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Health open data indicators and repositories in Europe
In the last decade the number of available data related to health and healthcare in Europe has grown exponentially; increased by the massive penetration of mobile devices and applications belonging to the field of health and wellness, supplemented in most cases with wearables that collect informatio…
Food Security Portal, international platform to improve global food security
The progressive rise in food prices has raised serious concerns about food and nutrition security across the world, concept referring to the supply of food, and individuals' access to it. Though a coordinated response is urgently needed at international and regional levels, the decision of each coun…
CITYkeys: working to build Smart Cities in Europe
Funded by the European Union HORIZON 2020 programme the CITYkeys project is an initiative to develop a performance evaluation system to assess the results of Smart City solutions across Europe. Several research institutes from Finland, Austria and the Netherlands cooperate with five cities -Rotterda…
CartoCrítica, free access to map data in Mexico
CartoCrítica is an independent civil initiative, a non-profit organization that works for transparency and free access to public information in Mexico, applying geospatial technology, re-using national open data and cartographic analysis to defend the national territory, the human rights and the env…
Pre-registration is now open for the 4th International Conference on Open Data to be held in Madrid
Pre-registration has opened for attendance at the 4th International Conference on Open Data, IODC16, to be held on 6 and 7 October in Madrid. IODC16 is the meeting point for the world community to discuss and study the future of Open Data. This new edition will bring together the world community und…
AGRIS: international system for agricultural information and technology
AGRIS is a global public database providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology containing over 8 million records, references and links to related data resources on the Web, like DBPedia, World Bank, Nature and FAO country profiles (Food and Agricultural Organi…
The societal impact of open data in Latin America
In Latin America, the open data movement has allowed the rise of a civil and technological community formed by groups that re-use open data to develop digital solutions that meet the needs of citizens. In fact, this region has made substantial progress in the openness of information; nevertheless, m…
Towards open access to scientific information in the European Union
The European Union is committed to open science, ensuring that all investigations carried out in its territory are available without any technical, legal or financial restriction as agreed in the Competitiveness Council that took place on May 27th in Brussels and attended by the ministers of Industr…
Open Data Incubator: Call for proposals opened for SMEs and Start-ups with financial support up to €100,000
The Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE) supports Start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises that build sustainable business based on open data. This incubator is aimed at open data entrepreneurs across Europe and the programme is funded with a €7.8m grant from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
ODI…
mySociety, technology to build collaborative societies
mySociety is a non-profit organization based in the UK and working with partners internationally, whose general goal is creating tools and mechanisms to ensure and maximize democratic accountability to give people the power to control and participate in the political agenda.
Thus, the entity develop…
