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Public sector procurement, technological innovation and open data: towards open purchases
Public procurement represents around 20% of GDP in Spain and, therefore, it is a sector in which transparency plays a doubly important role: on the one hand, because it is an essential mechanism to facilitate the effective control of public spending and, secondly, to the extent that it is an essenti…
Data Pitch, the data accelerator for European startups addressing social issues
Smart cities, health and welfare, food and agriculture ... The European Commission has approved the launch of Data Pitch, an innovation accelerator in the field of data that aims to bring companies and entrepreneurs together in order to channel challenges and strategies by sharing data and addressin…
"Friday lunchtime lectures", open lectures on data
Every Friday the Open Data Institute, ODI, provides tea, coffee and an interesting talk. Every Friday, at 1 p.m., there is a date with data. A date with #ODIFridays, a model of open free lectures every Friday at lunchtime that the famous ODI provides at its headquarters in L…
The social impact of open data
There are numerous studies and news articles that talk about the impact that the use of open data may have, and is already having, on the economy of countries or on business opportunities for both traditional companies and new entrepreneurs.
However, there is another social aspect of open data which…
Every item of data counts: 5th Data Journalism Conference
Every item of data counts. And even more so where well-identified and structured data is concerned. A single gap such as gender in datasets can mean a great deal. The Data Journalism Conferences, which have been held in MediaLab Prado thanks to Data Lab, this…
Take part in the APORTA Challenge 2017 "The value of data for the Administration"
Here at the Aporta Initiative we invite ingenious minds to come up with ideas with the purpose of promoting creative solutions that represent improvements in the efficiency of the Administration through the use of open data.
This is the objective of Aporta Challenge 2017, an initiative promote…
OpenAIRE, working for open science in Europe
Funded by the European Commission, the OpenAIRE project is designed to foster open science in the EU in order to accelerate research and encourage open innovation in the Member States. Openaire is an initiative based on two pillars: on the one hand, the creation of a solid network of knowledge and,…
Public budgets and open data: an inescapable democratic requirement
One of the culminating moments of public activity throughout each year is the processing and approval of the respective budgets in the scope of the State, the Autonomous Regions or the Local Authorities. It was precisely in the origin of the representative chambers that the need lay for kings t…
CNIG presents a new version of its Download Center
A new version of the Download Center of the National Geographic Information Center was published in April. An website portal to download free digital open data files produced by the General Directorate of the National Geographic Institute.
In addition to a more user-friendly and attractive redesign…
Guía para fomentar la participación ciudadana en las políticas de datos abiertos
La institución estadounidense Sunlight Foundation, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que trabaja a favor de la transparencia gubernamental, ha lanzado una guía para ayudar a los gobiernos locales a aumentar la participación ciudadana en sus políticas de datos abiertos y mejorar las comunidades a t…
