting a business is not always easy: according to Fortune, 90% of start-ups fail and only 10% achieve success. The reasons are varied, starting because the market does not need the product or service offered. But, although having a brilliant idea, the...

One of the main difficulties in promoting the reuse of public sector information refers to the diversity of licenses. Given the absence of a general obligation, each public entity can decide the legal conditions to access for subsequent reuse taking into...

The third edition of the EU Dathaton 2019 has come to an end. 99 projects were presented, and 12 was selected to pitched their project at the final of this competition, which seeks to promote the use of open data in EU countries to generate new ideas,...