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The importance of guaranteeing the privacy of information
For the Special Rapporteur on the rights to privacy of the United Nations General Assembly, Joe Cannataci, data is and will be a key economic asset, as capital and labour. For this reason, it has recently urged the public and private sectors to review the way they currently share some data, highligh…
The finalists of Aporta Challenge 2019 are published
10 proposals have been selected among the 40 ideas presented in Phase I of the Aporta Challenge 2019. Now the second phase begins, where participants will have to develop a prototype in 4 months and present it in front of a jury of experts in the field. Prototypes may consist of simulations, visuali…
Open data of Castilla y León: an initiative in constant growth
When the open data portal of Castilla y León was launched more than 7 years ago, its managers understood that the project had a great potential and, with the passage of time, it would become more important. Since then, they have made a great effort so that the initiative could grow in a sustainable…
Two Spanish projects among the finalists of the EU Datathon 2019
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, products and innovative services in 3 categories…
The National Library of Spain and the Public Entity Red.es launch the educational portal BNEscolar
The presentation of the BNEscolar project took place on July 2. The event was attended by the Secretary of State for Education, Alejandro Tiana, the General Director of the National Library of Spain (BNE), Ana Santos, and the General Director of Red.es, David Cierco.
BNEscolar is a portal aimed at t…
DataBeers Málaga reúne a periodistas y expertos para hablar del periodismo de datos
Con motivo de la European Data and Computational Journalism Conference que se ha celebrado en Málaga estos días, la 15ª edición de Databeers Málaga ha reunido la tarde del pasado 2 de julio a más de doscientas personas, muchas de ellas profesionales y académicos del periodismo de datos de prestigio…
Conclusions of the Aporta Sectorial Conference: Agro Sector
On June 25, a Sectoral Seminar focused on the Agro sector took place. Under the slogan, "Open data in the process of digital transformation of the agri-food, forestry and rural areas", experts analyze the availability of data and disseminate new technological initiatives that are achieving improveme…
DataBeers: how to combine chats and beer to boost data communities
Have data ever helped you understand something a little better? Do you use data analysis in your daily practice? Have you ever built a project based on data? Are you obsessed with data at any level? Do you like beer?
These are some of the questions posed by DataBeers organizers. If you have answered…
Reform of European regulations on Open Data and Reuse of Public Sector Information
After the agreement reached between the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the regulation replacing Directive 2003/98/EC, which was reformed in 2013, has just been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This milestone is due to a review process that has been processed for…
The resources of the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain
The Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain (in Spanish ‘IDEE’) is an ambitious project to harmonize and merge the geographical data handled by all Spanish public administrations, as well as the current geographic information services. The final goal of the project is to make all these valuable data ac…
