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New open data work plan of OGP
The open data working group in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has as its main task identifying and sharing best practices that help OGP member governments alliance achieve their commitments with open data and develop more ambitious and innovative action plans.
With more than 200 members (incl…
10 recommendations to maximise open data impact
Last 23rd March, the GovLab and Omidyar Network published the report Open Data Impact: When Demand and Supply Mee where key findings about the social, economic, cultural and political impact of open data are released, based on the analysis of 19 case studies from around the world. These case s…
Harmonised standards, building a common language
Public bodies, academic institutions and even private sector companies store great amounts of open data; sometimes these data follow different standards which fragment, slow down and hinder the impact of this resource. In order to make open data most effective and, therefore, useful they shoul…
Value of open data in global health sector
As healthcare systems worldwide become increasingly digitized, medical researchers and experts have more data than ever. Such information, open and accessible, provides major opportunities not only for national health policies but for diagnoses and tailored treatments known as stratified medic…
Open and smart Cities: some legal aspects for a successful relationship
The relationship between Smart Cities and re-use of public sector information is unquestionable, as several reports have shown at both national and international level. From a legal perspective it is necessary to consider certain implications that will not only help resolve potential problems in adv…
StatDCAT-AP, vocabulary for metadata of European statistical datasets
Unemployment statistics, demographic data, industrial production rates, prices, mortgage market... are just some examples of the statistical datasets published in open data catalogues at local, regional, national and international level. Nevertheless, currently there is a high degree of fragmentatio…
European Data Portal - survey on the benefits of reusing open data
Within European Data Portal programme, a survey is being run to gather information on entities that create products and/or services based on the re-use of open data. Thus, thanks to these examples, it will be possible to illustrate the real economic impact of re-using open data in European private s…
Upcoming events for data community in Spain
Once a large number of open data events took place last 5th March to commemorate International Open data Day, the national community is still working on data organising different meetings at regional and national level, where experts of different sectors reflect about the revolution of opening up in…
Global Impact of Open Data Day
On 5th April global open data community celebrated the International Open Data Day. With a common aim, several working groups, public administrations and civic organizations worked together to turn open data into the key player of the 262 events organized in the different regions of the Planet.
In t…
Call for Proposals - International Open Data Conference 2016
After the third edition of the International Open Data Conference, held in Ottawa, Madrid will be the next host city of IODC in 2016. From 6th to 7th October, international open data community will gather in the Spanish capital. Titled “Global goals, local impact” the fourth IODC will showcase new p…
